Mats Rådberg (8 June 1948 – 27 June 2020) was a Swedish

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singer, guitarist, composer and architect scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s/80s. He is well known for working together with the country ban
Rankarna
under the name ''Mats Rådberg & Rankarna''. He also participated at

Melodifestivalen 1977 Sweden selected their entry for ESC 1977 in the show "Melodifestivalen 1977". The winner was the song "Beatles" by a group called Forbes. It was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier, and was written by Sve ...

with the song "Du och jag och sommaren", written by

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, which ended up 10th. Rådberg also acted as a background singer behind Chips at Melodifestivalen 1980. In 1980, he released the album ''I'm the Singer, You're the Song'' together with Elisabeth Andreasson, and in 1983 he scored a hit with the song ''Peta in en pinne i brasan'', a Swedish-language version of Shel Silverstein's ''Put Another Log on the Fire''.

Discography

Albums

*1969 – Country Our Way (Rank Strangers) *1969 – Early Morning Rain (Rank Strangers; same as ''Country Our Way'', released in Canada) *1970 – Rank Strangers (featuring Mats Rådberg) *1970 – Well Known Strangers (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna) *1975 – På egen hand *1975 – We Weren't Born in Tennessee (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna) *1976 – Min musik *1976 – The Best of Mats Rådberg *1977 – Mats Rådberg *1978 – Boogie *1979 – Det handlar om känslor *1980 – Mina bästa låtar *1980 – I'm the Singer, You're the Song *1980 – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend *1982 – Mamma, låt inte din grabb växa upp och bli en cowboy *1983 – Take Me to the Country *1984 – Familjens Svarta Får *1987 – Country Cookin' *1988 – Jag ger dig min morgon *1996 – When We Were Young *2002 – 100% Mats Rådberg & Rankarna *2014 – Nashville

References

External links

Rankarna.se
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radberg, Mats 1948 births 2020 deaths Swedish guitarists Male guitarists Swedish male singers Swedish country singers Singers from Stockholm