# Name of a female German singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015 "2015-11-30T05:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/1 "2015-11-30T05:06:53Z")
I’m trying to recall the name of a German singer from the late 1970s-early '80s. She sang torch songs, maybe schlager, and it isn’t Ute Lemper or Andrea Jurgens. She was blond, with acne scars on her cheeks, and the album cover art I recall is largely her face, she’s wearing a hat or knit cap. This is one of those dumb things that crops up to bug me when I have nothing else to worry about, so if you can answer this, I can get back to ending world hunger. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/2 "2015-11-30T05:13:24Z")
Do you remember any of the songs she sang? ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/3 "2015-11-30T05:47:59Z")
Katja Ebstein? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/4 "2015-11-30T05:49:42Z")
I have spent several minutes clicking on random names on this page: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German\_female\_singers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_female_singers) Most of the ones I have clicked on were born in the period you reference and can be eliminated, but it’s going to be tedious. Margot Eskens, Marianne Rosenberg, and Nicole [Hohloch] are about the right era, but don’t seem facially scarred. Juliane Werding’s stuff seems kind of rock-based to me; I don’t suppose she really counts as Schlager. And surely you don’t mean Sandra [Lauer]. Also, no obvious acne scars. Mary Roos and Conny Froboess might be a little early? Well, I guess Mary Roos is still going, so sure, why not? I tried to make it be Pe Werner, but I’m pretty sure it’s not. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/5 "2015-11-30T05:58:27Z")
It was Katja Ebstein. Thanks everyone, you rock. Now I can get some sleep!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-female-german-singer/739015/6 "2015-11-30T06:00:41Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I have spent several minutes clicking on random names on this page: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German\_female\_singers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_female_singers) > > Most of the ones I have clicked on were born in the period you reference and can be eliminated, but it’s going to be tedious. > > Margot Eskens, Marianne Rosenberg, and Nicole [Hohloch] are about the right era, but don’t seem facially scarred. > > Juliane Werding’s stuff seems kind of rock-based to me; I don’t suppose she really counts as Schlager. And surely you don’t mean Sandra [Lauer]. Also, no obvious acne scars. > > Mary Roos and Conny Froboess might be a little early? Well, I guess Mary Roos is still going, so sure, why not? > > I tried to make it be Pe Werner, but I’m pretty sure it’s not. > > I give up. Conny Froboess is literally the best. Its about time someone mentioned her, however indirectly.