Per Gessle

Per H?kan 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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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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He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project 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 P? V?g. In 1997 Hj?rtats Trakt was released, a best-of album.

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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 ?fwerman, 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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January 12: January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 353 days remaining (354 in leap years)....

1959: 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It is also a song by The Sisters of Mercy on the album Floodland....

Gyllene Tider: Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop band. Gyllene Tider means 'Golden Age' in English. Few Swedes have not heard the song "Sommartider", oft-heard during the late spring and early summer. The band is well-known for its catchy choruses and light-weight lyrics....




Per Gessle related Images and Photos (experimental)

Sonatina Per Due	Novita per Signora	Novita per Signora	Concertino Per Violino
In Giro per la Toscana	Due Espressi Per Favore!	Reflection Eternal: Revolutions Per Minute CD	Reflection Eternal: Revolutions Per Minute CD
E&A Mele Paletots Per Uomo	Concorso di Eleganza Per Automobili	Virna Lisi in "Una Vergine Per Il Principe" by Pasquale Festa Campanile 1965	Map of Mauritiopolis from Rerum Per Octennium in Brasilia et Alibi Nuper Gestarum Sub Praefectura