Born Reto Borer in April of 1952, Bo Katzman was a successful bandleader and gospel singer whose professional career began in the mid seventies, albeit under different names. In 1979, he officially adopted the moniker Bo Katzman, and released his first album, The Kat. Throughout the remaining seventies and eighties, Katzman worked to become a household name in Switzerland, culminating in the creation of the Bo Katzman Choir in 1987. For the next decade, Katzman toured exclusively with his Choir, until 1998, when he again hit the charts as a solo artist with the single "Voices ...