Frl. Menke (born November 4, 1960 as Franziska Menke in Germany) was one of the stars of the Neue Deutsche Welle, a genre of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave music, which also brought the German band Nena ("99 Luftballons") into the international spotlight. Menke is best known for her hit single "Hohe Berge" (High Mountains), which was a Top 10 hit on the German single charts in 1982 and sold more than 2.5 million copies to date.

Franziska Menke is the daughter of the well-known German songwriter, producer and publisher Joe Menke. She stepped into the spotlight in 1982 when her hit single "Hohe Berge" became an instant success. "Hohe Berge" was one of the first songs to start a new music genre in Germany, namely the Neue Deutsche Welle. It is very strange that this new genre, which dominated the German single charts from 1982–1984, mostly made groups or male singers popular. Menke was basically the only successful female artists, next to Ixi or Nena (which actually was a band, too, but the female lead singer Nena was more prominent than her band).

Hubert Kah is a German synthpop band, led by Hubert Kemmler who was born 22 March 1961 in Reutlingen. Kemmler is a German musician, composer, songwriter and producer.

Kemmler's career began as a trio under the name Hubert Kah (Hubert Kemmler: vocals, keyboards - Markus Löhr: guitars, keyboards and Klaus Hirschburger: bass) at the time of the New German wave 1982 commercial success with the singles "Rosemarie", "Sternenhimmel" and "Einmal Nur Mit Erika... (Dieser Welt Entfliehn)", and with the albums "Meine Höhepunkte" and "Ich Komme". The singer caused a stir, especially with TV appearances in nightdress or straitjacket. Before Kemmler's music career he studied law at the University of Tübingen.

As of 1984, the band began working with producer Michael Cretu. After a German album "Goldene Zeiten" (1984), the band recorded English language albums "Tensongs" (1986) and "Sound of My Heart" (1989), which were partly successful internationally. Together with Michael Cretu, Kemmler wrote and produced songs for other artists, including "Dancing Into Danger" by Inker & Hamilton, "Love at First Sight" by the band Münchener Freiheit and a number of tracks by Sandra such as "Maria Magdalena", "Heaven Can Wait", when wife Susanna Kemmler was partly responsible for the background vocals.