Peter Schilling
Peter Schilling
Latest Release
- Underwater Christmas
- November 2023
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Major Tom (Coming Home) | ||
| 2 | The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime) [Single Version] | ||
| 3 | Terra Titanic [Lost to the Sea] | ||
| 4 | The Noah Plan | ||
| 5 | (Let's Play) U.S.A. [2023 Remaster] |
Albums
Aug 2023 • 9 songs
Mar 2023 • 18 songs
Mar 2023 • 29 songs
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Popular On
- Feel Good Variety of the 80s and More
- Eighties Hits... Plus More!
- Columbia's Variety Music
About
Biography
While numerous new wave artists in the early '80s tried to imitate David Bowie, Peter Schilling went a step further. In 1983, Schilling released "Major Tom (Coming Home)," a synth pop retelling of Bowie's 1969 classic "Space Oddity." It became Schilling's first and only entry in the U.S. charts, a song that eventually stigmatized him as a one-hit wonder in America. Schilling was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on January 28, 1956. As a teen, Schilling couldn't decide on whether to be a soccer player or a singer. He chose music and his debut album, Error in the System, appeared in ...