Herreys (), sometimes Herrey's or Herrey, is a

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pop group, consisting of the three brothers Per Herrey (born 9 August 1958), Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964), and Louis Herrey (born 3 November 1966). They won the

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with the song "

Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" was the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 performed in Swedish by the trio of brothers Herrey's, representing . Lyrics were written by Britt Lindeborg, and the tune by Torgny Söderberg. It was produced by ...

". Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 18 years and 184 days of age respectively. In 1985, they won the

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with " Sommarparty". At the time Herreys won Eurovision, the brothers were living and working as singers in

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. Herreys continued to record and tour for a few years, but had no hits of the same magnitude as the Eurovision winner. They were the first European boyband preceding the international boom a few years later. Herreys was the bestselling pop group in Sweden in the 1980s, and enjoyed enormous success touring and performing in excess of 300 live shows. Herreys was also the first Western band to be invited to tour behind the Iron Curtain in the

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, and also did shows with the big Russian star

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. The three brothers reunited to perform "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in the intermission of one of the Swedish

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semifinals of 2002. Richard Herrey made an appearance at

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, a 50th anniversary concert, held in

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in October 2005. In February 2006, Richard Herrey released his first solo album, ''Jag e Kung''. They performed at

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, the 60th anniversary show in 2015.

Discography

Albums

* 1984: ''

Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley ''Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley'' is the debut studio album by Herreys, released in 1984. The most notable song on the album is "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", which won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984. Track listing # "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" # "Kom loss" ("Foo ...

'' * 1985: ''

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'' * 1985: ''Not Funny'' * 1986: ''Different I's'' * 1987: ''Live in Tivoli'' * 1994: ''Där vindarna möts'' * 1995: ''Herreys Story'' * 2002: ''Gyllene Hits'' * 2010: ''The Greatest Hits''

Singles

* "Crazy people" / "I'm so sorry" * "You" / "I see the love" * "Kall som is" / "Mirror mirror" ** (#18 in Sweden) (1984) * "Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley" (1984) ** (#2 in Sweden, #5 in Norway, #10 in Switzerland, #11 in Germany, #18 in Denmark, #46 in UK) * "People say it's in the air" / "I'm so sorry" * "Varje liten droppe regn" (EP) ** (#11 in Sweden) * "People from Ibiza" / "Sommarparty" ** (#20 in Sweden) * "Din telefon" / "Why Why" * "Chinese Temptation" / "Sweet Love" * "Freedom" / "Little Pretty Girl" * "Min ensamma vrå" / "Livet i dig" * "Öppna dina ögon" / "Hanna" * "Här vill jag leva" / "Hon ger dig allt"

References

External links

Richard Herrey's websiteLouis Herrey's blogPer Herrey's website
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