Hans Hartz was a singer and songwriter born in Germany in 1943. At 13-years-old
he was playing in a band called The Avalons at the Star Club on Hamburg's
notorious Reeperbahn across the road from The Beatles residency at the
Kaiserkeller. He continued to play in various bands across Germany and Austria
before going solo and finding limited success. Then in 1982 he released 'Die
weißen Tauben sind müde' ('The White Doves are Tired') which nudged the German
top ten at number eleven. He followed this in 1991 with the million-selling
'Sail Away', which was also picked up by Becks to ...