Heinrich is the name of a German farmer, who was looking for a woman in the German TV show Farmer Wants a Wife

Farmer Wants a Wife

Farmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The first edition premièred in United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. However, the original format of the programme is likely to date back to the TV programme Bauer sucht Bäuerin, which was broadcast in 1983 on SRG SSR idée...

. He sang a song about his life as shepherd.

He lives with 400 animals and his mother in his farm in the "Sauerland

Sauerland

The Sauerland is a rural, hilly area spreading across most of the south-eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, in parts heavily forested and, apart from the major valleys, sparsely inhabited...

". One of his songs, "Das Schäferlied" ("The shepherd song"), which he sang often at village festivals, was recorded with EMI Music

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. The song was a top 10 hit in Germany

Media Control Charts

The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

and reached #6.