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Äventyr I Natten
''Äventyr i natten'' () is the only studio album by Angel (Swedish band), Angel, a Swedish girl pop band. The album was released in 1992 by Polydor Records and the band participated at Melodifestivalen 1992, Melodifestivalen with the song "Venus butterfly". The hit single "Sommaren i city", which peaked 7th place in Topplistan (present-day ''Sverigetopplistan'') a year earlier, appeared on the album. The producers were Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. Track listing Personnel Angel *Linda Jansson: Vocals *Maria Zaring: Electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals *Jessica Larsson: Bass, backing vocals *Linda Gustavsson: Drums Additional Personnel *Bobby Ljunggren, Benny Jansson: Guitars *Håkan Almqvist: Bass, keyboards, backing vocals *Patric Fransson, Thomas Walther, Lilling Palmeklint: Backing vocals References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel (Swedish Band)
Angel was a Swedish girl pop group from Degerfors, Degerfors, Sweden in the early 1990s. They debuted with their single "Sommaren i City" and have only released one album ever since. Later, the band did a come back with several reunion shows. History In 1991, the band was formed by Linda Dahl, Linda Jansson, Jessica Larsson, Maria Zaring and Linda Gustavsson. They originated from Degerfors and Karlskoga respectively, and gained major fame with their debut single "Sommaren i City" when it was released the same year. It was co-written by Bobby Ljunggren and peaked 7th place in the ''Topplistan'' (present-day ''Sverigetopplistan'') charts upon its release. A year later, the band released ''Äventyr i Natten'', its first and only studio album. Following the album release, they participated in the Melodifestivalen 1992, 1992 Melodifestivalen with the song "Venus Butterfly (song), Venus Butterfly". Although the band had effectively discontinued all recording and touring by the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the Beat (music), beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with Pop music, pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less Authenticity in art#Authenticity of performance, authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydor Records
Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom. Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon/Schallplatte Grammophon GmbH. It was renamed Polydor Ltd. in 1972. The company is usually mentioned as "Polydor Ltd. (UK)", or a similar form, for holding copyrights. Notable current and past artists signed to the label include Rainbow (rock band), Rainbow, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, the Cure, James Brown, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Atlanta Rhythm Section, John Mayall, Deep Purple, Cream (band), Cream, the Moody Blues, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Bee Gees, Lana Del Rey, Stephen Fretwell, the Jam, Style C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sommaren I City
"Sommaren i city" is a song written by Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist and Eva Lindblad, and recorded by Swedish band Angel. The single was released in 1991 and became a hit upon release. It appeared on their 1992 album ''Äventyr i natten''. The song charted on the Svensktoppen for 12 weeks between 1 September and 17 November 1991, peaking at number three. The track was also recorded by the band Lollipops for their 2001 album ''Vårat sommarlov'', and Markus Landgren, Hannah Westin and Ida Hellberg from on the reality television show Fame Factory in 2003. The song incorporated instrumentals from sitars and bhangra Bhangra may refer to: * Bhangra (music), a genre of Punjabi music * Bhangra (dance), a folk dance of Punjab region * ''Bhangra'' (film), a 1959 Indian Punjabi-language film See also * Bhangara, Nepal Bhangara, Nepal is a village development c ... drums. Charts References 1991 songs Songs written by Bobby Ljunggren Songs in Swedish {{1990s-pop-song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 1992
Sweden was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "", written by Niklas Strömstedt, and performed by Christer Björkman. The Swedish participating broadcaster, (SVT), selected its entry through 1992. In addition, SVT was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the in Malmö, after winning the with the song "" by Carola. Before Eurovision 1992 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,544 songs were submitted to (SVT) for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 14 March 1992, presented by Adde Malmberg and Claes Malmberg and broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. The show was watched by 5,376,000 people. At Eurovision Björkman sang 7th on the night of the contest, following and preceding . "I morgon är en annan dag" received 9 points and placed 22nd of 23 countries. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo .... It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name since October 2007. Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included legal downloads. The charts became the first in the world to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Karlsson
Bert Willis Karlsson (born 21 June 1945) is a Swedish record company manager, entrepreneur, and former politician ( Member of Parliament 1991–1994) and front figure of the New Democracy () party. As the owner and manager of the record company Mariann Grammofon AB, Karlsson became a familiar face to the Swedish public as the man behind singer Carola Häggkvist. In 1984 he started Skara Sommarland, a theme park. In 1991, Karlsson and count Ian Wachtmeister started the populist political party ''New Democracy''. Attracting major media attention, and with a patriotic platform, the party received 6.7 percent of the vote in the parliamentary election in September. With no previous political experience, Karlsson suddenly found himself elected to the Riksdag as a Member of Parliament. When the New Democracy party imploded due to internal struggles and failed in the 1994 general election, Karlsson went back to being a full-time businessman. He has started the popular Swedish reality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Debut Albums
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
