| Johnny Blue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Genre | dansband music | |||
| Label | Tor | |||
| Producer | Thorleif Torstensson | |||
| Thorleifs chronology | ||||
| ||||
Johnny Blue is a 1981 Thorleifs studio album. [1] [2] It peaked at 50th position on the Swedish albums chart.
| Johnny Blue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 1981 | |||
| Genre | dansband music | |||
| Label | Tor | |||
| Producer | Thorleif Torstensson | |||
| Thorleifs chronology | ||||
| ||||
Johnny Blue is a 1981 Thorleifs studio album. [1] [2] It peaked at 50th position on the Swedish albums chart.
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [3] | 42 |
John Dawson Winter III was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. He also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his time with Waters, Winter recorded several Grammy-nominated blues albums. In 1988, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and in 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
John or Johnny Blue may refer to:
Bluegrass Hootenanny is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Melba Montgomery released in 1964 on the United Artists Records.
The Wonderful World of Make Believe is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records on July 10, 1964, and described by Greg Adams of Allmusic, who wrote, "The theme is fantasy, from imaginary locations to fanciful yearnings to vague, idealized realms ."
With Love is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1972. The album peaked at number 167 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.
Thorleifs was a Swedish dansband, formed in 1962 in Norrhult, Kronoberg County, Sweden and led by Thorleif Torstensson. The band sings in Swedish and many other languages, and released some albums in German. It also took part in Melodifestivalen 2009 with the song "Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight" but did not proceed into the finals.
"Moon Dreams" is a 1942 jazz and pop song composed by Chummy MacGregor and Johnny Mercer. The song was first recorded by Martha Tilton on Capitol Records.
"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet.
"När det lider mot jul", also known as "Det strålar en stjärna", is a Swedish Christmas song with lyrics by Jeanna Oterdahl, and written for vocals and piano in 1909 by Ruben Liljefors. A version for mixed choir, a cappella, was added in 1933 and originally published in 1944 by Gehrmans musikförlag. The song’s later popularity is said to have been affected by publication in Gottfrid Berg’s Läroverkskören 1950 and after being recorded on record, it was heard in TV in the early 1960s.
Och du tände stjärnorna is a song written by Bert Månson, and recorded by Thorleifs, who won the 1994 Hänt song contest with the song. The song was also released as a single in 1994, and became a major hit. The song charted at Svensktoppen i for totally 18 weeks between 23 July-19 November 1994, topping the chart.
"Jag vill ha en egen måne" is a song written by Swedish lyricist Kenneth Gärdestad and singer-songwriter Ted Gärdestad. Ted Gärdestad recorded the song, and released it as a single in April 1972. The song became his breakthrough, charting at Svensktoppen, where it stayed for 14 weeks between 11 June and 10 September 1972, topping the charts. All ABBA members appeared in the studio during the recording; Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agneta Fältskog appear as background singers.
Thorleifs jul is a 1998 Thorleifs Christmas album. The album was recorded inside the Strängnäs Cathedral for TV4 Vision, and peaked at 45th position on the Swedish albums chart.
Förälskade is a studio album by Thorleifs, released 1 October 2008. On the album charts, it topped in Sweden, reached 17th position in Denmark and 34th position in Norway. A Danish language-version of the album, Forelskede, was also recorded.
Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight: Den första kyssen is a studio album by Thorleifs, released 29 April 2009. Even a Danish language-version of the album, Sweet Kissin' in the Moonlight: Det første kys, was recorded.
Tack & farväl was released on 14 November 2012 and is a Thorleifs double compilation album in connection to the band disestablishment the same year. The opening track, Déjà vu, was new-written by Thomas G:son. That song was originally written for Melodifestivalen 2008., where Thorleifs were originally intended to participate.
Thorleifs Hit Collection is a 2002 Thorleifs double compilation album. At the album charts, it peaked at 42nd position in Sweden.
Till Folkets park is Thorleifs 1987 studio album. It peaked at number 38 on the Swedish Albums Chart. The album was also released as CD and cassette tape.
En dag i juni is a 1974 Thorleifs studio album In 1996, the album was rereleased to CD and cassette tape on the Golden Line label.
Kommer hem till dig is a 1973 Thorleifs studio album and the band's debut album. In 1996, the album was rereleased to CD and cassette tape on the Golden Line label.
Platina Records was a Swedish independent record label founded in 1964 by businessman and songwriter Evert Jakobsson. The label saw great success throughout the mid-1960s with rock acts such as Tages, before turning to dansband music in the 1970s, gaining success with Flamingokvintetten and Thorleifs. After turning to pay to play in 1984, the label shut down in 1989.
 | This 1980s rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| | This 1980s country music album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
