Werner Becker (born 4 December 1943 in Celle, Germany) is a German musician,
arranger, and producer who performed under the name Anthony Ventura. As a child
with a neighbor’s piano, he taught himself accordion, guitar and trumpet before
joining a local band at 11 and later the Melodic Telstars trio, where he
discovered the Hammond organ. In 1973, he produced the orchestral hit
Je t’aime – Traummelodien; the project spawned ten studio albums through 1982,
including the 1978 gold‑selling 20 Traummelodien, which topped the German charts
and sold over a million copies. He also arrang...