Danny Plett
{{Short description|Canadian musician, songwriter and music producer of Contemporary Christian music}}
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Danny Plett (1963) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer of Contemporary Christian music, who has worked in Germany and Canada.{{cite web|title=Steinbach musicians visits Ukraine|publisher=CHVN|url=https://chvnradio.com/articles/steinbach-musician-visits-ukraine-calls-for-more-help-to-fight-the-war-with-russia|access-date=December 22, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Steinbach musician headlines Eden Foundation concert|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/the-carillon/local/2021/03/13/steinbach-musician-headlines-eden-foundation-concert|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
Life and career
Danny Plett was born in Steinbach, Manitoba{{cite web|title=Danny Plett of Steinbach releases music video|publisher=Steinbach Online|url=https://steinbachonline.com/articles/danny-plett-of-steinbach-releases-music-video-of-losing-myself-in-you|access-date=December 22, 2022}} with three siblings in a musical family. He began writing his own songs at the age of twelve and, after years of performing, released his debut You're The One at the age of 21. Tours through Canada followed, including US and Europe with B. J. Thomas and Silverwin.{{cite web|url=http://www.gerth.de/index.php?id=autor&substringFilterParticipants=967178|website=gerth.de|title=Danny Plett|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
From 1992 to 2013 Danny Plett lived in Germany and worked in the Janz Team as a musician.{{cite web|title=Einfulhsame Balladen mit Danny Plett|publisher=inHerme|url=https://inherne.net/einfuehlsame-balladen-mit-danny-plett/|access-date=December 22, 2022}} In addition to his own solo productions, he led the youth program One Accord for many years and published concept albums for children in the series Bible Verses Singing Learning. With Brian Delamont and Heinrich Reisich he founded the band Danny Plett & Liberation (abbreviated to DP&L or DPL). In 2006 he performed at the ProChrist in Munich, which was broadcast throughout Europe.{{cite web|title=Einstimmung mit Christmas Gospel|date=December 21, 2019 |publisher=Oberberg|url=https://www.oberberg-aktuell.de/kultur/einstimmung-mit----christmas-gospel----a-11549|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
He wrote songs for German musicians, such as Cae Gauntt, Beate Ling, Anja Lehmann and Yasmina Hunzinger among others. His last CD was released by Gerth Medien with the title "Learn even more Bible verses by singing." He created this production with longtime colleague Hanjo Gäbler.
In 2013, Plett moved back to Canada with his family.{{cite web|url=http://www.danny-plett.de/html/timeline.html|website=danny-plett.de|title=danny-plett.de: 2013|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=November 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103211006/http://www.danny-plett.de/html/timeline.html|url-status=dead}}
Discography
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| Year
! Title ! Label ! style="width:20em;" | Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | You're The One | New Born Records (Praise Industries Corp.) LP-Nr. NB7046 | Debütalbum, Veröffentlichung in Kanada |
| 1998 | Where Angels Dance | Janz Team Music | |
| 2004 | Wie ein Strom | Janz Team Music | Englischsprachige Parallelausgabe erschienen unter dem Titel Like A River |
| 2004 | Wunder über Wunder | Janz Team Music | Weihnachtsalbum |
| 2006 | Komm zum Kreuz | Janz Team Music | Englischsprachige Parallelausgabe erschienen unter dem Titel Come to the Cross |
| 2008 | Dich will ich sehn | Janz Team Music | |
| 2009 | Thousand Days | Janz Team Music | |
| 2011 | Wenn du nicht wärst | Gerth Medien | Englischsprachige Parallelausgabe erschienen unter dem Titel If Not For You |
| 2012 | Licht dieser Welt | Gerth Medien | Weihnachtsalbum |
| 2016 | Tanz durch den Sturm | Gerth Medien |