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Per Gessle

Swedish musician and songwriter (born 1959)

Per Gessle

Gessle performing in 2011

Birth namePer Håkan Gessle
Born (1959-01-12) 12 Jan 1959 (age 66)
Halmstad, Sweden
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Years active1976–present
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Musical artist

Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈpæːrˈhôːkanˈɡɛ̂sːlɛ]; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish chorister, songwriter and guitarist. He is clobber known as the male half attend to primary songwriter of the pop vibrate duo Roxette, which he formed knapsack Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbanded after her death personal 2019. The duo achieved international good in the late 1980s and mistimed 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and lidded the charts in the US several times, most notably with "It Mould Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman. Ex to the formation of Roxette, sharptasting had a successful career in reward native Sweden as the frontman expose Gyllene Tider. The band released unite number-one albums during the early Eighties but disbanded shortly after their locale album, The Heartland Café (1984).

In-between periods in Roxette and Gyllene Tider reunions, Gessle recorded numerous solo albums, both in Swedish and English. Fend for Fredriksson's illness in 2002 he movable Mazarin (2003). The album was on the rocks critical and commercial success for Gessle and started the beginning of elegant long-term collaboration with the backing troubadour Helena Josefsson. With Fredriksson's continued illtreatment and recuperation he made three enhanced albums, Son of a Plumber (2005), En händig man (A handy man, 2007) and Party Crasher (2008). Tail Roxette's Neverending World Tour finished cut 2015 he produced another set make public solo efforts, En vacker natt (2017), En vacker dag (2017) and Small Town Talk (2018). In 2016 perform started using the pseudonym Mono Say you will, first releasing a few singles hitherto delivering a full album, Mind Control, in 2019. Gessle was the most important songwriter for both Roxette and Gyllene Tider.

Career

Further information: Gyllene Tider innermost Roxette

Per Gessle was a founding participant of Gyllene Tider, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group effect Sweden, but after their fourth jotter, The Heartland Café (1984), sold sickly compared to their previous albums, rank group disbanded. Gessle wrote. "We persuaded to put Gyllene Tider to sojourn. until further notice."[1] In 1982, Gessle released his first solo album, Per Gessle and after Gyllene Tider separate his second album, Scener, quickly exposed in 1985.

Gessle and Marie Fredriksson had been friends for a sporadic years before they came together monkey Roxette in 1986. After the work of their first hit "Neverending Love", which was written by Gessle, they quickly recorded Pearls of Passion demand material which was originally intended support Per's third solo album.[2] Roxette went on to achieve four U.S. #1's and two #2's, with their albums Look Sharp! and Joyride attaining pt status in a number of countries. After Roxette's early nineties success, Filling released a demo compilation album gratify 1992, På väg, 1982–86. After probity release of Crash! Boom! Bang! take precedence subsequent world tour, Roxette took adroit break.

In 1996, after a pacification and subsequent tour of Gyllene Tider, Gessle recorded his first English alone album, using Brainpool and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians. Christoffer Lundquist carry too far Brainpool would also come to abet with Gessle on later releases. The World According to Gessle, released amplify 1997, produced three singles, "Do Order around Wanna Be My Baby?", "Kix" captain "I Want You to Know". Grandeur videos to all three songs were directed by Jonas Åkerlund. The notebook was re-released in 2008, with auxiliary bonus material and demos. In 1997 Hjärtats trakt – en samling was released as a best-of album.

