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Caroline Catharina Müller , that's real name CCCatch, was born July 31, 1964 in Holland, in the small town of Oss. Parents Carolina were of different nationalities. Father Jurgen, a German nationality lived in Germany, and his mother Corrie, a citizen of the Netherlands lived with her daughter Caroline in the Netherlands.

It is not known whether childhood Carolina typical disco singer, but it was not easy - that's for sure. The family moved from place to place, Oss, Geffen, Bünde. Changed classmates and friends. After graduating from elementary school (in the Netherlands is 6 classes, then you can choose), Carolina went to the school of the household. They learn everything that has to housekeeping. Disassembled vacuum cleaner, learned to cook and wash clothes. Also taught the work of the seller, such as the fact that the best things in the store are always right.

Up to 14 years Caroline rarely saw her father, mother Corrie was always looking for a way to connect family. Moving to Bünde and, accordingly, the family reunion was held Mueller. Caroline and her mother liked Germany. Joy Carolina was when she went to the ninth grade of basic school, where instruction was unknown to her then German.

After high school she began studying at the designer (manufacturer of clothing) and work at a garment factory, it was for her a nightmare. The whole atmosphere was terrible. Boss is always yelling and all exhausting. Most of the work piecemeal. Caroline was still at - doing loops for the buttons and sewed the sleeves. The director was almost with a stopwatch and only did what he said: "Faster, faster." The head set up a people against each other. Who would not want to voluntarily work on Fridays longer laid, of the oppressed. Overtime is also nothing, even output. The chief was never satisfied with her efforts. About that time in Carolina were the darkest memories.

One night in the music pub in Bünde she became acquainted with the musical group. Asked her whether she has the desire to dance and can not if she happened to sing. Caro has learned all of this for some time secretly in his room, while she just sang contemporary hits. But she did not dream to act in public, now Caro knew exactly what she should be: a singer.

Carolina began deliberately to forge a career, took guitar lessons, went to Bad Oeynhausen-on jazz dance and participated in all the talent shows held far from home. Because of her performance work in the clothing factory had suffered more. There was a scandal, Karo was ill. We had to make a decision. Mueller family got together and decided to support parents Caro career as a pop singer in every way. Caro's father left his profession polisher clinker, bought his own business for 20 000 DM and founded the agency "Orbit" to organize the most talent shows and career to help her daughter. Six months later, Caro left a hateful job.

Caro: "If I had the job better, I would not have left."

She interrupted her studies and experienced many false starts before they reached a breakthrough. Carolina focused on talent shows and attracted the interest of people who imagine themselves the producers, she was offered to sign a personal contract with various record labels. In fact, the grief-producers just wanted to cash in on the young and inexperienced Carolina.

One of them, for example, came up with a creative name "Carol Dean," promised a recording contract records and disappeared. Caro's father calls them fools: "Many people just bragging. But Caro had three ideal qualities: she could sing, look good on stage and move. I knew that it ever will real producer only had to work hard anymore." Carolina potential in the project SAROL DEAN has not yet opened, the song "Queen of Hearts" (Jess Newton), "Behold, La vie" (Emily Harris) did not bring her success. But the door to the alluring, and at the same time dangerous world of show business, has already been opened. Carolina at this time preferred to female society, created a group called OPTIMAL . (Producer Peter Kent).

Girls (Sabine, Claudia, Silvia, Caro) had known as a rival for another talent shows, where each performed a solo artist. Girl-band has released two singles in Germany, "ER war magnnetisch" and "The goodbye" and toured Germany. Yet fortune smiled. In 1985, during a speech at the competition for young artists quartet "Optimal" was spotted by producer and member of the group "Modern Talking" by Dieter Bohlen . He immediately said "brilliant" vocal quartet one of the participants - Carolina Muller. Despite the fact that then, in 1985, the duo Modern Talking was at the pinnacle of success, Dieter found time for a new project. The same evening Dieter invited artist to the studio to audition, but after a while asked her to sign a very lucrative contract. Caro agreed. Also in 1985 Bohlen became her producer, who also invented the future name of the project.

A new group named CCCatch from the capitalization of its name "C" "C" and the words "Catch" as a synonym for a hit idea. Later, the group will join the kings of rap and dance Captain Hollywood & TTFrech.

