Markus Haider

Markus Haider is an Austrian singer part of The Gang Guys, who dub themselves "the Austrian Rat Pack", a tribute band to the original Rat Pack.[1] He is most famous for a popular performance of Dean Martin's Sway that is commonly but mistakenly thought to be performed by Frank Sinatra.[2]

Markus Haider
The Gang Guys with Markus Haider at concert in 2017.
Background information
Also known asMichael Mende
Born1974 July 23
Vienna
OriginZwölfaxing, Austria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Associated actsThe Gang Guys, Mister & Mister Swing
Websitewww.gangguys.net

The popular cover of Sway performed by Haider was part of a relatively recent tribute show to the Rat Pack performed at Entropolos Theatre, it is believed that the date of the performance is somewhere around 2009 but the location of the performance is still unknown.[2][3] The black-and-white hue of the video was later added to the video by Niki Lappas - the band's editor - giving the performance a more dated look, resulting in confusion as to the date of the performance and the identity of the performer is, with many uploaders mistakenly labelling it a Frank Sinatra performance,[4][5] despite there being no known Sinatra performance of the song. The cacophonous, adorating audience featured in the video was spliced from a Beatles performance on February 9, 1964.

Markus Haider alias Schlager singer Michael Mende

In 2011 Markus Haider tried a Schlager project and released a CD titled "Auftritt". His Artist Name in this project was called Michael Mende. Even though the CD was not ready produced by that date, his producer Johnny Matrix submitted a track called "Bella scusami" to the Alpen Grand Prix in Italy, in which he won 2nd place.[6] List of Winner at Alpen Grand Prix 2011</ref> This track also was 8 weeks on Belgian National Radio (brf2) [7] Schlager-Charts with highest ranking on #19. "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2017.

Markus Haider as an actor

Markus Haider also appears as an actor in a few movies. Nicolas Neuhold is director of the short film „Würstelstand[8]“ and a close fried to Haider. Together the made a project „Cannes - through the eyes of the hunter[9]“, which was Neuholds students final assignment. This short film was nominated for the Students Television Awards 2000 by the Royal Television Society[10].

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References
  1. "The Gang Guys". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. Markus Haider performing Dean Martin's Sway: "Sway (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis - Gang Guys Tribute TV Show)". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. A blog post detailing the Gang Guys tribute event: "Sway (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis – Gang Guys Tribute TV Show)". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. A version of the video mistakenly labelled as a Frank Sinatra performance: "Frank Sinatra - Sway (Lyrics)". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. Another mistakenly-labelled performance: "Sway Frank Sinatra". Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. Website of Alpen Grand Prix with winner 2011: "Alpen Grand Prix der Unterhaltungsmusik Internationaler Musikwettbewerb". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  7. Charts of Belgian National Radio 2011: "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  8. Neuhold, Nicolas (2004-03-28), Würstelstand, Roswitha Szyszkowitz, Peter Faerber, Oscar Blaha, retrieved 2017-11-05
  9. Neuhold, Nicolas (2001), Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter, Danny Aiello, Claudia Cardinale, Morgan Freeman, retrieved 2017-11-05
  10. Royal Television Society"The Royal Television Society Nominees 2000".
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