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Conny Plank

1940 - 1987

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Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involved in releases by Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Kraan, and other German groups of the era. He later produced for new wave acts such as D.A.F., Eurythmics and Ultravox. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conny Plank is the 1,173rd most popular musician (down from 1,059th in 2019), the 4,159th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,969th in 2019) and the 61st most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Conny Plank ranks 1,173 out of 3,175. Before him are Brian Connolly, Gary Barlow, Maxim, Eric Martin, Daniil Shafran, and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński. After him are Antonio Maria Bononcini, Mark St. John, Glenn Danzig, Valentina Lisitsa, Johnny Thunders, and Johnny Hodges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Conny Plank ranks 308. Before him are Frankie Avalon, Peter Gethin, Valie Export, Chuck Close, Kurt Ahrens Jr., and Francesco Guccini. After him are Reinhard Bonnke, John Warnock, Grigory Kriss, Anzor Kavazashvili, William Cohen, and Vincenzo Cerami. Among people deceased in 1987, Conny Plank ranks 153. Before him are Woody Herman, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Oscar Casanovas, Joseph Höffner, Giovanni Arpino, and Madeleine Carroll. After him are Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, John Mikaelsson, Jacob Taubes, J. Lawton Collins, and Gerardo Diego.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Conny Plank ranks 4,161 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Christian Rohlfs (1849), Monika Zehrt (1952), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756), Barbara Krause (1959), and Carl Tanzler (1877). After him are Paul Janes (1912), Irmgard Keun (1905), Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1802), Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), Alfred Müller-Armack (1901), and Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Conny Plank ranks 61. Before him are Bernhard Romberg (1767), Peter Winter (1754), Sophie Menter (1846), Max von Schillings (1868), Helmuth Rilling (1933), and Adolf Busch (1891). After him are Wolfgang Flür (1947), Johann Peter Salomon (1745), Elly Ney (1882), Eberhard Weber (1940), Manfred Eicher (1943), and Klaus Doldinger (1936).

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