Edith Prock (born December 5, 1949 in Hienheim) is a folk music singer from Germany. She played the accordion as a child and sang in the Bavarian Radio children's choir. The future artist initially worked as a secretary. Together with Claudia Schwarz and Renate Maurer, Edith Prock founds The Munich Voices. The choir provides backing vocals for artists such as Audrey Landers. Under the stage name Edith-Maria, she released her debut album Drob'n Auf Der Herzerl-Alm in 1981. At the end of the 1980s, the artist released her albums under her real name. Her first album as Edith Prock, Komm' A Bisserl Näher Zu Mir, was released in 1989. In the same year, she made her breakthrough as a folk music singer. With the song "Hörst du die Glocken von Stella Maria", Edith Prock took part in the Grand Prix of Folk Music in 1989 and came fourth. A year later, she took part in this competition once again. She missed out on the final with the song "Dank schön, dass d'bei mir bist". Edith Prock subsequently consolidated her reputation as an excellent singer in the field of folk music with further releases. The albums Im Zauberland klassischer Melodien (2001), Meine Welt Ist Bunt (2003) and Meine schönsten Volks- und Wanderlieder (2006) followed in the 2000s. During this time, Edith Prock also sings pop and jazz songs as well as classical titles. Thanks to her vocal versatility, she also performs internationally on several occasions, including regularly at the German Heritage Festival in New Jersey in the USA. From the 2010s onwards, things became quieter around Edith Prock. Numerous compilations of her best songs keep the memory of Edith Prock alive to this day.
