Chris Howland was a British radio and television presenter, schlager singer and actor who was active in Germany for most of his career. He began as Germany's first disc jockey with the NWDR in Hamburg, becoming popular, later also as television presenter. His most popular show was Musik aus Studio B, running from 1961 to 1969.

William McCreery Ramsey was an American-German jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor famous for his German-language hits. He returned to Germany a year after he had served compulsory military service with the U.S. Air Force there. Active as a singer of jazz and pop already as a soldier, he made a career in different fields of musical entertainment. He sang and recorded German schlager, also German-language cover versions of English hits, jazz and swing. He appeared in films and television series, and ran popular series on radio and television as presenter.