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Polar Music
Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity producing Ulvaeus' next group, international superstars ABBA. As a small Scandinavian company based in Sweden, Polar could not afford to set up operations worldwide and was ABBA's record company only in the Scandinavian countries. Therefore, ABBA's recordings were licensed to different record companies in each country, but usually to companies that had international operations, meaning they could effectively compete with each other to acquire the licenses in more countries if they proved successful in their own. The licenses gave the companies a few allowances to issue certain tracks as singles that Polar had not, or to modify single (and occasionally album) artwork. The licenses were for three years at a time, meaning that between 1989 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig Anderson
Stig Erik Leopold Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997), better known as Stikkan Anderson, was a Swedish music manager, lyricist and music publisher. He was the co-founder of Polar Music, and is best known for managing the Swedish pop band ABBA. Early life Stig Anderson was born on 25 January 1931 in Hova, Sweden, the son of a single mother named Ester. Anderson began his career as a chemistry and mathematics teacher at a primary school, by taking night classes after leaving school at the age of 15. Having written his first song at age 16, Anderson soon entered the Swedish popular music scene, becoming a music producer, manager and occasional performer. Anderson began writing songs as early as 1951, and in 1959 gained his breakthrough with the song "''Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran?''" ("Are You Still in Love With Me, Klas-Göran?"), written for Swedish singer Lill-Babs. During the 1960s, he was one of Sweden's most prolific songwriters, producing more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnetha Fältskog
Agneta Åse Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She later achieved international stardom in the 1970s as a member of the pop group ABBA. The group has sold over 380 million albums and singles worldwide, making it one of the best-selling music acts in history. She is the youngest member of ABBA, and the only one born in the 1950s. After the unofficial break-up of ABBA in December 1982, Fältskog found renewed success later in the decade as a solo artist with three albums and a leading role in a movie. She became reclusive in the 1990s, avoiding outside publicity and residing on the Stockholm County island of Ekerö. Fältskog stopped recording music for 16 years until she released a new album, '' My Colouring Book'', in 2004. She returned in 2013 with '' A'', her highest UK charting solo album to date. ABBA sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Record Labels
File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, by genre, by company and by location. Alphabetical * List of record labels: 0–9 * List of record labels: A–H * List of record labels: I–Q * List of record labels: R–Z By genre * Bing Crosby's record labels after 1955 *List of Christian record labels *List of electronic music record labels * List of hip hop record labels *List of tango music labels By company *List of EMI labels *List of Kakao M labels *Record labels owned by Sony BMG *List of Sony Music labels *List of Universal Music Group labels * List of Warner Music Group labels By location *List of Bangladeshi record labels *List of record labels from Bristol *List of New Zealand record labels *List of Quebec record labels *List of West Coast hip hop record labels *List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpo (singer)
Jan Torsten Svensson, known professionally as Harpo (born 5 April 1950), is a Swedish pop singer.Harpo sjunger ut på Galgberget 2009-06-30 He was popular in and around in the 1970s and is best known for his worldwide " [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Tempest
Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written the band's great hits such as " The Final Countdown", " Rock the Night", "Cherokee", and "Carrie". He started performing in 1979. Early life Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 19 August 1963. When he was eight years old, he would sit in front of the television or radio with a tape recorder and try to capture songs from the UK or US that he liked and listen to them over and over again. He learned how to play the piano and a friend of his father's taught him three chords (A, D, and E) on his sister's acoustic guitar. Larsson played football and ice hockey and competed in go-cart racing; he once came in fourth place in the Junior Cart Race, a Swedish championship. Like many of the other Europe members, Larsson grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby. His biggest influences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenne And Lotta
Svenne & Lotta (in some countries Sven & Charlotte) was a pop duo of Svenne Hedlund and Lotta Hedlund. They met in 1967, when (along with ABBA's Benny Andersson) Svenne Hedlund was the vocalist in the band Hep Stars. Charlotte Walker, which was Lotta Hedlund's name at that time, toured Sweden with the all-girl American trio The Sherrys. History It was at Jerry Williams' 'Hamburger börs' show that the couple met, after which they spent time together during the Swedish leg of Lotta's concert tour with the Sherrys. Upon Lotta's return to America, the pair missed each other that Lotta soon travelled back to Sweden; this time with her three children. Seeking parental approval, Lotta also brought her mother to meet Svenne. With the Hep Stars' popularity diminishing, Lotta was brought in as a new member of the band, along with Benny's songwriting colleague, Björn Ulvaeus. This constellation released two studio albums on their own record label Romance Records, ''Compromise'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pineforest Crunch
