City are a German music band formed in East Berlin in 1972 by Fritz Puppel (Guitar), Klaus Selmke (Drums), Ingo Doering (Bass Guitar), Klaus Witte (Keyboards), Frank Pfeiffer (Vocals) and Andreas Pieper (Flute) as the City Band Berlin. Later they changed their name to City Rock Band and eventually to simply City. East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a popular term that refers to electric and acoustic basses - stringed instruments similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ...

City toured extensively in East Germany, and from 1978 on released albums regularly which achieved success either side of the then intra-German border, with a mixture of folk rock and more conventional rock. Their greatest commercial success came with the song Am Fenster (At the Window) which has sold 10 million copies worldwide. In contrast, their first album "City" has sold half a million copies. East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...

City's line-up changed extensively in their early years, with only Puppel und Selmke remaining from the original band. However, their membership has been stable since 1982 with the band being rounded out by Georgi Gogow (Violin and Bass Guitar), Toni Krahl (Vocals) and Manfred Hennig (Keybords). The band continue to tour extensively, principally, although not exclusively, in the former East Germany. The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ...