Reinhard Mey

Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born December 21, 1942, Berlin) is a German singer-songwriter, also known as a Liedermacher.

Mey lives in Berlin, in the Frohnau area, and is in his second marriage (since 1977) with Mrs. Hella Hennies (born in Hannover) and has had three children with her: Frederic (b. 1977), Maximilian (b. 1982), and Victoria Luise (b. 1985). He married his first wife Christine in 1967 and they were divorced in 1976.

In 1963 Mey graduated from the French Gymnasium in Berlin, receiving the German Abitur as well as the French Baccalauréat, and thereafter began a training as an industrial trader at Schering AG Berlin. He broke off his university studies in economics in order to dedicate himself fully to songwriting and singing and has been a successful performer in Germany, in France and in the Netherlands ever since. His songs are in German, French and Dutch. He has recorded his French material under the name of Frédérik Mey.

Works

• 1967 - Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen
• 1968 - Ankomme Freitag, den 13.
• 1970 - Aus meinem Tagebuch
• 1971 - Ich bin aus jenem Holze
• 1972 - Mein achtel Lorbeerblatt
• 1973 - Alles was ich habe
• 1974 - Wie vor Jahr und Tag
• 1975 - Ikarus
• 1977 - Du bist ein Riese ...
• 1977 - Starportrait
• 1977 - Menschenjunges
• 1979 - Keine ruhige Minute
• 1980 - Jahreszeiten
• 1981 - Freundliche Gesichter
• 1981 - Tournee
• 1983 - Die Zwölfte
• 1985 - Hergestellt in Berlin
• 1986 - Alleingang
• 1988 - Balladen
• 1989 - Mein Apfelbäumchen
• 1990 - Farben
• 1990 - Mit Lust und Liebe (live)
• 1992 - Alles geht
• 1993 - Ich liebe Dich
• 1994 - Immer weiter
• 1996 - Leuchtfeuer
• 1996 - Lilienthals Traum
• 1998 - Flaschenpost
• 1999 - Lampenfieber
• 2000 - Einhandsegler
• 2000 - Peter und der Wolf / Tierballaden
• 2001 - Solo (live)
• 2002 - Rüm Hart
• 2003 - Über den Wolken - Lieder aus 4 Jahrzehnten
• 2004 - Nanga Parbat