John Fischer

Christian Dornaus (born Johann Ernst Fischer, May 3, 1930) is an Austrian musician and composer. Born Johann Ernst Fischer, Dornaus also used the names Andy Fischer and Johnny Fischer. During the 1960s, he had a string of hit songs in Germany before composing music for other artists.

Early life Dornaus was born Johann Ernst Fischer on May 3, 1930 in Vienna. His father died when Dornaus was six years old, and at the beginning of World War II, he was sent to England, where he lived with a Quaker family. There, he went on to attend the Rudolf Steiner School. At age 17, he returned home to Vienna, after which he began studying music. "Mister Cannibal" (1966), "A Man in the Woods", and "Der Babyspeck ist Weg".

In 1970, Dornaus switched to producing, working alongside Ralph Siegel. Pepe Lienhard's "Jeanny Is My Memory", and Penny McLean's "Tut-Ench-Amun".