Gaby Rückert

Gaby Rückert, born on July 1, 1951, in East Berlin, Germany, is a German singer. She began her musical journey as a vocalist with the Felix-Sextett student band at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin in 1969. After studying music at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar from 1971 to 1975, Rückert became a soloist with Fips Fleischer's dance orchestra in 1974 and later joined Hellmut Richter's Big Band in 1975. She notably won Young Talent Award at a competition in 1976, which led to a contract with the Committee for Entertainment Arts. Her breakthrough came in 1978 with the single "So ging noch nie die Sonne auf" released by Amiga.  In 1980, her debut album Berührung sold 250,000 copies and featured the hit title track. Rückert continued her career with notable releases including Meine größten Erfolge (1996) and Lebenswert – Zwischen Liebe und Schmerz (2010).