Little Gerhard

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Little Gerhard
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Little Gerhard in Helsingborg, 1959
Background information
Birth nameKarl-Gerhard Lundkvist
Also known asLittle Gerhard
Born (1934-05-17) 17 May 1934 (age 90)
Tillberga, Sweden
OccupationSinger
Little Gerhard in Kungstradgarden 2009 Little Gerhard 2009.jpg
Little Gerhard in Kungsträdgården 2009

Little Gerhard (born Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist; 17 May 1934) is a Swedish singer and rock musician. He had big music hits between 1958 and the mid-60s, with songs like "Buona Sera", "What You've Done to Me" and "Den siste mohikanen". [1]

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Biography

In his early years he boarded a ship and became a sailor. He made his stage debut in 1952 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the nightclub "Trocadero". [2] At that time he played guitar and the accordion. [3]

After ending his career as a sailor he moved to Stockholm, where he entered several amateur singing competitions, and he later saw success as a rock musician. His first music group was called Halen, which he performed with at New Year's Eve 1957. [4] Via this concert he signed with the record label Karusell. He released his first music album in 1958, called Little Gerhard; the song "What You've Done to Me" became his first hit. [5] Already in March of the same year he was named "Sweden's rock music king", and in August that year he also was named "the rock music king of the Nordics". [6] [7] He made his film debut in the 1958 film Det svänger på slottet. [8]

His third music album became, at its release in 1958, the best-selling music album within Swedish rock 'n' roll during the 1950s, and Little Gerhard's Gold certified record. [9] His band The G-men went on a summer tour in 1959 and the next coming five years. [10]

In 1961, he started to sing in Swedish, his native tongue, now under the artist name Little Gerhard for the first time. [11] His song "Blommor och Bin" charted on the Svensktoppen list. [12] he also did recordings in West Germany and sang in German. [13]

By the late 1960s, he focused on his career as a songwriter and producer. [14] He participated in Melodifestivalen 1982 broadcast on SVT with the song "Hand i hand med dig" in a duet with singer Yvonne Olsson. [15]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Radionostalgi.se: Little Gerhard. radionostalgi.se. Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. ↑ xlibris (2012-02-13). "Little Gerhard gästar Cadillac Band – Ölandsbladet". Ölandsbladet. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "80-årig rockkung till stan". unt.se. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Little Gerhard gifter sig för femte gången". Aftonbladet. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Oleander, Linus. What You've Done To Me av Little Gerhard – Radio i Spotify – Radiofy. Radiofy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Farbror Sid". Archived from the original on 2012-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Rockkungen Little Gerhard ångar på ännu". hn.se. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Det svänger på slottet (1959) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Little Gerhard". Discogs. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Little Gerhard and his rocking G-men – Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  11. ↑ Melin, Thomas (24 September 2013). "Nyheter detalj". Göteborgs universitet. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "BLOMMOR OCH BIN av LITTLE GERHARD". NostalgiListan. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  13. ↑ Klinthage, Jörgen (2018-10-09). "Elvis kompis rockar loss – på äldreboende – Sydöstran". Sydöstran. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Rock'n'roll och dess pionjärer – Outtrigger.se". 21 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  15. ↑ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Melodifestivalen 1982". svt.se. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder (1958) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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