Henning Kvitnes (born 13 May 1958) is a singer/songwriter from Tistedal,

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. His debut came with The Ice Cream Band, but he later found bigger success as a solo artist.

Biography

Kvitnes first made a name for himself in 1978, with The Ice Cream Band, who warmed up for

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. The band soon changed name to The Young Lords. As a member of The Young Lords he released his first album, Same Shit - New Wrapping in 1980. In 1991 he released his first album in Norwegian, titled Veien hjem. Kvitnes has during his career collaborated with several of Norway's most famous musicians,

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and Claudia Scott, to mention a few. In 2007 he won a Norwegian Grammy,

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, for his album Stemmer i gresset. He has also won Norsk artistsforbunds ærespris, an annual honorary title given out to stand out musicians.

Discography

*1980 - Same Shit - New Wrapping (with The Young Lords) *1981 - We Like to Watch (with Saturday Cowboys) *1982 - Little Big Horn - Live (with Saturday Cowboys) *1982 - The Tunnel (with Henning Kvitnes Next Step) *1984 - Open Roads (with Next Step) *1987 - Back to Little Eden (with Henning Kvitnes Little Eden) *1988 - Solitude Road (with Little Eden) *1989 - Everyday Life (with Little Eden) *1991 - Veien hjem *1991 - Songs people play (Greatest hits album) *1993 - Postcards from life *1995 - Godt Vann *1996 - Tida bare kommer (de beste) *1998 - Evig eies (kun et dårlig rykte) *1999 - Heartland *2001 - Scandicana *2003 - På godt norsk *2004 - Bare vente litt på sjelen *2005 - Manda' morra - 14 sanger av Stein Ove Berg *2006 - Ut av veggen *2007 - Stemmer i gresset *2009 - Tid for latskap *2010 - For sånne som oss - de beste *2010 - Bortkomne julestjerner med Koret på Botsen *2012 - Ingen tid å miste *2014 - Jada, vi elsker...

References

External links

Official homepage

Henning Kvitnes on MySpace
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