Dizzie Tunes og Grethe Kausland (11097025686)

Dizzie Tunes was a Norwegian musical show group from the city of

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

. Dizzie Tunes was one of the most successful in Norwegian show business.

Biography

The group was founded as the dance band ''Rex Band'' in 1959, was named ''Dizzie Tunes'' in 1962, and disbanded in 2002. The regular group members were

Yngvar Numme Yngvar Numme (born 1 October 1944 in Porsgrunn, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, actor, revue writer and director. He is particularly known for his central role in the show group Dizzie Tunes for about forty years, one of the most successful ensembl ...

, Svein-Helge Høgberg, Øyvind Klingberg, Tor Erik Gunstrøm and Einar Idland. Their record debut came in 1963 with the single "Mette Mette Mette". Their first album was called ''Dizzie Tunes'' (1967). Their first revue was ''Å, så heldig vi er'', staged at

Chat Noir Chat Noir ( French for 'black cat') is a cabaret and revue theatre in Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1912 by Bokken Lasson. The current director is Tom Sterri. Establishment Chat Noir was established as a cabaret in 1912 by singer Bokken L ...

in 1966 and starring

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. Their next revues were ''Syv glade lerker på en blå gren'' from 1969 and ''Show før jo heller'' from 1971. In 1972 singer and actress

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starred at the revue ''På scenekanten'', and she later regularly performed with the group. Other revues were ''Memories of Music'' from 1980 and ''The show must go home'' from 1984. The 1988 revue ''Festsprell i Dizzie Tider'' had

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and

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as guest stars, and ''Dizzie og Damene'' at Chat Noir in 1993 had

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and Ellen Nikolaysen as guest performers. In their comedy routines Numme and Gunstrøm became an iconic couple playing their characteristic parts, exchanging insults and witty retorts, with Numme attempting to teach and direct the hopelessly inept Gunstrøm in various tunes and performances. Gunstrøm's comedic talent would often make the audience bowl over laughing. The group won the

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award for

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for best children's album, with ''Den aller siste ra-ta-ta-ta''. They reached a large public through their television shows. Their television show ''Sim Sala Bim'' from 1973 won the Bronze Rose at the

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. The film ''Tut og kjør'' was produced in 1975. The group was awarded the statuette ''Snill Gutt'' in 1988, the Swedish ''

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applåden'' in 1991, the

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's prize in 1993, and the

Leonard Statuette ''Leonardstatuetten'' (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), who was one of Norway's most importan ...

in 1993. A square in the city

was named "Dizzie Tunes plass" in 1999.

Band members

– front vocals, textwriter, trumpet * Tor Erik Gunstrøm – drums, vocals * Øyvind Klingberg – piano, vocals * Svein Helge Høgberg – bass, vocals * Einar Idland – guitar, vocals

References

External links

Dizzie Tunes - Ny Yåkke, Ny Yåkke
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Dizzie Tunes 1959 establishments in Norway 2002 disestablishments in Norway Children's musical groups Leonard Statuette winners Melodi Grand Prix contestants Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Musical groups established in 1959 Norwegian comedy troupes Norwegian musical groups Spellemannprisen winners