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'''Brigitte Ahrens''' (born 13 September 1945 in Chemnitz,<ref name=Wacholz>{{cite web | title =Brigitte Ahrens | publisher =Bärbel Wacholz Hommage | date =2006-10-25 | url =http://www.baerbelwachholz.de/neu/index.php?site=content&mid=38 | accessdate =2009-01-04 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183617/http://www.baerbelwachholz.de/neu/index.php?site=content&mid=38 | archive-date =2016-03-03 | url-status =dead }}</ref> Germany) is a German schlager-singer, who was well known in East Germany.

==Biography==

Ahrens sang in the choir of the ''Klub der Jungen Talente'' in Karl-Marx-Stadt between 1961 and 1964. In 1967, she participated in Heinz Quermann's talent contest ''Herzklopfen kostenlos''. She was successful in a microphone casting for the radio channel Rundfunk der DDR in East Berlin. At the Zentralen Studio für Unterhaltungskunst, she learned singing, ballet, acting and elocution. Ahrens became well known through her appearances in the television channel DFF. She released several records on the Amiga label, and these have become collector's items in Germany and the Benelux countries. She appeared in concerts in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Benelux countries. She was musical editor at the regional radio channel ''Karl-Marx-Stadt'' and at its successor Sachsen Radio. After a long break, she released the CD ''Ich gehe auf die Fünfzig...na und?'' in 2005.

Ahrens gained third place in the East German Schlager Song Contest in 1971 with ''Wo ist die liebe Sonne'' composed by Arndt Bause.<ref name=Wacholz/> Her biggest success was ''Da ging für mich die Sonne auf'', composed by Ralf Petersen in 1974.

==Discography==

*1968 ''Donaumelodie'' *1969 ''Heut ist mein Tag'' *1969 ''Warum hat er wieder nicht geschrieben'' *1969 ''Ade, ade, der Zug fährt ab'' *1969 ''Lass dich doch bald wieder sehen'' *1969 ''Was soll ich mit roten Rosen'' *1970 ''Halt dein Herz fest'' *1970 ''Du mit deinen Wanderaugen'' *1971 ''Alles dreht sich um uns beide'' *1971 ''Wenn dein Herz mir verzeiht'' *1971 ''Heut ist mein Tag'' *1971 ''Wo ist die liebe Sonne'' *1972 ''Und der Sommer kommt bald zurück'' *1972 ''Komm in den Tag'' *1974 ''Da ging für mich die Sonne auf'' *1974 ''Insel im Fluss'' *2005 CD ''Ich geh auf die Fünfzig … na und''

==Songs in radio==

* 1970 ''Mal mir einen Regenbogen'' * 1971 ''Es geht weiter'' * 1974 ''Schau nur auf die Sonnenuhr''

==External links== * [http://www.brigitte-ahrens.de Official site]

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