In the summer of 1985, the birthday of Carolina, was released the debut single from SS Satch: "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight". The debut song at once attacked the charts. Since then, the case Katharina Müller Carolina, received from Dieter Bohlen label CCCATCH, went up the hill. However, its name and identity for many until the next release remained a mystery, since nowhere on the record failed to indicate any real name or picture.

In early 1986, a second single, "Sause You Are Young", and soon all of Europe was fascinated with light, like a summer breeze, the voice of the singer. Public curiosity has been satisfied - the cover shows a beautiful girl, but on the other side of the plate indicated her name - Carolina Muller. The second song became even more popular than the first, and the wave of popularity in the spring of 86th has been released debut album. All songs on the album were written by Dieter Bohlen, and he came up with the album title "CATCH THE CATCH" (get, say, the result). SS Satch was her pen name, which turned a Carolina with her voice in nepodrozhaemym queen disco. Depicted on the cover of the disc's favorite black cat Carolina - Morty. Cats - her favorite animals. Her father once said, "If you want to make my girl happy give her a cat out of wood, glass, plastic - she collects them, and their home a whole bunch."

The debut album instantly went platinum and gold in Germany in Spain. This is despite the fact that the album was only eight original songs, seven of whom are in maxi versions.

My favorite song from the first album, hit "Jump In My Car". Just the song linked the mysterious history.

In one book, published in Germany immediately after the first album, there is the mysterious name SARO K . Another nickname?? Either he has not got accustomed to it, or something else, but this fact, I think, had no effect on her future career, and a cool song about cars I like.

By the way, Carolina knows how to drive a car, and at the beginning of a career she had two accidents.

First - Carolina was traveling with his father from a studio in Essen, in Osnabruyuk car skidded, and she landed in a tree. "Peugeot" crashed, my father was so scared that Carolina had to pull his own, because the car could explode.

The second incident occurred on a country road, when Carolina came back from a friend in Bilefilde. Slippery road powder snow, and to turn red, "Passat" fell into a ditch, wheels up.
In 1986, the record company "Hansa" has released several more singles - "Strangers By Night", "Heartbreak Hotel". In the same year Carolina won the title of "Queen of Disco", which although a little faded from the lack of challengers, but to anybody and it is not appropriated. At Christmas 1986 they released the album - "Welcome To The Heartbreak Hotel", and the disc has broken all records of Long-pleya, the title track reached eighth place and lasted for eight weeks in the top 30. In the sale goes well and fresh single, "Heaven And Hell". As a result, he was voted the best single ever released by a German record company. The song "Heaven And Hell" remained at the first "Top 10 in Germany" for three weeks. Hits CCCatch long led the hit parade Belgium, Spain, all the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe, well, popular in the Soviet Union could not be measured Carolina nor any charts. That's just the Soviet press did not indulge his attention, one of the most advanced editions of the USSR, wrote: "Hobby - aerobics, sewing.'s Favorite color-black. For everyday wear prefers a pale blue jeans and a jacket, in combination with the yellow shirts worn outside. By his attire is lush hair. "

Fans waited for the third single from the album - "Tears Won't Wash Away My Heartache". However, the drive for some reason did not come out.

In the summer of 1987 in all European radio first hit was a brand new song CCCatch "Are You Man Enough?". The title track Caroline explained: "It's about those guys who" flaunt "in front of girls, with nothing for the soul."

After the release of another single, "Soul Survivor" number of fans increased several hundred times, and "Soul Survivor" sought to "number one" in Euro-charts.

At the same time Thomas Anders leaves "Modern Talking", and the audience begins to exaggerate rumors that Carolina will take the place of Thomas Mueller. She was often accused of that style of singing a bit too similar to everything that makes "Modern Talking". Songs for Dieter Caro were no less melodic, but romance and poetry in hits CCCatch was less. Dieter Bohlen in the end creates a new group - "Blue System". Drummer in the group "Blue System" was a friend of Otto Frank Caro. Caro and Frank met at a TV show from the show Radio 85. Frank, her contemporary, just graduated from high school, graduated from a course at the roofer, and at that time was the drummer in the group of "Aquamarine." Soon they began to live together and to move to Berlin Caro and her friend occupied an entire floor of the house of her parents in Rezinghauze.

