Rica Déus, born Erika Scheele on February 7, 1937, in Hamburg, Germany, was an actress and Schlager singer. Her musical career began after winning a singing contest during a vacation on Sylt in 1955. She started performing at local venues like the Tabu in Hamburg while working as a waitress. In 1958, she signed her first record deal with DECCA-Telefunken and released several singles including "Pussycat" and "Rock-Italia". Déus collaborated with singer Jo Roland on multiple tracks such as "Heut lieb ich Dich". She moved to East Berlin in November 1961 following a legal separation from her manager. In the mid-1960s, she toured with Lutz Jahoda and Hans Hick as part of the Panoptikum mit Musik program and became known for hosting the television show Klock 8, achtern Strom. Déus released several singles and an EP in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Einmal weht der Südwind wieder".
