German rock drummer and songwriter

Herman Rarebell

Hermann Erbel, known professionally as Herman Rarebell, is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the hard rock band Scorpions from 1977 to 1996, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums, Rarebell wrote or co-wrote several songs for the group such as "Another Piece of Meat", "Falling in Love" and "Passion Rules the Game". He wrote the lyrics for some of the band's most well known songs such as "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Blackout", "Make It Real", "Arizona", "Bad Boys Running Wild" and "Tease Me Please Me".

Born

1949

November 18

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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Herman, in brief

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Key dates

1949 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
401 The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
1095 The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
1105 Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.

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The world in 1949

When Herman arrived

april 1 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
april 1 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
april 18 The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
april 20 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 18

David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Eugene Ormandy 1899–1985 Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (born 1899) Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1929) 1856– Hank Ballard 1927–2003 American singer-songwriter (born 1927) Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1860–1941 Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860) Jack Tatum 1948–2010 American football player (born 1948) Koichiro Kimura 1969– Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014) Leonardo Sandri 1943– Argentinian cardinal Marjorie Gestring 1922–1992 American springboard diver (born 1922)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1949

Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Alla Pugacheva 1949– Russian singer-songwriter and actress Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Beth Grant 1949– American actress Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist Carlos the Jackal 1949– Venezuelan terrorist David A. Cherry 1949– American artist and illustrator Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Don Baylor 1949–2017 American baseball player (born 1949)

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