The third studio album, which hit song "Soul Survivor", called "Like A Hurricane". On the cover of Carolina appeared to slightly shocking fans short hair - that it be done with Caroline Frank specially flew to Paris (in the morning there, back at night), the only salon, which has entrusted Carolina to change its image and had the name "Cleopatra." Has also been changed and its appearance: the rivets are gone, and now Caroline prefers slacks and a very long nails, a sort of stylish cat - robber, and her new hairstyle was the model for all girls 80.

The album "Like A Hurricane" brought CCCatch even greater success, and the spring of 1988 she goes on a European tour.

In May 1988, published a collection of the best songs of "House Of Mystic Light", the single became a hit, and his dance version was included in the book "Diamond", but the song is heard rechetativ rapper Captain Hollywood. His real name is Tony Harrison, but he is fond of rap dance and set dance shows for Paula Abdul and Kim Wilde.

Because of the criticism of the similarity of style with Modern Talking and Blue System, Caro asked Dieter Bohlen, he will not allow herself to write some songs in the next album. S. C. CATCH wanted to enjoy the music and bring in the songs of their own ideas. Bohlen said briefly and sharply: "No". Since he is still a producer Caro, all poetry and all music should be under its control. At this point, Caro decided to sever all relations with Dieter Bohlen, but thanks to good relations, with the help of international directors and BMG Ariola, fourth album, "Big Fun" was released.

In late 1988, released the single "Backseat Of Your Cadillac", and the album "Big Fun" was the last issued by Dieter Bohlen. Super-hit "Nothing But A Heartache" was the last of her career, reached the "hot decyatki." In spite of everything, Dieter and Caro worked together occasionally until the end of 1989. Often they were recorded 12 singles and 5 albums.

In the summer of 1989, when Caro was staying in London, in Germany, published a collection of "Super 20". There was a song "Summer Kisses". The song is excellent, but it did not have much popularity. Again, rumors among fans - if something goes wrong with Karo or at Bohlen. The break occurred at the initiative of Carolina, who has decided that from now on she can do without his help. Turned into a brunette with long curls, Caro began talks with British producers. However, the problems started, where Caroline least expected them. Dieter said that as an alias CCCatch was invented by them, it owns all rights to it, and now Carolina must act either under his own name or under a new alias. After a great battle in the court the name CCCatch left for Carolina, though the court ordered her to pay several million former producer.

During the New Year show in Spain, Caroline met Simon'a Rapier Bell (former manager of "Wham!" George Michael). Simon was very interested to work with her, and since that time he became her manager. At this time the contract was signed with "Metronome" (Polygram). The singer moved to live in Britain. In London, Caro recorded the song "Big Time" - this was the first not "bolenovskaya" song. The sound track was very different from what CCCatch done before - a mixture of funk, soul and disco.
's new album "Hear What I Say" was recorded with new producers, who included Andy Taylor (ex Duran-Duran), Dave Clayton ( worked with George Michael and U2) and JO Dworniak. Blame Carolina has seven songs. Two songs from the new album "Big Time" and "Midnight Hour" became popular, but compared to the previous hit, they could not, even though the plate hit the charts in Germany, finishing only 26th place. The album itself was bought by the inertia of its fans. But at the same time, BMG released the single "Baby I Need Your Love" together with a compilation "Classics", which introduced the old hits, written by Dieter Bohlen. When CCCatch spins the next new single "Midnight Hour", Dieter produces "Good Guys Only Win In Movies"! This causes confusion among fans. All this can be called a boycott of the company BMG and Dieter Bohlen new album CCCatch.

Title of the first album without Bohlen could be interpreted as follows: Caroline Mueller wants everyone to hear what she says, but not sick. CCCatch sings trudnouznavaemym voice in the songs "I'm Gonna Miss You" and "Back-girl". The sound was quite different, got its own style.

In the early 90s the situation around CCCATCH became calmer, and she first visited the Soviet Union.

