Wizex

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Wizex
General information
Genre (s) Dansband
founding 1973
Website www.wizex.se
Founding members
Tommy Karlsson (until 1984, from 2005)
Kikki Danielsson (until 1982)
Mats Nilsson (until 1991)
Jerker Nilsson (until 2003)
Lars Hagelin (until 1989)
Current occupation
singing
 Jessica Sjöholm (since 2001)
Guitar, saxophone
 Tommy Karlsson (until 1984, since 2005)
bass
 Per-Ola Sandberg (since 2005)
Drums
 Jonas Stålhammar (since 2003)
Keyboard
 Eric Iversen (since 1997)
former members
singing
 Monica Silverstrand (1980-1981)
singing
 Tommy Stjernfeldt (1982-1983)
singing
 Dan Stråhed (1983-1996)
singing
 Lena Pålsson (1982-1997)
Guitar, saxophone
 Henri Saffer (1984-1994, 1996-1999)
bass
 Thomas Wennerström (1991-2003)
singing
 Charlotte Nilsson (1997-1999)
Guitar, saxophone
 Jörgen Sonemalm (1995-2003)
singing
 Paula Pennsäter (1999-2001)
guitar
 Jörgen Lindahl (2003-2005)

Wizex is a Swedish dansband that was founded in Osby in 1973 with Kikki Danielsson as singer. The breakthrough came in 1977 when the band appeared on SVT TV during the Nygammalt show . In 1977 Wizex made it into the Svensktoppen hit parade with the song En vagabond . In 1978 Wizex played at Melodifestivalen , the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , and took second place. After these two successes, the band had many placements in the Swedish hit lists.

In 1982 Kikki Danielsson was replaced as singer by Lena Pålsson . In 1997 Charlotte Nilsson joined Wizex as a singer, followed by Paula Pennsäter in 1999 after her unexpected exit . After problems with the vocal cords, Jessica Sjöholm replaced them in March 2002. Other influential former band members were Dan Stråhed and Henri Saffer.

Albums

  • Skratta och le (1974)
  • Rusar vidare (1975)
  • Har you gleam (1976)
  • Wizex bäzta (1976)
  • Som en sång (1977)
  • Miss Decibel (1978)
  • Carousel (1978)
  • Some Girls & Trouble Boys (1979)
  • Greatest Hits (1980)
  • You Treated Me Wrong (1980)
  • Nattfjäril (1982)
  • Julie (1983)
  • Det är dej jag väntar på (1984)
  • Ska You Comma Loss (1985)
  • Dansa i månens sken (1987)
  • Mjölnarens Irene (1988)
  • Vagen hem (1989)
  • Spanska ögon (1990)
  • Jag kan se en ängel (1992)
  • Jag måste ge mej av (1992)
  • Vår hemmagjorda dansmusik (1993)
  • Julafton hemma (1993)
  • Wizex with Lena Pålsson & Kikki Danielsson (1995)
  • Varma vindar (1995)
  • Några enkla rader (1997)
  • Jorden Snurrar (1997)
  • Samma Ensamma Hunt (1997)
  • Mot nya mål (1998)
  • Take Me to Your Heaven (1999)
  • Om du var här (2000)
  • Guldkorn (2002)
  • Wizexponerad (2006)
  • Innan det är för sent (2010)
  • Simsalabim (2012)
  • Schlagers på väg (2014)
  • Nu börjar det linka jul (2015)
  • Game Set & Match (2016)

Others

Wizex had the greatest successes with Miss Decibel , Mjölnarens Irene , Om himlen och Österlen and Tusen och en natt . The album Take Me To Your Heaven sold 235,000 copies. In 1979 Wizex was voted "Dansband of the Year" at Rockbjörnen , the music award from the daily newspaper Aftonbladet . This music category was awarded for the first and only time this year.

swell

  1. ↑ a b Wizex - En av Sveriges mest framgångsrika orkestrar genom tiderna. History. ( www.wizex.se ( Memento of April 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ))

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