{"id":17693,"date":"2025-11-21T20:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musiknerd.org\/unkategorisiert\/juergen-marcus\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T20:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:14:35","slug":"juergen-marcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musiknerd.org\/en\/artists\/juergen-marcus\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00fcrgen Marcus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>J\u00fcrgen Marcus<\/strong>, born J\u00fcrgen Beumer on June 6, 1948 in Herne and died on May 17, 2018 in Munich, was a German pop singer. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musiknerd.org\/en\/music-genre\/schlager\/\" title=\"Schlager\">pop singer<\/a><\/span><\/strong>who enjoyed great success in the 1970s. His best-known songs include <g id=\"gid_4\">&#8220;Eine neue Liebe ist wie ein neues Leben&#8221;<\/g>, <g id=\"gid_5\">&#8220;Ein Festival der Liebe&#8221;<\/g> and <g id=\"gid_6\">&#8220;Ein Lied zieht hinaus in die Welt&#8221;<\/g>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Marcus trained as a fitter and performed as a singer in various amateur beat bands. He chose the stage name &#8220;J\u00fcrgen Marcus&#8221; because of the similarity between his real name and that of the figure skater <g id=\"gid_0\">Hans-J\u00fcrgen B\u00e4umler<\/g>. In 1967, he won the European Festival in Brussels and appeared as &#8220;Claude&#8221; in the German version of the musical &#8220;Hair&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The music producer Jack White signed him in 1970 and produced his first single &#8220;Nur Du (El c\u00f3ndor pasa)&#8221;. His best-known title &#8220;Eine neue Liebe ist wie ein neues Leben&#8221; was released in 1972 and remained in the German top ten for 15 weeks. Marcus frequently appeared on television music programs and received numerous awards.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-container brlbs-cmpnt-content-blocker brlbs-cmpnt-with-individual-styles\" data-borlabs-cookie-content-blocker-id=\"youtube-content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-content=\"PGlmcmFtZSB0aXRsZT0iSsO8cmdlbiBNYXJjdXMgLSBFaW5lIG5ldWUgTGllYmUgaXN0IHdpZSBlaW4gbmV1ZXMgTGViZW4iIHdpZHRoPSI4MDAiIGhlaWdodD0iNjAwIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUtbm9jb29raWUuY29tL2VtYmVkL1pHY05GNVROMm9FP2ZlYXR1cmU9b2VtYmVkIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgYWxsb3c9ImFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXI7IGF1dG9wbGF5OyBjbGlwYm9hcmQtd3JpdGU7IGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYTsgZ3lyb3Njb3BlOyBwaWN0dXJlLWluLXBpY3R1cmU7IHdlYi1zaGFyZSIgcmVmZXJyZXJwb2xpY3k9InN0cmljdC1vcmlnaW4td2hlbi1jcm9zcy1vcmlnaW4iIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj48L2lmcmFtZT4=\"><div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-preset-c brlbs-cmpnt-cb-youtube\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/musiknerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/borlabs-cookie\/1\/yt_ZGcNF5TN2oE_hqdefault.jpg')\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-main\"> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-play-button\"><\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-content\"> <p class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-description\">You are currently viewing a placeholder content from <strong>YouTube<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-provider-toggle\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-show-provider-information role=\"button\">More Information<\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-buttons\"> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Unblock content<\/a> <a class=\"brlbs-cmpnt-cb-btn\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-accept-service role=\"button\" style=\"display: inherit\">Accept required service and unblock content<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J\u00fcrgen Marcus &#8211; A new love is like a new life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>He released numerous singles and albums with White. Other top ten hits included &#8220;Ein Festival der Liebe&#8221; and &#8220;Schmetterlinge k\u00f6nnen nicht weinen&#8221;. He tried his hand at the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson twice, but without much success.  <\/p>\n\n<p>In 1975, ZDF broadcast the personality show &#8220;J\u00fcrgen Marcus: One for Many&#8221;. In 1976, he represented Luxembourg at the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson (<g id=\"gid_0\"><g id=\"gid_1\"><g id=\"gid_2\">Eurovision Song Contest &#8211; ESC<\/g><\/g><\/g>) with the song &#8220;Chansons pour ceux qui s&#8217;aiment&#8221; and came 14th. <\/p>\n\n<p>In the early 1980s, Marcus released further titles with various producers, but without commercial success. He continued to perform his old hits and later released new albums, including &#8220;Ich glaub an die Welt&#8221; (2004) and &#8220;F\u00fcr immer&#8221; (2008). In 1991, Marcus was the first well-known pop star to come out as homosexual in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. He had been together with his manager Nikolaus Fischer since 1995.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Marcus retired from the music business in April 2017 due to his lung disease COPD. He had been in a relationship with his manager Nikolaus Fischer since 1995 and died in Munich on May 17, 2018. J\u00fcrgen Marcus was buried at the Wolfratshausen municipal cemetery.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Studio albums by J\u00fcrgen Marcus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1972 Heut haun wir auf die Pauke (hit movie with Jack White)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1973 A festival of love<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1974 The Grand Prix d&#8217;amour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1975 Premiere<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1975 A song goes out into the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976 I am J\u00fcrgen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1976 The Tingler sings for you all<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1977 The whole neighborhood knows that<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1977 The clock goes forward &#8211; you can still stay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1978 J\u00fcrgen Marcus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1979 A part of me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1980 Portrait<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1981 Angel of the night<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1982 I want you the way you are<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004 I believe in the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006 A thousand lights, a thousand candles (Christmas album)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 Forever<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011 Time-ready<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00fcrgen Marcus, born J\u00fcrgen Beumer on June 6, 1948 in Herne and died on May 17, 2018 in Munich, was a German pop singer. pop singerwho enjoyed great success in the 1970s. 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