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 known for his 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
Instrument(s)Vocals
Websitewww.gangguys.net

Haider's cover of Sway was a part of a tribute show to the Rat Pack performed at Entropolos Theatre, it is believed that the date of the performance is somewhere around 2009.[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 classifying it as a Frank Sinatra performance,[4][5] despite there being no known Sinatra performance of the song. The cacophonous audience featured in the video was spliced from a Beatles performance on February 9, 1964.

Career

In 2011, Haider tried a Schlager project and released a CD titled "Auftritt"; he used the artist name "Michael Mende" in this project. Even though the CD was not ready to be produced by that date, the singer's producer Johnny Matrix submitted a track called "Bella scusami" to the Alpen Grand Prix in Italy, in which he won 2nd place.[6][7][8] The track was available on Belgian National Radio for eight weeks.[9] Schlager-Charts with highest ranking on #19.[10]

As an actor

Markus Haider also appears as an actor in several movies. Nicolas Neuhold[11]“ is a close fried of Haider's, and, together, they made a project called „Cannes - through the eyes of the hunter[12][13]“, which was Neuhold's final assignment. This short film was nominated for the Students Television Awards 2000 by the Royal Television Society.[14]

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)". YouTube. 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 labeled as a Frank Sinatra performance: "Frank Sinatra - Sway (Lyrics)". YouTube. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. Another mistakenly-labeled performance: "Sway Frank Sinatra". YouTube. 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. List of Winner at Alpen Grand Prix 2011
  8. Newspaper Article about the Semi Finals in Lienz
  9. Charts of Belgian National Radio 2011: "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  10. "Die 1509. Schlagerparade von Sonntag, dem 18. Dezember 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. Neuhold, Nicolas (2004-03-28), Würstelstand, Roswitha Szyszkowitz, Peter Faerber, Oscar Blaha, retrieved 2017-11-05
  12. Neuhold, Nicolas (2001), Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter, Danny Aiello, Claudia Cardinale, Morgan Freeman, retrieved 2017-11-05
  13. Shelley, Peter (2019), Gene Hackman: The Life And Work, Gene Hackman, ISBN 9781476633695, retrieved 2021-03-09
  14. Royal Television Society"The Royal Television Society Nominees 2000".
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