Hootenanny Singers

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Hootenanny Singers
from left to right: Hansi Schwarz, Johan Karlberg, Björn Ulvaeus and Tonny Roth (1967)
from left to right: Hansi Schwarz, Johan Karlberg, Björn Ulvaeus and Tonny Roth (1967)
General information
Genre (s) Folk songs
founding 1963
resolution 1974
Founding members
Guitar , banjo, lead vocal
Tonny Roth
 Guitar, double bass, vocal
Johan Karlberg
 Guitar, bongos, harmonica, vocal
Guitar, vocal
Last occupation
Guitar , lead vocal
Tonny Roth
 Unknown
Johan Karlberg
 Unknown
Hansi Schwarz
 Unknown

The Hootenanny Singers were a folk group from Sweden who became known nationwide in the 1960s . The guitarist and lead singer Björn Ulvaeus became world famous in the 1970s as a member of the pop group ABBA .

history

The origins of the group go back to the jazz band "Mackie's Skiffle Group", which was formed around 1960 by the musicians Hansi Schwarz, Johan Karlberg (1943–1992) and Håkan Hven. In 1961 the group was renamed "The Partners" and got two new members with Tonny Rooth and Björn Ulvaeus . Due to a similarity of names, the band was renamed again in the summer of 1963, this time in "The West Bay Singers" (The English West Bay is synonymous with the Swedish " Västervik "). At the same time, Stig Anderson and Bengt Bernhag were looking for a group that could fit into the "hootenanny" concept, in which the musicians play on stage and include the audience. Bernhag became aware of the West Bay Singers through a music competition and signed them to Polar Music in September 1963 . In order to adapt the group to its concept, it was renamed "The Hootenanny Singers" ( Hootenanny is an old Scottish word for song recital or jam session ). They made their debut in the Swedish TV show Hylands Hörna (German - Hyland's corner) with the song Jag väntar vid min mila by the Swedish poet Dan Andersson . For an American LP release in 1966 they called themselves "The Northern Lights".

Discography

The band performed in 1966

Albums

title Label Release (CD)
Spotlight Sonet 1990
Basta Polar 1991
Våra vackraste visor Polar 1991
Våra vackraste visor 2 Polar 1991
Dan Andersson på vårt sätt Polar 1991
Sjunger Evert Taube Polar 1992
Evert Taube på vårt sätt Polar 1992
Skillingtryck Polar 1992

Singles

title Label year
  1. Marianne
  2. Vid en biväg till en byväg bor den blonda Beatrice
 Polar 1966
  1. En sång en gång för längesen
  2. This is not the case at vara
 Polar 1967
  1. Början till slutet
  2. Adjö, farväl
 Polar 1967
  1. Gabrielle
  2. I lunden gröna
 Polar 1966
  1. Vid Roines beach
  2. En man och en kvinna
 Polar ?
  1. Time to move along
  2. Take your banjo
 Polar ?

literature

  • Carl Magnus Palm: Light and Shadow. ABBA - The real story. Bosworth Edition, 2006, paperback edition, 638 pages. ISBN 3-86543-100-3 .

swell

  1. ↑ a b p. 24 f.
  2. ↑ p. 26
  3. ↑ a b p. 48
  4. ↑ p. 78