The German singer, actor, and former teen idol known as Peter Kraus was born
Peter Siegfried Krausnecker on March 18, 1939, in the city of Munich. The son of
Austrian director and comedian Fred Krausnecker, he spent most of his childhood
preparing himself to become a performer, taking singing, acting, and dancing
lessons. His debut on the big screen arrived in 1954 when he starred in the film
The Flying Classroom, followed by his first single, a German version of Little
Richard’s “Tutti Frutti,” two years later. Marketed as Germany’s response to the
Elvis Presley phenomenon, Pete...