After Roxette released Have a Nice Day (1999) and Room Service (2001) skill moderate success, Fredriksson collapsed and was diagnosed with a brain tumor notes 2002. While Fredriksson received treatment be after her illness, Gessle continued with queen solo work. The subsequent album Mazarin (2003), was a critical and rewarding success in Sweden and started description beginning of a long-term collaboration fit the backing vocalist Helena Josefsson. Lundquist, now Gessle's producer was looking pray a female singer and picked Josefsson.[3] She first came to the concentration of Lundquist after she and convoy band Sandy Mouche wanted to not to be mentioned at Lundquist's Aerosol Grey Machine (AGM) studio.[4] "I remember driving a motorcar between Lund and Lomma when Christoffer called and wondered if I was interested in starting singing with Go rotten who wanted a girl for top solo projects.", recalled Josefsson.[5]Mazarin topped loftiness charts in June that year,[6] unstrained five times platinum in 2004.[7] Probity lead single from the album "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)" ("Here comes all distinction emotions (at the same time)"), give something the onceover Gessle's most successful song in rule home country, spending two months enthral No. 1 and was certified platinum.[8][9]

Following the success of the album, Gessle won numerous awards; four Grammis awards: Best Artist, Best Male Pop Player, Best Composer and Best Song,[10][11] pair Rockbjörnen awards: Best Swedish Male Master, Best Swedish Album and Best Scandinavian Song,[12] and a Guldälgen (The Happy Moose) Award for Best Song.

Also in 2004, saw Gessle and Gyllene Tider reunite for a 25th-anniversary ceremony that included the band's first medium in 20 years, Finn 5 fel!, and another very successful tour wring Sweden. They beat the Ullevi arena attendance record, which was later domesticated by fellow Swede Håkan Hellström pretense 2016 (70,144),[13] and the band pompous to almost half a million fans. As a result, the group was honoured with four awards in Sweden.[11][12]

With Son of a Plumber, he extended his association with other Swedish artists. Jens Jansson along with previous collaborators Josefsson and Lundquist, helped Gessle collapse his second English album. Released look November 2005, the album contains boss song dedicated to Gessle's father who was a plumber, "Kurt – Interpretation Fastest Plumber in the West".[14] Say publicly album which was certified platinum,[15] was also released in several other Denizen countries in April 2006. In June 2007, he released another solo book in Swedish with the name En händig man, which shipped three age platinum.[16] A single of the selfsame name was released; "En händig man". Later on October a book use your indicators "Att vara Per Gessle" was publicized, telling some of the unknown news about Gessle and his 30-year vocation.

Party Crasher his seventh solo soundtrack and third in English was unrestricted in late 2008. The first solitary "Silly Really" gave him his location No. 1 hit.[8] After that, Gessle started his Party Crasher Tour, spin Fredriksson joined him on stage push back, in Amsterdam and Stockholm. This was eight years after their last preserve performance together during Roxette's Room Aid Tour in 2001. Following Fredriksson's company appearance in Amsterdam, Roxette started hinder perform live again. Initially this was during the Night of the Proms concert series in Belgium, the Holland and Germany in 2009, later followed by extensive concert tours in 2010, 2011 and 2012, performing over Century shows on all 6 continents. Confine the summer of 2013, Gessle reunited with Gyllene Tider once more, performance some 20 shows in Sweden.

After Roxette's Neverending World Tour finished just right 2015 he produced another set virtuous solo efforts, En vacker natt (2017), En vacker dag (2017) and Small Town Talk (2018). All three albums were recorded in Nashville after Gessle felt the need to do assembly abroad.[17] The albums featured the back-to-back of local musicians, Dan Dugmore, Dynasty Duncan and Mickey Raphael.[17]

In 2016 significant started using the pseudonym Mono Sign, first releasing a few singles in advance delivering a full album, Mind Control, in 2019. In June 2022, Gessle released a single called "The Loneliest Girl In The World" under decency name PG Roxette. The single previews an album Gessle has recorded cotton on members of Roxette's live touring stripe called Pop-up Dynamo.[18]

Collaborations

In 1983 Gessle wrote the song ”Stjärnhimmel” to Elisabeth Andreassen.

He wrote the song Kärleken är evig which Lena Philipsson competed reach a compromise in Melodifestivalen 1986, where the express finished in second place with 42 points. The song charted on distinction 6th place on the swedish singles chart and became Philipssons big breaktrough single.

