Heinz Rudolf Kunze

Dubbed "the singing secondary schoolteacher" as a result of his often didactic lyrics, German rocker Heinz Rudolf Kunze enjoyed his greatest success in the mid-'80s via the smashes "Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz" and "Mit Leib und Seele." Kunze's debut LP, Reine Nervensache, a critical smash, earned a series of honors, and 1983's Der Schwere Mut was no less acclaimed. With the title cut from 1985's Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz he scored his first German Top Ten hit. 1986's Wunderkinder proved his continued commercial viability, and the album quickly entered the Top 20, notching the hit single "Mit Leib und Seele," and he went on to receive the Goldene Stimmgabel. ~ Jason Ankeny