''For the Danish sea captain, see Henrik Kurt Carlsen'' Henrik Carlsen (born 30 November 1959) is a Danish composer, record producer, singer, and keyboardist. Carlsen was born in

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and grew up in Brøndby. He was a founding member of Street Beat in 1982 and led it until it was disbanded in 1993. As a composer, he has written or co-written pop-songs like " Ring A Ling" (

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), " Diddley-Dee" (

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), " Easy Come Easy Go" (

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), and worked as producer or re-mixer with

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, E-Type, Blå Øjne and many more. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001."Drømmen om et fleksjob"
, The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, 23 May 2003 He retired from the music business and worked as a school teacher until 2016. In 2016, he returned to music and released his first solo album " Street Beat Revisited". The album was a homage to his former band Street Beat, and he played all instruments himself recording the entire album in his own bedroom. He is permantly in a wheelchair and has lost all walking ability. In November 2019, Carlsen released the instrumental album " WXYZ", again composing, arranging, performing, and producing all music by himself in his home studio. Another instrumental

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album was released in November 2022. This was a follow-up and named " WXYZ II". It consisted of 11 tracks, one them being a classical serenade For Linda played on a sampled

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violin.

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1959 births Living people Danish composers Male composers Danish pop musicians Danish record producers Danish songwriters Danish male singers People from Brøndby Municipality {{music-producer-stub