Dieter Bohlen

German songwriter and producer, born 7 February 1954 in Berne near Oldenburg, Germany. Best known for his Eighties-era projects Modern Talking and Blue System. In 1979 got a job in the Hamburg-based label Intersong, and in the years to follow he helmed a prolific body of music under a variety of pseudonyms. In 1983 Bohlen met Thomas Anders, with whom he soon formed Modern Talking; debuting a year later with the hit…