In 1963, Mey graduated from the French Gymnasium in Berlin, receiving the German Abitur as well as the French Baccalauréat, and thereafter began vocational training as an industrial trader at Schering AG Berlin. In 1961, the group Les Trois Affamés with Schobert Scholz was formed. This led to his first recording contract. In 1965, Mey was offered the chance to perform at a Liedermacher festival at Waldeck Castle, a converted castle ruin. During his school years he gained stage experience by performing Skiffle music with friends.
He taught himself how to play on a trumpet. At the age of twelve, he had his first piano lesson, and at the age of fourteen, he got his first guitar. Reinhard Mey was born on December 21, 1942, in Berlin, Germany, where he spent his childhood. Mey usually embarks on an extensive concert tour every two or three years, with a live album released from each tour. His biggest success was "Mein Achtel Lorbeerblatt" (1972) his most famous song is considered to be "Über den Wolken" (1974).
Mey has released 24 German albums so far through 2005, and consistently releases a new album approximately every two years his first album was "Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen" (1967) the most recent studio album is "Bunter Hund" (2007). Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born December 21, 1942, Berlin) is a German singer-songwriter, also known as a Liedermacher. Birth_name = Reinhard Friedrich Michael MeyĪlias = Frédérik Mey (in France) Alfons Yondrascheck