Gus Backus

Gus Backus (born September 12, 1937 in Southampton, Long Island, New York as Donald Edgar Backus) is a former member of the Del-Vikings. He also released a single on Carlton Records in 1958. He later became a popular singer in 1960s West Germany after he was stationed there as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force at Wiesbaden Air Base from 1957.^[1] He sang all his songs in German language and placed No. 1 in German charts with his song Der Mann im Mond (The Man in the Moon) in 1961. Gus Backus lives today in Germany.

References

↑ Backus, Gus (RCS Artist Discography)

External links

(German) Official site
Gus Backus at the Internet Movie Database

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