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Malando Gassama
Malando Gassama (born Malang Omar Gassam; 7 February 1946 – 25 January 1999) was a Gambian percussionist who spent most of his music career in Sweden. He recorded and performed with many notable Swedish and international artists such as ABBA, Al Jarreau, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (of ABBA), Ted Gärdestad, Bette Midler, Gábor Szabó, Janne Schaffer, David Sanborn, Viktoria Tolstoy, Jaco Pastorius, and Blacknuss Allstars, etc. He was one of the backup musicians on ''ABBA: The Movie, ABBA - the Movie'' and was featured on documentaries which aired on Swedish television and radio. His last concert appearance was with Bob Manning (soul singer), Bob Manning's Soul Enterprise at Fasching Jazz Club in Stockholm. He died 2 weeks later in Gambia. Recordings ;1960s *''Viva Super Eagles'', The Super Eagles, 1969 ;1970s *''Baltik'', Baltik, 1973 *''Waterloo (album), Waterloo'', ABBA, 1974 *''Cozy Square'', RESA (Swedish jazz band; formed 1972), 1974 *''Frida ensam'' ("Frida Alone"), Anni-Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.Hoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A–Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . Its territory is on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of and a population of 2,769,075 people in 2024 which is a 47% population increase from 2013. The capital city is Banjul, which has the most extensive metropolitan area in the country. The second and third-largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. Arab Muslims, Arab Muslim merchants traded with indigenous West Africans in The Gambia throughout the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.5 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is the cultural, media, political, and economic centre of Sweden. The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country's Gros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voulez-Vous
''Voulez-Vous'' (; French for "Do you want (to)?") is the sixth studio album by the Swedish supergroup ABBA. Released on 23 April 1979, the album yielded five hits, all of them big 1979 singles in Britain – " Chiquitita", " Does Your Mother Know", "I Have a Dream" and the double A-side " Voulez-Vous"/" Angeleyes". The title track showed the group embracing disco music, which at the time was at its peak. The album topped the charts in a number of countries and ranked among Britain's five best-selling albums of the year. It was the first ABBA album to be mainly recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, and the only ABBA album to include a studio recording made outside Sweden: the instrumental backing track for the title track was partly recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. ''Voulez-Vous'' was first released on CD in 1984. The album has been digitally remastered and reissued four times: first in 1997, then in 2001 and in 2005 as part of '' The Complete Studio Recordings'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Virgin Isles
''Blue Virgin Isles'' is the fifth studio album and international debut album by Swedish singer-songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in November 1978 by Epic Records in the UK and Polar Music in Scandinavia. Background Recording The ''Blue Virgin Isles'' album was mainly recorded in Hollywood, California with a large number of noted American and English musicians, among them Jim Keltner, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Fred Tackett, James Newton Howard, Dr. John, John Mayall, Chuck Domanico, Mike Melvoin, four of the future members of Toto; Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, David Hungate and Steve Lukather, and backing vocals by David Cassidy, Venetta Fields and Sherlie Matthews. The album was produced by Norwegian-American Eirik W. Wangberg, also known as ''Eirik The Norwegian'', a nickname given to him by Paul McCartney during the sessions for McCartney's 1971 album ''Ram''. The ''Blue Virgin Isles'' recordings began in the United States in the autumn of 1977 and were completed with so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Album (ABBA Album)
''ABBA: The Album'' (also known as simply ''The Album'') is the fifth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in Scandinavia on 12 December 1977 through Polar Music, but due to the massive pre-orders the UK pressing plants were not able to press sufficient copies before Christmas 1977 and so it was not released in the UK until January 1978. The album was released in conjunction with '' ABBA: The Movie'', with several of the songs featured in the film. Altogether the album contains nine songs. The album contained two UK number-one singles, "Take a Chance on Me" and " The Name of the Game", as well as European hits "Eagle" and "Thank You for the Music". Background and production The album includes three songs from ABBA's 1977 tour mini-musical ''The Girl with the Golden Hair'' performed during each of their European and Australian shows in 1977. Andersson and Ulvaeus wanted to offer more than "a run through of their hits and assorted album tracks" for their con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upptåg
