Prima Vera (band)

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Prima Vera was a Norwegian comedy group existing from 1976 to 1984. For the most part, their music was humorous songs, often Norwegian versions of well-known international hits with totally unrelated, funny or sarcastic lyrics. The group ended in 1984 when one of the members, Jahn Teigen, left the group to focus on his own career, which had a more serious character. This led to controversies with one of the other members, Herodes Falsk, until a short reunion of the group in 2000. [1]

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  1. MIC Artikkel: Mathisen, Tom & Herodes Falsk Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine