The Madcaps and wrote a couple of their songs, among them Schneemensch, Sommer is, John Wayne. In 1973, Danzer released the album Honigmond, which Danzer partially financed himself and flopped. In 1974, the concept album Der Tätowierer und die Mondprinzessin was released together with a book whillich he ustrated. In 1975 Jö schau, a comic song about a streaker at the Café Hawelka, became a No 1 in the Austrian charts and stayed there for 20 weeks. In the same year the album Ollas leiwand (Slang for "Everything's all right") was released. 1976 brought good news for Danzer: his first daughter, Daniela, was born, and he got a contract with a major label Polydor. Furthermore, English Music Week "Star of the Year", and five of his songs formed the soundtrack for the first Kottan ermittelt TV series. Danzer moved towards Germany. In Berlin, the album Unter die Haut was produced in 1977. Popularity and crisis, 1979–1990 In 1979, the "Georg Danzer Tournee 79" included 32 shows, all of which had sold out. A double live album appeared in the following year. More successful albums soon followed (Traurig aber wahr 1980, Ruhe vor dem Sturm 1981). Even Austrians began to realize that Danzer was more than Jö schau. The ORF produced a 45-minutes feature, Danzer Direkt. In 1981, Danzer played 47 concerts solo (Live-Album Direkt), followed by an Open-Air-Tournee with Ludwig Hirsch, Konstantin Wecker, Chris de Burgh and Georges Moustaki. in 1982 he published Die gnädige Frau und das rote Reptil, a book with lyrics and prose. In 1983, Danzer was among the first German-language musicians who created a CD-album (…und so weiter). In the summer of 1984, Danzer dissolved his band and went to Munich to produce Weiße Pferde. During the production of its video clip by Rudi Dolezal in Andalusia, he suffered a serious bike accident and had to be flown back to Vienna because of heavy injuries. In 1985, his wife Dagmara filed for divorce, his former manager disappeared, he got in trouble with the financial revenue services, and his contract with Polydor came to an end. In 1986 he was signed by Teldec, which belonged to the Time-Warner group, and went to Spain to study Spanish, among other reasons. In 1988, he moved to Hamburg, travelled to Egypt and Kenya and was infected by malaria. In 1989, Danzer and his new life partner, Bettina, moved to a