Ola Brunkert

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Ola Brunkert (born September 15, 1946 in Örebro , Sweden, † March 16, 2008 in Artà , Mallorca ) was a Swedish drummer.

Life

Brunkert began his musical career as a jazz musician, but he also came into contact with blues (in the band Slim's Blues Gang ) and pop (Science Poption) in the mid-1960s. After an engagement with Janne Schaffer's jazz-oriented group Opus III , Brunkert worked as a session musician and as such became one of Sweden's most sought-after drummers around 1970 . He received his greatest attention through his participation in all eight albums of the band ABBA . A first engagement with the band took place in 1972 with the single People Need Love, even before the band was actually founded and named ABBA . While the four singers Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid always achieved a strong public perception, the musicians behind the singers remained relatively unknown. Brunkert can be heard in all the big ABBA hits from Waterloo , Dancing Queen to The Winner Takes It All and, with an estimated 370 million ABBA records sold, is one of the most listened to drummers in music history. Between 1977 and 1980 Brunkert went on tour with ABBA. He starred in ABBA - The Film .

After ABBA broke up in 1982, he worked with various Swedish musicians before moving to Mallorca. With ABBA - The Show , which went on tour from 26 September 2007 and has appeared in Germany in 2008, he was like other former Abba-musicians guest star at the performances. He died in an accident in his home in Artà on Mallorca.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Abba drummer found dead in Mallorca" , Spiegel-Online, March 17, 2008
  2. ↑ a b Ola Brunkert at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ Biography of Ola Brunkert on abbasite.com
  4. ↑ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3570105.ece
  5. ↑ ABBA - THE SHOW - Presented by RADIO REGENBOGEN  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , arena-mannheim.de, accessed: March 18, 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.arena-mannheim.de  
  6. ↑ Abba - The Show  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , inka-magazin.de, January 15, 2008, accessed: March 18, 2008@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.inka-magazin.de  
  7. ^ ABBA - The Show, on Friday, January 4, 2008, Jahrhunderthalle , accessed: March 18, 2008
  8. ↑ ABBA - The Show / Thursday, January 17, 2008, SAP Arena, Mannheim , accessed: March 18, 2008
  9. ↑ ABBA - The Show, on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, KönigPalast ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed: March 18, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtmagazin.de
  10. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of March 17, 2008
  11. ↑ "ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert died on Mallorca" ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mallorca-blog.de
  12. ↑ Ola Brunkert's death was an accident ( memento of the original from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mallorca-blog.de
personal data
SURNAME Brunkert, Ola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish drummer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2008
Place of death Artà , Mallorca