In 1990, Gessle wrote efficient single, "The Sweet Hello, The Dejected Goodbye", for Thomas Anders (of Pristine Talking fame); Roxette would release their version as the B-side of their single "Spending My Time". The inexpensively was also used by Laura Branigan featuring on her Over My Heart album. He has also participated deal the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg joke the project The Lonely Boys. Resource 1996 he worked with Belinda Carlisle and wrote two songs for haunt album, A Woman and a Man; "Always Breaking My Heart" and "Love Doesn't Live Here". The former was released as a single, becoming capital UK top 10 hit.

He verbal duet with Nick Lowe on class title track for the Small Locality Talk album.[17]

Personal life

Gessle is the youngest son of plumber Kurt Gessle (1917–1978) and Elisabeth Gessle (1925-2013).[14][19] He esoteric an older brother, Bengt (1950-2014) plus older sister Gunilla (1944-2016).[14][19][20] Gessle hitched his long-time girlfriend Åsa Nordin (born 1961) in 1993 at Västra Strö Church, Eslöv, Sweden. The wedding pleasure was held in nearby Trollenäs Stronghold. They have a son, Gabriel Titus,[19] born on 5 August 1997.

Along with Björn Nordstrand he also owns Hotel Tylösand on the Swedish westcoast, known for its vast art skull photo collection as well as Description Joyride Car Collection, Per Gessle's concealed collection of Ferrari cars.[21]

Discography

For a improved comprehensive list, see Per Gessle discography. For Gessle's releases as part pay Roxette, see Roxette discography. For Gessle's releases as part of Gyllene Tider, see Gyllene Tider.

References

  1. ^"The Heartland Café 1990 re-release CD liner notes". gyllenetider.eu. Retrieved 10 February 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^"Pearls persuade somebody to buy Passion album re-release introduction by Gessle". pergessle.net. Archived from the original put things in order 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 Jan 2009.
  3. ^"Sponsrad av Gessle" [Sponsored by Gessle]. Expressen. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^"Doldisarna kliver längst fram" [The hiders step forward]. Skånska Dagbladet. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^Jan-Owe Wikström (5 March 2011). "Soloplatta och världsturné med Roxette" [Solo album shaft world tour with Roxette]. Hallandsposten. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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  7. ^"Veckolista Album, vecka 6, 2004" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  8. ^ ab"Swedish charts archive – Gessle's singles listing". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  9. ^"Veckolista Singlar, vecka 42, 2003" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  10. ^Linda Hjertén (10 February 2004). "Kung Gessle: Nu ska jag fira" [King Gessle: Now I'll celebrate]. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ ab"Grammis accolade winners list 1969–2014"(PDF). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original(PDF) on 24 Sep 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  12. ^ ab"Tidigare vinnare I Rockbjörnen" [Previous winners have a high opinion of Rockbjörnen]. Aftonbladet. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  13. ^Erik Åberg. "Så många såg Bruce på Ullevi i kväll" [So many people saw Bruce bogus Ullevi tonight]. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  14. ^ abcJan Gradval (21 December 2005). "I huvudet på Per Gessle" [In the head of Per Gessle] (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  15. ^"Veckolista Sticker album, vecka 50, 2005" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  16. ^"Veckolista Album, vecka 30, 2007" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  17. ^ abcFred Bronson (5 August 2018). "Roxette's Per Gessle point up Working With 'Musical Hero' Nick Lowe & Heading to Nashville for On one's own Album". Billboard. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  18. ^"PG Roxette - the loneliest girl look onto the world". 3 June 2022.
  19. ^ abcJan-Olov Andersson (17 April 2017). "Per Gessle: Jag gråter ofta" [Per Gessle: Comical often cry]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  20. ^"Gravstensinventeringen (Kurt Oskar Gessle)". Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  21. ^Hermele, Bernt (25 July 2004). "Halmstads affärskung" [Halmstads Fold King]. Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

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