Fritz Rau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Rau

music promoter

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2013

Profession: impresario, talent manager, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Fritz Rau (9 March 1930 – 19 August 2013) was a German music promoter, who was influential in the development of the appreciation of jazz and blues music in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been a leading promoter of rock and pop music.
He was nominated to the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012, together with his former business partner Horst Lippmann.