Pineforest Crunch is a Swedish pop music band based in Solna. They have released three albums and toured extensively internationally selling over 250 000 albums worldwide. Their music is highly textured and often features the use of unusual musical instruments to complement the overall sound. Members include Åsa Eklund on vocals and flute, Mats Lundgren on bass guitar, mellotron, and keyboards, Olle Söderström on guitar and vocals, and Mattias Olsson on drums and percussion. Discography ;Albums * ''Make Believe'' (1996) * ''Water Garden'' (1997) * ''Panamarenko'' (2002) ;Singles * " Cup Noodle Song" (1996 single) * " Teenage Alex" (1996) * "Shangri-la" (1997) * "Innocent" (2000) * "College Radio Listeners'' See also * Polar Music Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Mendonça
Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist songwriter and composer of Portuguese origin. He has released five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s as a performing artist and sold more than 250.000 copies and as a songwriter he received 8x platinum awards. In 1996 he particiapted at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He toured with Tina Turner among others. In 2008, he collaborated on Jeff Scott Soto's album, ''Beautiful mess''. In 2010 Mendonca worked on several songs on the HURTS Album "Happiness" as a guitarist and background vocalist. In 2013, he released ''Does anybody wanna funk?'' which featured the song ''Birds and the bees,'' a moderate success in Sweden and Germany He was one of the first musicians ever to collaborate with the Swatch Group to provide tunes for its Melody line of wristwatches. His latest collaboration with Swatch is thPAULO MENDONCA-11 PM model from the Winter 2013 collection. In 2017 he co-wrote the song "Funky Song" for the polish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maarja-Liis Ilus
Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja (born 24 December 1980) is an Estonian pop music, pop musician and presenter. She has represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. She was only 15 when she participated in the 1996 contest. Discography Albums * Maarja-Liis (1996) * First in Line (1997) * Kaua veel (1998) * Heart (1998) (only in Japan) * City Life (2000) * Look Around, together with Hinkus (2005) * Läbi jäätunud klaasi, together with Rein Rannap (2006) * Homme (2008) * Jõuluingel (2009) * Kuldne põld (2012) Important singles * Hold Onto Love (1997) * First in Line (1998) * All the Love You Needed (2001) * He Is Always On My Mind (2003) * Tulilinnud (2015) * Nii sind ootan (2015) Musical theatre *Miss Saigon, Ellen (2002) *The Sound of Music, Maria (2003) *Rent (musical), Rent, Maureen Johnson (2004) *Cats (musical), Cats, Grizabella (2005) *Evita (musical), Evita, Eva Perón (2009) References External links * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambretta (band)
Lambretta was a Swedish pop rock band that existed from 1993 till 2005. Biography The band started in 1993 but then without Sundblad doing the vocals, after some time she joined and they released their debut album ''Breakfast''. After releasing two more albums Sundblad announced in late 2005 she was going to do a solo record. This caused the remaining members of Lambretta to stop and form a new band called Psych Onation. Members * Linda Sundblad Linda Caroline Sundblad (born 5 July 1981, in Lidköping) is a Swedish singer, actress and model. Career Lambretta Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop-rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young ... - vocals * Klas Edmundsson - guitar * Petter Lantz - bass * Marcus Nowak - drums Former members * Anders Eliasson * Tomas Persic Discography Albums Singles References External links *Official site now closed (seArchive.orgfor the web site's history) Official Myspace-SeitePortrait a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Kempe
Fredrik Kempe (born 29 April 1972) is a Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer, who was born in Vårgårda. He has participated in Swedish versions of the musicals ''Les Misérables'' and ''Chess''. In 2002, Kempe had a hit with ''Vincerò'', where he mixed opera and Euro disco. He was a jury member in ''Idol 2016'' which was broadcast on TV4. Melodifestivalen Kempe has participated in Melodifestivalen twice as a performer. He entered Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song "Finally", a tribute to his favourite composer Benny Andersson and in 2005 together with Sanna Nielsen singing ''Du och jag mot världen''. In Melodifestivalen 2007, he co-wrote three songs. One was "Cara Mia", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw and another was "Vågar du, vågar jag", performed by Sanna Nielsen. In Melodifestivalen 2008 he co-wrote the music and wrote the lyrics to the winning entry, "Hero", performed by Charlotte Perrelli. Once again in 2009, he wrote the music and lyrics for the winning song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson (sometimes known as Nick Royale) had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies. Dregen and Eriksson had been roadies for Entombed, while Håkansson was a childhood friend of Andersson's. The Hellacopters were initially conceived as a side project for Andersson and Dregen, but it eventually became the main songwriting and performance vehicle for Andersson. The band, together with The Hives, is considered one of the most important Swedish bands in the garage rock revival and one of the most influential rock bands in Sweden. The band released their Swedish Grammi-winning debut album ''Supershitty to the Max!'' in 1996. Just before a tour opening for Kiss, the band recruited keyboardist and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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