by Jason BirchmeierUnquestionably one of the leading volkstümliche musik acts of their era, the Nockalm Quintett is an Austrian schlagerband with a long list of hits and accolades to their credit, as well as dozens of albums. The band was active during much of the 1980s, releasing albums regularly, but they didn't score any significant hits until 1987, when "Drei Finger aufs Herz" and "Gib Mir als Souvenir ein Kleines Bild von Dir" established them as a rising act amid the Austrian volkstümliche musik scene. Two years later, their song "Spiel Nie mit dem Feuer" won the televised ZDF-Superhitparade and made its accompanying album, Liebe, Träume und Musik (1989), far and away the band's most popular to date. From this point forward, the Nockalm Quintett was among the most successful volkstümliche musik acts of the time, if not of all time. In the wake of "Spiel Nie mit dem Feuer," the Nockalm Quintett enjoyed an uninterrupted series of hits, th...