Paul Engemann

With his sister Shawn{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257343/reference|title=Shawn Ora Engemann|website=IMDb}} (now the widow of Larry King), Paul had a small (#91) national chart record, "For Your Love", in 1975, billed as Christopher Paul, and Shawn. His younger sister Shannon Engemann (born 1964) is an actress and a model.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0962512/reference|title=Shannon Engemann|website=IMDb}} With Giorgio Moroder, he had a number one hit in Germany (#81 in USA) with "Reach Out", that became the official song of the 33rd Olympic Games 1984 in Los Angeles. Among other releases were "American Dream" (with Giorgio Moroder 1984), "Face to Face" (1985), "Shannon's Eyes" (1985, 1986), "Brain Power" (Summer School soundtrack) (1987), "To Be Number One" (1990), and "NeverEnding Story" (2000).

Paul Engemann was the frontman of the 1980s band Device, whose only album, the futuristically titled 22B3, was released in the spring of 1986. It produced a Top 40 single with "Hanging on a Heart Attack", which peaked at number 35. Device was formed by musician-songwriter Holly Knight,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=avMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q2oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4006,2586851&dq=paul-engemann+animotion&hl=en|title=Dirty' Dancer Singing Pop Music|date=May 24, 1989|work=Kentucky New Era|accessdate=November 29, 2010}} with Engemann serving as lead vocalist along with Knight, and session guitarist Gene Black. Producer-songwriter Mike Chapman, who had worked with Knight in the past, produced the album.

Engemann joined the band Animotion as co-lead singer with actress Cynthia Rhodes (who replaced Astrid Plane) in 1988 (Engemann took the place of the former male lead Bill Wadhams) and had a top-ten hit with the single "Room to Move" from the Dan Aykroyd movie My Stepmother Is an Alien. Animotion dissolved in 1990.

Since retiring from the music business, Engemann opened a design business which he ran for approximately 17 years with his wife, Suzanne Barnes. Their work was featured on the cover of Architectural Digest. He later worked as a spokesperson and distributor for MXI Corporation and their Xocai dark chocolate.{{YouTube|bf36MxCHUsA}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqvqYjsQa58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630081224/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqvqYjsQa58 |archive-date=June 30, 2014 |url-status=dead|title=Xocai Testimonial – Paul Engemann |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Adam Paul |date=August 27, 2014 |title=Chocolate-MLM Office Established in Huntington, New York by Fans of Jeanette Sweet-Schemes The Great |url=http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/mxi-corps-chocolate-mlm-xe-energy-drink-was-introduced-as-the-flag-ship-product-for-japanese-distributors-by-executive-team-elite-adam-paul-green-541025.htm |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=SBWire |language=en}} When MXI was sued in 2016 for their use of multi-level marketing that allegedly amounted to a pyramid scheme, Engemann was named as a defendant.{{Cite web |title=Martinez v. MXI Corp., Case No. 3:15-cv-00243-MMD-VPC {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/martinez-v-mxi-corp-1 |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=casetext.com}}

Engemann has been married to actress and former model Suzanne Barnes since 1985. They have one son, Austin.{{cite web |url=http://www.peoplefinders.com/marriage-records/suzanne+barnes |title=Suzanne Barnes {{!}} PeopleFinders |website=www.peoplefinders.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234457/http://www.peoplefinders.com/marriage-records/suzanne+barnes |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.instagram24.com/pearldropsbaby|title = @pearldropsbaby Instagram user videos and photos}}

• 22B3 (1986)

• Animotion (1989)

• "For Your Love" as Christopher Paul with Shawn Engemann (1975){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3992901-Shawn-King-7|title = Shawn King (7)|website = Discogs}}
• "Scarface (Push It to the Limit)" (from Scarface soundtrack) (1983)
• "American Dream" (1984)
• "Reach Out" (from 1984 Summer Olympics soundtrack) (1984)
• "Shannon's Eyes", "Face to Face" (from Giorgio Moroder's Innovisions) (1985)
• "Brain Power" (from Summer School soundtrack) (1987)
• "To Be Number One" (from Giorgio Moroder Project's To Be Number One) (1990)

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