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Henrik Åberg
Henrik Åberg (born 1976), is a Swedish singer who won TV4 (Sweden), TV4's ''Sikta mot stjärnorna'' in 1995, imitating Elvis Presley performing the song "Blue Hawaii (song), Blue Hawaii", and scoring chart successes in Sweden. He also represented Sweden in the European final of ''European Soundmix Show'', on 13 April 1996 in Amsterdam, performing ''Love Me Tender (song), Love Me Tender''. At Melodifestivalen 1996 he participated with the song ''Du är alltid en del utav mej'' written by Lasse Berghagen and Lasse Holm. While the song did not reach the final, it became a Svensktoppen hit for 36 weeks. Henrik Åberg then went on a summer tour with an own band, where ABBA bassist Rutger Gunnarsson was Kapellmeister. Between 1996 and 1998 he scored totally five Sensktoppen hits. In 2001, "En dans i morgonsolen" with Martinez (band), Martinez charted for 17 weeks at Svenskoppen. Discography Albums * ''Du är alltid en del utav mej (album), Du är alltid en del utav mej'' (1996, Sony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
