Lars "Lasse" Samuelson (born Lars Samuelsson on 4 August 1935) is a Swedish musician (trumpet) and

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. Samuelson began his career in 1957 with playing with artists like Eva Engdahl, Seymour East Wall and Malte Johnson. In 1958 Samuelson participated in his first recording session, and in 1963 he started his first own band Swing Sing Seven. In 1965 he started The Dynamite Brass with his friend Jerry Williams. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he worked a lot as a studio musician, producer and arranger. During the 1970s and 1980s Samuelson was also frequently engaged by television and radio, and participated in the Melodifestivalen several times both as conductor and arranger. He has participated as the conductor of the Swedish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

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Biography of Lars Samuelson

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1935 births Living people Swedish conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Eurovision Song Contest conductors 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century Swedish male musicians Fellows of the American Physical Society {{Sweden-musician-stub