Leslie Mándoki
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mándoki László |
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7 January 1953 Budapest, Hungary |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, drummer, record producer |
| Instruments | Percussion |
| Associated acts | Dschinghis Khan, Man Doki |
| Website | www |
Leslie Mándoki (Mándoki László) (born 7 January 1953 in Budapest, Hungary) is a German-Hungarian musician who performed for the music group Dschinghis Khan and as a solo artist.
Mándoki studied drums and percussion at the musical conservatory of Budapest in the early 1970s. At the same time he was a band leader for the local jazz-rock group JAM, citing groups like Cream and Jethro Tull as his influence.
In July 1975, Mándoki, along with Gábor Csupó and others, fled from Hungary to Munich, Germany to avoid prosecution by the communist government for being a member of the student opposition.
Mandoki has rented the Park Studios near Lake Starnberg. He has worked as a producer for many German and international acts, including No Angels, Phil Collins, Engelbert, Joshua Kadison, Lionel Richie and Jennifer Rush. He also worked as a musical director for commercials, with clients Audi, Daimler and Disney.
Dschinghis Khan was the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, finishing on 4th place.
He performed on 15 episodes of the music show "ZDF Hitparade" with Dschinghis Khan between 1979 and 1982.
In 2003 he played a guest role on three episodes of the German teenager television series Schloss Einstein.
In April and November 2004 Mandoki produced and guest-starred in a band dubbed Soulmates together with many acclaimed international artists in the two-part television show "50 Jahre Rock" (50 years of rock) on ZDF hosted by Thomas Gottschalk. Material from these shows was later used for the album "Legends of Rock".
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