Detlev Jöcker (born 5 October 1951) is a German composer, singer and songwriter, focused on songs with movement for small children.

Born in Münster, Jöcker studied music in his home town from age 15, as a highly gifted young musician (hochbegabter Nachwuchsmusiker): classical guitar, flute and piano.

He worked in Münster from 1986 as composer and music publisher and was widely active giving concerts and seminars, performing often at Kirchentag events.

[1] Many of them became popular, such as "1,2,3 im Sauseschritt" (1979),[3] "Dicke, rote Kerzen", "Sei gegrüßt, lieber Nikolaus" and "Das Flummilied", and he came to be regarded as a pioneer of early education in music with movement.

[4] He has toured internationally as "Botschafter des deutschen Kinderliedes" (ambassador of German children's songs) by the Goethe Institute.