Klinkhammer was part of a group called Hot Blood, which consisted of himself, May Ambruster, and Penny Duke. They recorded the song "Soul Dracula. Backed with "Dracula's Theme", it was released in Germany on
Hansa International 17 103 AT in 1976. In late 1976, it made the UK charts, peaking at no. 32. It charted in the Netherlands in early 1977, peaking at no. 5 during its eight week run. It also charted twice in Belgium, making it to no. 6 during its eight-week run, then once again spending one week in the chart, it peaked at no. 46. Stefan Klinkhammer co-wrote "
Dance, Bunny Honey, Dance" with
Michael Kunze. Kunze produced the song for
Penny McLean. Backed with "Summernight Stomp", and released on Jupiter 11 313 AT in 1976, it charted in both Germany and Sweden. Spending thirteen weeks in the German charts, it peaked at no. 26. In Sweden it peaked at no. 17 during its three-week run. Working with producer
Frank Farian on the
Boney M 1976
Take the Heat off Me album, Klinkhammer handled the arrangements. Done in a Euro-disco style, the album also included the single, "
Sunny", a
Bobby Hebb composition. It topped the charts in Germany, as well as making the top ten in other countries around the world. Along with
Hans-Ulrich Weigel,
Frank Farian and Roland Kaiser, he co-wrote the song "
Skateboard". It was recorded by
Benny Schnier. Produced by Frank Farian and backed with "Daniela, was nun?", it was released on
Hansa 11 397 AT in December 1977. The single became a hit, peaking at no. 40 during its ten-week run in the German charts. Another group, Copains, had also charted with their composition. It was reported in the 21 January 1978 issue of
Record World that Klinkhammer, along with
Sylvester Levay, Ernest Clinton and Benjamin Mason, were the new talent of composers, producers and arrangers that Michael Kunze and Butterfly Publishing were very interested in. Klinkhammer co-composed the song "Mexican Taxi Man", which was recorded by the Valverde Brothers. Produced by Tony Hendrik, it was released as the B side of their "
Layla" single in February 1978. Working with
Peter Orloff, Stefan Klinkhammer co-produced the single "
Then He Kissed Me" for the group
Ebony. It was released in Germany on
Aladin 1C 006-32 779 in 1978. He co-wrote "Disco do Brazil" with Dietmar Kawohl and Fred Jay. The song was produced by Dietmar Kawohl. Backed with "I Was Born to Reggae", it was released on Hansa 100 617-100 in May 1979. Klinkhammer rearranged the words to "
Hold on I'm Coming" for
Precious Wilson. It was a chart hit in the Netherlands, making it to no. 45 during its two-week run. ==Death==