Two years later, his song cycle "die Jahresuhr" and the new "Schulweg-Hitparade" were published as videos. In 1994, he set up his own company under the umbrella of the Universal Music Group. In 1999, he published the children's musical Der kleine Tag. The hit theme song "We are the children of the Suderhof" from the popular children's TV show Neues vom Süderhof was composed by Zuckowski. Zuckowski has released 45 studio albums, 1 audio play, 2 live albums, 8 Christmas albums, 9 video albums, 14 compilations, 1 boxset, and 45 singles. Some of Zuckowski's other famous works are the songs "Wie schön, dass du geboren bist" (How wonderful it is that you were born), "Stups, der kleine Osterhase," and "Kommt wir woll’n Laterne laufen." He also writes songs for adults and sees himself as a singer songwriter for the whole family. Awards In 1986, Zuckowski's song "...und ganz doll mich" made it into The Guinness Book of World Records as the "World’s longest song." Zuckowski used 3776 lines that had been written by children. In 1992, he received the "Christophorus Preis" for the artistic realization of the song "Schulweg-Hitparade" In 1994 and 2008, he was awarded the Echo Music Prize for his work as a composer, songwriter, artist and music producer In 2000, he received the Deutscher Musikpreis. In 2001, he was awarded the Paul-Lincke-Ring by the town of Goslar for his work in the category "popular music" In 2003, Zuckowski was awarded the German "Musikeditionspreis" for the complete works of "Rolfs Vogelhochzeit" In 2005, Rolf Zuckowski receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to acknowledge his contribution to the musical development of children. In 2007, he is awarded the Goldene Stimmgabel External links Official website by Rolf Zuckowski (German) Official website by Rolf Zuckowksi (English) Skikorski Music Publishers songs by Rolf Zuckowski Rolf Zuckowski is awarded the Echo A list of Zuckowski's songs including lyrics Literature about Rolf Zuckowski (German) Rolf Zuckowski on Discogs (English) References Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Children's musicians German singer-songwriters Eurovision Song Contest conductors Musicians from Hamburg University of Hamburg alumni Living people 1947 births 21st-century conductors (music)