Little Gerhard | |
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 Little Gerhard in Helsingborg, 1959 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist |
| Also known as | Little Gerhard |
| Born | 17 May 1934 Tillberga, Sweden |
| Occupation | Singer |
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]
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]
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