Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist (born 17 May 1934), known under his stage name Little Gerhard, 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".

Biography

In his early years he boarded a ship and became a sailor. He made his stage debut in 1952 in

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, at the nightclub "Trocadero". At that time he played guitar and the accordion. 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. 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. 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". He made his film debut in the 1958 film ''Det svänger på slottet''. 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. His band The G-men went on a summer tour in 1959 and the next coming five years. In 1961, he started to sing in Swedish, his native tongue, now under the artist name Little Gerhard for the first time. His song "Blommor och bin" charted on the

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list. he also did recordings in West Germany and sang in German. By the late 1960s, he focused on his career as a songwriter and producer. He participated in

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broadcast on SVT with the song "Hand i hand med dig" in a duet with singer Yvonne Olsson.

Filmography

*1958 – ''Det svänger på slottet'' *1958 – ''

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