Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle (born January 12, 1959) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. He was born in Halmstad, Sweden.

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January 12 - 1959 - Gyllene Tider - Roxette - Halmstad - Sweden

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He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1979, and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, began Roxette in 1986.

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Gyllene Tider - 1979 - Marie Fredriksson - Roxette - 1986

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He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys.

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Nisse Hellberg - The Lonely Boys

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As of 2004, he has released four solo albums:

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• Self-titled Per Gessle in 1983,
• Scener in 1986,
• The World According To Gessle in 1997, and
• Mazarin in late 2003.

The album Mazarin is 5 times platinum as of February 2004 in Sweden. Only The World According To Gessle is in English, the others are in Swedish. Per Gessle and Scener were re-released together with a demo album in 1992 as På Väg. In 1997 Hjärtats Trakt was released, a best-of album.

Related Topics:
Sweden - English - Swedish - 1992 - På Väg - 1997 - Hjärtats Trakt

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Per Gessle is releasing a new English album on November 16th 2005 in Sweden called "Son Of A Plumber" (yes his father was a plumber!)

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On the album are some great musicans such as Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist, Helena Josefsson and Jens Jansson partake.

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The album contains all of Gessle musical heritage. Per expects to release the album outside of Sweden in the early turn of 2007. Hopefully a tour will follow suit with the fantastic success of Mazarin 2003!

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