Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dschinghis Khan (known in Australia, France among other countries as Genghis Khan) is a German (former West Germany) pop band originally formed in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The group's name was taken from the title of their song, "Dschinghis Khan", which was written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.In Australia in 1980, their single Moscow (the English-language version of their song Moskau) topped the charts and remained No.1 for six weeks.While the group broke up in the mid-1980s, the German video for "Moskau" was a part of the show Disco on ZDF; as was their similarly staged number "Dschinghis Khan".Dancer and front man Louis Potgieter, died of AIDS in 1993, while singer Steve Bender (real name: Karl-Heinz Bender) succumbed to cancer in 2006.. }
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- Dschinghis_Khan abstract "Dschinghis Khan (known in Australia, France among other countries as Genghis Khan) is a German (former West Germany) pop band originally formed in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The group's name was taken from the title of their song, "Dschinghis Khan", which was written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger.In Australia in 1980, their single Moscow (the English-language version of their song Moskau) topped the charts and remained No.1 for six weeks.While the group broke up in the mid-1980s, the German video for "Moskau" was a part of the show Disco on ZDF; as was their similarly staged number "Dschinghis Khan".Dancer and front man Louis Potgieter, died of AIDS in 1993, while singer Steve Bender (real name: Karl-Heinz Bender) succumbed to cancer in 2006.".