Little Gerhard

Little Gerhard
Little Gerhard in Helsingborg, 1959
Little Gerhard in Helsingborg, 1959
Background information
Also known asLittle Gerhard
Born
Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist

(1934-05-17) 17 May 1934 (age 92)
Tillberga, Sweden
OccupationSinger
Little Gerhard in Kungsträdgården 2009

Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist (born 17 May 1934), known under his stage name Little Gerhard, is a Swedish singer and rock musician. He had big music hits between 1958 and the mid-60s, with songs like "Buona Sera", "What You've Done to Me" and "Den siste mohikanen".[1]

Biography

In his early years he boarded a ship and became a sailor. He made his stage debut in 1952 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the nightclub "Trocadero".[2] At that time he played guitar and the accordion.[3]

After ending his career as a sailor he moved to Stockholm, where he entered several amateur singing competitions, and he later saw success as a rock musician. His first music group was called Halen, which he performed with at New Year's Eve 1957.[4] Via this concert he signed with the record label Karusell. He released his first music album in 1958, called Little Gerhard; the song "What You've Done to Me" became his first hit.[5] Already in March of the same year he was named "Sweden's rock music king", and in August that year he also was named "the rock music king of the Nordics".[6][7] He made his film debut in the 1958 film Det svänger på slottet.[8]

His third music album became, at its release in 1958, the best-selling music album within Swedish rock 'n' roll during the 1950s, and Little Gerhard's Gold certified record.[9] He and his band, the G-men, toured for five years each summer starting in 1959.[10]

In 1961, he started to sing in Swedish, his native tongue, now under the artist name Little Gerhard for the first time.[11] His song "Blommor och bin" charted on the Svensktoppen list.[12] he also did recordings in West Germany and sang in German.[13]

By the late 1960s, he focused on his career as a songwriter and producer.[14] He participated in Melodifestivalen 1982 broadcast on SVT with the song "Hand i hand med dig" in a duet with singer Yvonne Olsson.[15]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Radionostalgi.se: Little Gerhard. radionostalgi.se. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. ^ xlibris (13 February 2012). "Little Gerhard gästar Cadillac Band". Ölandsbladet. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "80-årig rockkung till stan". Uppsala Nya Tidning. 1 June 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Little Gerhard gifter sig för femte gången". Aftonbladet. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ^ Oleander, Linus. What You've Done To Me av Little Gerhard. Radiofy. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Farbror Sid". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Rockkungen Little Gerhard ångar på ännu". Hallands Nyheter. 21 July 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Det svänger på slottet (1959) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Little Gerhard". Discogs. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Little Gerhard and his rocking G-men – Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)". smdb.kb.se. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  11. ^ Melin, Thomas (24 September 2013). "Nyheter detalj". Göteborgs universitet. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  12. ^ "BLOMMOR OCH BIN av LITTLE GERHARD". NostalgiListan. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  13. ^ Klinthage, Jörgen (9 October 2018). "Elvis kompis rockar loss – på äldreboende – Sydöstran". Sydöstran. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Rock'n'roll och dess pionjärer – Outtrigger.se". 21 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  15. ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Melodifestivalen 1982". svt.se. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder (1958) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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