Odd Børre Sørensen

Odd Børre Sørensen (born August 9, 1938 in Harstad ) is a Norwegian singer . He is better known by his first name Odd Børre .

biography

Between 1962 and 1970 the singer released singles, so Hvorvor Skal man elske den man kanskje aldri for 1965 and Min lille lapplandsflicka 1968, he was also part of the " Kjell Karlsen Orchestra " during this time . In 1964 he also took part for the first time in the Melodi Grand Prix , the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , but achieved third place out of five participants with La meg værre ung , which he performed with the Cannons. In 1968 he again took part in the Melodi Grand Prix , this time with the two titles Jeg har aldri vært så glad i no'en som deg and Stress . The former title won the preliminary round, Stress took second place. However, since the composer of the winning contribution, Kari Neergaard , withdrew the winning contribution because it was too similar to the title Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard , the Norwegian TV station NRK decided to use the made decision to stress the Euro vision song Contest 1968 to London to send. There he shared 13th place with the representatives of Austria and Switzerland out of 16 participants. The long-playing record Om du visste , produced by Arne Bendiksen , came out in the same year.

He was also represented at the Melodi Grand Prix in 1969, this time with the song Lena , which took second place but only got half of the points of the winning title from Kirsti Sparboe . With Ironside he again took second place in 1971, while he came last with Make love, not war in 1977. After that he did not appear any further.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://natfinals.50webs.com/50s_60s/Norway1964.html
2. ↑ http://natfinals.50webs.com/50s_60s/Norway1968.html
3. ^ Melodi Grand Prix 1968 # controversies
4. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 1968 # placements
5. ↑ w: no: Odd Børre Sørensen
6. ↑ w: no: Melodi Grand Prix 1969
7. ↑ w: no: Melodi Grand Prix 1971
8. ↑ w: no: Melodi Grand Prix 1977