In 1990 as a guest, she performed at the festival of young novice artists' Step to Parnassus. " Responding to reporters' questions at press conferences held during the filming of the festival, CCCATCH said: "In my life there were many competitions. When I started, I took part in such contests, and they helped me a lot, I learned to stand on the stage, the audience was used to certainly such festivals as your "Step to Parnassus," a great help to identify new talent, they are very important. "

Especially remembered her visit to our country in 1991. CCCatch took part in the filming of Bravo-91 program and the festival-action "Children of Chernobyl - our children." Sport complex "Olympic" has offered its stage for the grand show, held June 1-2. More than 100 artists from the Soviet Union, Germany, England, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark agreed to participate in these concerts, among the guests were stars such as Bad Boys Blue, Blue System, Den Harrow. Festival organizers were her father, Peter Muller (ORBIT-MUSIC) and Michael Chizhikov (Econix), sponsor of Mosbusinessbank.

"Arriving in the USSR, I realized that there are many problems and apart from Chernobyl. But the pain of Chernobyl - one of the most, but I think that sharp. By participating in these concerts, I want once again to get people to remember those who are so scared and innocent was hurt. I'm glad that my participation in this charity was a kind of help sick children. "

Releasing the sixth studio album, Caro broke up with "Metronome" and the music industry to take a timeout.

During this "break" it focused on his spiritual development, took up writing poetry and started to draw. A few years later began writing her own songs and also started to practice yoga and other forms of meditation.

In 1998, Carolina Müller married her teacher of meditation and yoga, some time parting with them.

1998! It is again with us - she is back, and it's great!

In Europe, the newly awakened interest in disco music.

CCCATCH briefly resumed cooperation with Dieter Bohlen. She agrees to do the promo work for BMG - new compilation "Best of 98". Released two singles "CCCatch Megamix '98" and "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight 98". After recording in 1998, the most famous hits in the new modern processing - with the addition of more hard bits and repvokala - joined the band vocalist, Kenneth Lewis, he's a rapper KRAYZEE. It was his cheerful voice heard in the new versions of its super-hits.

Carolina: "It is important not so much a part of the rapper recording studio, as his presence on stage, he makes the show more incendiary."

KRAYZEE a protege of Dieter Bohlen - producer and singer of "Modern Tolking". Kenneth once worked with one of the projects Bohlen - group "Touche", sung with a cover version of classic disco music YMCA

Threshold of the new century was reflected in the artistic image of Caroline Muller. Now CCCatch blonde. Her eyes still sparkle green like a cat, lights, did not see that she got older, the same perfect shape. Her movements on stage became even more plastic and energetic. The appearance of her team of two dancers: Marco Weis and Mark Rohde made her show more colorful, spectacular, impulsive - in other words, this is a real Euro-disco. Marco Weis and Mark Rohde is an instructor of aerobics and repeatedly participated in various fashion-show as the dancers and directors. Now they replaced omega Aulaym dancer, born in the state of Togo.
Back on the big stage, Carolina again began to appear in various shows. Her joint tour with the band "Bad Boys Blue", "Fancy" and "Silent Circle" - campaign called "Hit Power Party Tour 2001 - all the stars from 80 'live o stage" - showed that the German public are also passionately fond of CCCatch, admires her unforgettable voice and looks forward to the new album. Disco legends played on the biggest stages of almost all major cities in Germany. Come-back concerts Caroline Mueller and her musicians were also held in other countries, not forgetting about the towns and cities of the former USSR, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Vitebsk, Kiev, Arkhangelsk and Naryan-Mar, Alma-Ata, Yekaterinburg, Pervouralsk, Chelyabinsk, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Volgograd, Khanty-Mansiysk, etc.

Carolina again in 2003 living in Germany. She recorded her new single (Shake Your Head) together with Savage Productions, whose members are both performers and producers. They are the producers of such projects as Oli P, Noble Savages and Enie (who became famous as a presenter on Bravo TV, and is now the face of advertising campaigns German T-Online). This single is the new track processing. In 1983, Don Was invited to the main vocal line itself Madonna, but he did not like the result, and the album became a completely different version of the song, which was made lead vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and in this case was on backing vocals. The rebirth of the song was in the early '90s. This time it performed (with the band Was Not Was) Ozzy Osbourne and actress Kim Basinger. The single reached the eighth place in sales and fourth in the frequency of scrolling on the radio.

Dieter plans to release a CD of remixes "HEARTBREAK HOTEL", known even number 2176753/2AR drive but for some reason never saw the light.

