Andy Baum

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Andy Baum (born 24 December 1957 in Linz, Austria) is an Austrian musician in the Austropop style.

In 1978, at the age of 21, he performed in the Popodrom competition in Vienna as the guitarrist for the group Stonehenge. In 1980, Stonehenge (with Baum as the lead singer) won a battle of the bands competition in Liverpool in Great Britain, and became the first Austrian band to tour through Great Britain.

Andy Baum had several successes, primarily in the 1980s. From 1982 - 1984 he was a member of Hallucination Company. From 1984, his band Andy Baum & The Trix performed as the backup band for Dana Gillespie. During the autumn of 1986 he experienced his first success with his song "Only A Whisper." "Still Remember Yvonne" was his first chart success (reaching number 17) in 1988, and his song "Slow Down" reached number 10 in the Austrian charts in 1989. Baum also worked as a composer for films and a music producer.

The oldest of three sons in a family of artists, he has two children himself.