Billey Shamrock Gleissner (born in Solberga, Stockholm,

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, Yrkestrubadurernas förening, accessed 2010-05-23 Starting off with youth theatre, he formed his first

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band, The Naughty Fiddlers, in 1979 and later that year his first poems were published. In 1982 his first 7" was released – ''Super Swede/People''. His first solo CD was Billey, released in 1995. His latest album is Billeys ljusa sida (The light side of Billey). As a full-time artist he has since 1990 been seen on Swedish national TV several times. 1993–1996 he participated in the musical ''

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'' (staged by D. Kronlund) and 1998 in the musical ''

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. Alone or with colleges he has toured Sweden,

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countries. He is registered for 146 written lyrics/compositions. He is the vice president of the Society of professional troubadours of Sweden and a member of SKAP, Sweden's Composers of Popular music. In 2005 he was grand master of the Swedish edition of

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