In 2004 CCCatch became one of the 10 stars of the past who took part in the show on the channel Pro 7 in Germany , is a big event for the singer and her fans. The show was attended by stars such as Chris Norman, Coolio, Markus, Haddaway, and others.

Caro has performed a new version of its super-hit "Heartbreak hotel" and cover versions of hits by Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Jennifer Lopez!

Fall 2004! NEW SINGLE CCCatch
SILENCE opens up new possibilities of her talent as a singer and songwriter. Caroline herself acted as a poet and composer. A brand new sound, new rhythms gave live guitar-favorite musical instrument Carolina. It was her desire to produce his own music. The new CD recorded with zvukoleyblom DANNY RECORDS. Russian fans know the song as "WALK IN SILENCE". Carolina in some cities has already shown this song, it is all very much, helped her guitarist MARC RUTHERFORD. Originally planned CD come only in Russia, but the disc comes out in Europe for the Russian special edition CD will be released in spring 2005.

The video for the song was shot in St. Petersburg , in a mansion on Stone Island Polovtseva. St. Petersburg was chosen for the filming of chance, Caroline believes it one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And its 40th anniversary on July 31 2004, she also pointed out in St. Petersburg. The shooting took place in October, but it's not summer. In the days of shooting came just a cold, and the room in a mansion not heated Cu Cu bravely struggled with a cold in the classical interiors dilapidated villas - one of the monuments of imperial times. Clip was directed by the most innovative music video of Russia Alexander Igudin.

Disco 80. It was super, it was potresayusche! The vibrant, native to the music of pain with which so many things related to life. The first notes of each song are recognized and met a roar of delight. Let the time inevitably: we get older, but the soul, we are still young! Over the years the show participated stars such as PATTY RYAN, LIAN ROSS, TOMAS ANDERS, SANDRA, BAD BOYS BLUE, SAVAGE, DIETER BOHLEN, ROCKETS, DEN HARROW, OTTAWAN, JOY, GILLA, ERUPTION, BONEY M, FANCY, KIM WILDE, GAZEBO , SAMANTA FOX, DESIRELES, FRDAVID, AFRIC SIMONE, BACCARA, MIKE MAREEN, RICARDO FOGLI, GLARIA GEYNOR, KEN LASZLO, SCOTCH, OPUS, ALPHAVILLE, PUPO, KAOMA, RECCE E POVERY, TONY ESPOSITO, BANANARAMA, CHRIS NORMAN, AMANDA LEAR, BONNIE TYLER, RADIORAMA, SABRINA, MAURO, TRANS X, EDDY HUNTIGTON, MR.ZIVAGO, RIGHEIRA, RICCARDO FOGLI, THE WEATHER GIRLS, COOMBAY DANCE BAND, KIM WILDE, MAYWOOD, DEMIS ROUSSOS, MATIA BAZAR, BELLE EPOGUE, MAYWOOD.

In 2007 Caroline was awarded the Order of the Peacemaker established by the World Charitable Alliance. Peacemaker is awarded for contribution to the fusion of world cultures and the development of friendly relations between the countries who did not spare his strength, helps people. To help the weak, feed the hungry, who asks to file - this is old, unwritten rule in Russia. Winners of "Order of the Peacemaker" is the status of "citizen of the world." The motto of the Order of the Alliance: Pax Tecum! (Peace be with you!). Order of the awarded such famous artists as Michel Legrand, the participants in groups of Deep Purple, Nazareth, Uriah Heep, Smokie. International support for the alliance is the Association of Filmmakers and Actors Guild of America Film USA. At events held in Russia in support of the Alliance, the global performance of such stars kinematogrofa as Michael Douglas, Johnny Depp, Adrian Paul, Michael Madsen, Michael York, Eric Roberts, Quentin Tarantino and other celebrities.

More than 20 years as we all know and hear CCCatch! Agree, ample time to listen to it "as it is," without regard for the fashions in the world of music. A rare combination of catchy tunes and performing professional! CCCATCH rightly bears the title "Queen of Disco", and her songs are true classics of pop music. In Carolina's new program, a new show in which there are new dancers.

Carolina participated in a charity gala "Spirit of Sea" ("Spirit of the Sea") in the city concert hall in the German city Dinslaken in support of children with disabilities. "I am very glad that at least something I can help these children in need. I love children, because they are our future. Life is valuable only when you can give to others all that you can."