Ted Gärdestad

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Ted Gärdestad (born February 18, 1956 in Sollentuna , † June 22, 1997 in Häggvik, Sollentuna) was a Swedish singer , musician and composer.

Career

He was discovered by Stig Anderson and his first single was released on Polar Music in 1971 . His debut album Undringar was produced by Björn and Benny from ABBA and, like the other albums, was a chart success in Sweden. Gärdestad tried his hand at Melodifestivalen four times (1973, 1975, 1979, 1980), but only in 1979 was he able to win with the pop-rock title Satellite . At the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 he had to be content with third from bottom.

In 1981 he sang for the Caramba project , after which he retired from the music business. In the 1990s he had a successful comeback, recorded a new album and went on tour.

Gärdestad had two children from a relationship with actress Ann Zacharias . He died of suicide in 1997 by throwing himself in front of a moving train. He had suffered from paranoid schizophrenia for years .

He wrote most of his songs together with his brother Kenneth Gärdestad .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1976 Franska kort SE3 (11 weeks)
SE
Polar Music POLS 259
1978 Blue Virgin Isles SE29 (1 week)
SE
Polar Music POLS 284, Epic Records 383 653 (UK)
1980 I'd Rather Write A Symphony SE56 (1 week)
SE
Polydor Records 2344 164
Chart entry in SE not until 2020
1981 Stormvarning SE31 (2 weeks)
SE
Polar Music POLS 310
1994 Äntligen på väg SE21 (12 weeks)
SE
Polar Music / PolyGram 523 835-2
1997 Calendar 1972-93 SE12 (31 weeks)
SE
2001 Droppar av solregn SE2 (47 weeks)
SE
2004 Sol, vind och vatten - Det bästa SE3 (75 weeks)
SE
2007 För kärlekens skull - Det bästa med SE3 (23 weeks)
SE
2009 Helt nah - Samlade album SE12 (10 weeks)
SE
2017 Signed by Peter Nordahl SE29 (2 weeks)
SE
Ted SE7 (33 weeks)
SE
2020 I'd Rather Write a Symphony SE56 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020SE

More albums

  • Undringar , Polar Music POLS 234, 1972
  • Ted , Polar Music POLS 241, 1973
  • Upptåg , Polar Music POLS 253, 1974
  • Caramba , Trash Records TRASLP 1, 1981 (with Caramba)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE
1972 Så mycket bättre
Undringar 		SE34 (1 week)
SE
Chart entry in SE only in 2010
Sol vind & vatten
Ted 		SE25 (9 weeks)
SE
Chart entry in SE only in 2014
1979 Blue Virgin Isles satellite
 SE10 (4 weeks)
SE
1993 Heaven is oskyldigt blå
 SE65 (3 weeks)
SE
Chart entry in SE only in 2018
2004 Oh, vilken härlig dag
 SE23 (5 weeks)
SE
Chart entry in SE only in 2017

literature

  • Jag vill ha en egen måne: boken om Ted Gärdestad , Kenneth Gärdestad & Keijo Liimatainen, Forum Sweden 2005. ISBN 91-37-12733-0 .
  • Ted Gärdestad och musiken , Kenneth Gärdestad, Ehrlingförlagen Sweden 2005. ISBN 91-85662-04-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Årsdagen: Så dog Ted Gärdestad 1997 (The Anniversary: ​​How Ted Gärdestad died 1997) , Expressen, June 21, 2016 (in Swedish).
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: SE
personal data
SURNAME Gärdestad, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish singer, musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Sollentuna , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1997
Place of death Häggvik, Sollentuna , Sweden