The Captain of Her Heart's Log

How a Swiss boy became the Captain of Her Heart. Kurt Maloo, a singer-songwriter from Zurich, Switzerland has released four solo albums after his group Double disbanded in 1989. Although he will always be remembered for his biggest hit. After all these years he became "The Captain Of Her Heart". He's now looking back by checking his log.

How a Swiss boy became the Captain of Her Heart. Kurt Maloo, a singer-songwriter from Zurich, Switzerland has released four solo albums after his group Double disbanded in 1989. Although he will always be remembered for his biggest hit. After all these years he became "The Captain Of Her Heart". He's now looking back by checking his log.

In the 1980s, as one half of the brilliant jazz-pop duo Double, Kurt Maloo co-authored and sang the most enduring hit Switzerland has ever produced: “The Captain of Her Heart.” Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Kurt Maloo stood out not just as a singer and guitar player, but as a painter and member of the Performance Art Group MAEZ, the predecessor of the nine piece art-punk band Troppo, that was cult in Zurich in the mid 70s. A few years later he teamed up with Felix Haug and a bass player to form the trio Ping Pong. They were feted at the Montreux Jazz Festival as the next Big Thing. Then the big thing turned into Double – as Haug and Maloo named their new project after the bass player's departure. Their debut album Blue became a worldwide bestseller and “The Captain Of Her Heart” has long been a radio standard from Canada to Kathmandu, and regularly makes it into the jazz and pop download charts throughout the world. Kurt Maloo has released four solo albums after the group Double disbanded in 1989. Although, he will always be remembered for his biggest hit.