''Upptåg'' is the third studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1974 on the Polar Music label. It contains the hits "Fantomen", "Silver", "Eiffeltornet" and "Viking". The album was produced by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Ted, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. A non-album single followed in early 1975, the Melodifestivalen entry "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" (#7), backed with an English-language version of the track "Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel" from 1973 album '' Ted'', entitled "Gonna Make You My Angel". Both the English-language version of "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" and "Gonna Make You My Angel" remain unreleased on CD. Track listing ''Music by Ted Gärdestad, lyrics by Kenneth Gärdestad'' Side A: #"Silver" – 3:33 #"Öppna din himmel" – 2:43 #"Viking" – 3:37 #"Buffalo Bill" – 3:53 #"Love Comes" – 3:18 Side B: #"Eiffeltornet" – 3:04 #"Goliat från gat" – 3:54 #"Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrival (ABBA Album)
''Arrival'' is the fourth studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Sweden on 11 October 1976 by Polar Records. It became one of ABBA's most successful albums to date, producing three of their biggest hits: " Dancing Queen", " Money, Money, Money" and " Knowing Me, Knowing You". The track "Fernando", which had been recently released as a single in March 1976, was included on the Australian and New Zealand versions of the album. ''Arrival'' was the best-selling album of 1977 in the United Kingdom and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 2024, the album was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Background and production By the time ABBA began working on their fourth album in August 1975, they had achieved a modest level of success around the world. It was with ''Arrival'' however, tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franska Kort
''Franska Kort'' is the fourth studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1976 through Polar Music. It contains the hits "Angela", "Chapeau-Claque", "När Showen Är Slut" and "Klöversnoa". The album was produced by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Michael B. Tretow and Gärdestad, while featuring vocals by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. It was re-released in 2009. Track listing ''All lyrics written by Kenneth Gärdestad, music by Ted Gärdestad'' Side A: #"Angela" - 3:00 #"Franska Kort" - 3:52 #"Helt Nära Dej" - 3:13 #"Humbuggie-Woogie" - 3:00 #"Betlehem" - 4:15 Side B: #"Chapeau-Claque" - 3:55 #"Magical Girl" - 4:15 #"Kejsarens Kläder" - 4:00 #"Ring Ding Dingeling Dae (Sagan Om Riddaren I Kung Leijonhiertas Hov)" - 3:10 #"När Showen Är Slut" - 3:43 #"Klöversnoa" - 2:00 Personnel * Ted Gärdestad - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano * Benny Andersson - piano, keyboards * Per-Erik Hallin - piano, keyboards * Björn J:son Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Törnell
Monica Kristina Ingeborg Törnell (born 3 June 1954) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was discovered by Cornelis Vreeswijk in 1971, triggering a career spanning several decades in various genres, mainly folk and rock music. With Lasse Holm, she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen, Norway. She was inducted in to the Swedish Musical Hall of Fame in 2022. Biography Childhood Monica Törnell lived her first years in Trönö, in the Norrala municipality, before moving with her family to Söderhamn, where she began visiting Folkets Park, encountering artists such as Lill-Babs, Jerry Williams, and others. She had her debut public performance before an audience of 700 people at the 1962 Ericsson Christmas party in Söderhamn, where her father Jöns Törnell was an employee, followed by a series of performances in public parks at home. In 1965, she was one of five first-prize winners in the "Ung Fantasi" (Young Fantasy) drawing competition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Ensam
''Frida ensam'' () is the second studio album by Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad. It was first released by Polar Music in 1975 while Lyngstad was a member of the pop group ABBA and produced by her then-fiancé and fellow ABBA member, Benny Andersson. The album has since been re-released several times, most significantly in remastered form in 2005 with bonus tracks. The lead song was the original version of "Fernando (song), Fernando" sung in Swedish by Lyngstad, later popularised in its English version by ABBA. The album was a huge success in Sweden and was certified platinum. Background ''Frida ensam'' was recorded in KMH Studio and mixed at Atlantis Studios, Metronome Studio in Stockholm. Benny Andersson plays all the pianos and keyboards, while the rest of the musicians are very much the same team who played on ABBA's records. First recordings and preparations started in 1974 but, due to the rising popularity of ABBA, the album took over 18 months to complete and was recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
