current_members years_active past_members background genre article_title name
wolfgang pop -lrb- marika késmárky -rrb- heichel henriette heichel -lrb- born strobel -rrb- edina 1979-mid-1980s , 2005-present steve deceased -rrb- leslie mándoki bender -lrb- deceased -rrb- louis hendrik potgieter -lrb- group_or_band disco , pop dschinghis khan
 genghis khan / dschinghis khan
dschinghis khan

dschinghis khan -lrb- known in australia , france among other countries as genghis khan -rrb- is a german -lrb- former west germany -rrb- pop band originally formed in 1979 to compete in the eurovision song contest .
the group 's name was taken from the title of their song , `` dschinghis khan '' , which was written and produced by ralph siegel with lyrics by bernd meinunger .
in australia in 1980 , their single `` moscow '' -lrb- the english-language version of their song `` moskau '' -rrb- topped the charts and remained no. 1 for six weeks .
while the group broke up in the mid-1980s , the german video for `` moskau '' was a part of the show `` disco '' on zdf ; as was their similarly staged number `` dschinghis khan '' .
dancer and front man louis potgieter , died of aids in 1993 , while singer steve bender -lrb- real name : karl-heinz bender -rrb- succumbed to cancer in 2006 .
