Claus Asmussen (born 12 February 1949 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

) is a Danish musician (guitar), actor and composer, the son of jazz violinist

Svend Asmussen Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and S ...

, and a central member of the Danish pop bands 'Emanuel D.P.', 'Sir Henry & His Butlers' (1965–80) and The '

Shu-Bi-Dua Shu•bi•dua or Shu-bi-dua is a Danish pop group that was formed in 1973 in Copenhagen, as an expansion of the group ''Passport''. Throughout their 40-year history, Shu-bi-dua changed their lineup many times, however their lead singer was with ...

' (1974–2005). Asmussen has not been very active on stage since 2005, but he was on a tour to

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with the other ex-Shubs, Michael Hardinger, Bosse Hall, Henning Tingleff and Klaus Poulsen, under the name Veterans, where in April 2010 they played a couple of concerts for the Danish soldiers. He runs the audio production company Audiomedia.

Filmography

*1989: ''Den røde tråd'' *1992: ''Shu-bi-dua i Tivoli'' *1993: ''Shu-bi-40 – Et juleeventyr'' (TV Special documentary short) *2003: ''Shu-bi-dua – tanketorsk eller stjerneskud?''

Discography

;With 'Sir Henry & His Butlers' *1967: ''Camp'' (

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

) *1967: ''H2O'' (

Parlophone Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 192 ...

) *1967: ''Sir Henry & His Butlers'' (Columbia Records) *1973: ''Listen!'' (

EMI Records EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company of the same name in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succ ...

, Parlophone) *1980: ''Sir Henry'' (EMI Records) *1990: ''La' Det Gry, La' Det Gro'' (

Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

) ;With '

' *1974: ''Shu•bi•dua'' (Polydor Records), as sound engineer *1975: ''Shu•bi•dua 2'' (Polydor Records) *1976: ''Shu•bi•dua 3'' (Polydor Records) *1977: ''Shu•bi•dua 4'' (Polydor Records) *1978: ''78'eren'' (Polydor Records) *1979: ''Shu•bi•dua 6'' (Polydor Records) *1980: ''Shu•bi•dua 7'' (Storkophon) *1982: ''Shu•bi•dua 8'' (Storkophon) *1982: ''Shu•bi•dua 9'' (Balstram) *1983: ''Shu•bi•dua 10'' (Balstram) *1985: ''Shu•bi•dua 11'' (Hardazz I/S) *1987: ''Shu•bi•dua 12'' (Shu-Bi-Dua Self-release) *1990: ''78'eren'' (Elap Music) *1992: ''SShu•bi•dua 13'' (Elap Music) *1993: ''Shu•bi•dua 14'' (Elap Music) *1994: ''Shu•bi•40'' (

CMC Records CMC International was an American independent record label founded by Bill Cain and Tom Lipsky in 1991, focused mainly on classic rock, and classic heavy metal. The label was the haven of many hard rock, arena rock, thrash metal, glam metal, and ...

) *1995: ''Shu•bi•dua 15'' (CMC Records) *1997: ''Shu•bi•dua 16'' (CMC Records) *2000: ''Shu•bi•dua 17'' (CMC Records) *2001: ''Rap Jul & Godt Nytår'' (CMC Records) *2004: ''Symfo•ni•dua'' (CMC Records), with '

DR Radio DR Radio was a division of Danish Broadcasting Corporation - DR - concerned with radio programming. The radio stations are now part of several divisions: DR Medier (P1), DR Ung (P3), DR Musik (P2, P6 Beat, P7 Mix, P8 Jazz), DR Danmark (P4 and the r ...

UnderholdningsOrkestret' *2005: ''Shu•bi•dua 18'' (Peaked in DEN: #2) ;With 'Emanuel D.P.' *1976 ''Emanuel D.P.'' (

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References

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