Herreys
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Origin | Sweden |
Genres | Pop |
Years active | 1984–present |
Labels | Various |
Members | Per Herrey Richard Herrey Louis Herrey |
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Herreys (Swedish pronunciation: [hɛˈrɛjs]), sometimes Herrey's[1] or Herrey,[2] is a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three brothers Per Herrey (born 9 August 1958), Richard Herrey (born 19 August 1964), and Louis Herrey (born 3 November 1966). They won the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley".[3] Richard and Louis Herrey became the first teenage males to win Eurovision and remain the youngest-ever male winners, being 19 years and 260 days and 17 years and 184 days of age, respectively.[4] In 1985, they won the Sopot International Song Festival with "Sommarparty". At the time of their Eurovision win, the brothers were living and working as singers in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Herreys continued to record and tour for a few years, but had no hits of the same magnitude as the Eurovision winner. They were the first European boyband preceding the international boom a few years later. Herreys was the bestselling pop group in Sweden in the 1980s, and enjoyed enormous success touring and performing in excess of 300 live shows. Herreys was also the first Western band to be invited to tour behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union, and also did shows with the big Russian star Alla Pugacheva.
The three brothers reunited to perform "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in the intermission of one of the Swedish Melodifestivalen semifinals of 2002.[5] Richard Herrey made an appearance at Congratulations, a 50th anniversary concert, held in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2005. In February 2006, Richard Herrey released his first solo album, Jag e Kung. They performed at Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits, the 60th anniversary show in 2015.[6]
Discography
Albums
- 1984: Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley
- 1985: Crazy People
- 1985: Not Funny
- 1986: Different I's
- 1987: Live in Tivoli
- 1994: Där vindarna möts
- 1995: Herreys Story
- 2002: Gyllene Hits
- 2010: The Greatest Hits
Singles
- "Crazy people" / "I'm so sorry"
- "You" / "I see the love"
- "Kall som is" / "Mirror mirror"
- (#18 in Sweden) (1984)
- "Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley" (1984)
- (#2 in Sweden, #5 in Norway, #10 in Switzerland, #11 in Germany, #18 in Denmark, #46 in UK)
- "People say it's in the air" / "I'm so sorry"
- "Varje liten droppe regn" (EP)
- (#11 in Sweden)
- "People from Ibiza" / "Sommarparty"
- (#20 in Sweden)
- "Din telefon" / "Why Why"
- "Chinese Temptation" / "Sweet Love"
- "Freedom" / "Little Pretty Girl"
- "Min ensamma vrå" / "Livet i dig"
- "Öppna dina ögon" / "Hanna"
- "Här vill jag leva" / "Hon ger dig allt"
References
- ^ "Herrey's* - Diggi Loo, Diggi Ley Images", discogs.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "Herrey* - Different I's Images", discogs.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ Christian Masson. "1984 - Luxembourg". Songcontest.free.fr. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official Celebration. Carlton Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78097-638-9. Pages 32-33
- ^ "Herreys: "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley (Sweden, 2002)". 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "03/04/2015, Eurovision's Greatest Hits - Herreys - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
External links
- Richard Herrey's website
- Louis Herrey's blog
- Per Herrey's website
- Återförening i gyllene skor Archived 2014-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- The Herrey's discography at Discogs
- Sopot International Song Festival winners
- Eurovision Song Contest winners
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1984
- Melodifestivalen contestants
- Melodifestivalen winners
- Swedish boy bands
- Swedish Latter Day Saints
- Swedish musical trios
- Musical groups established in 1984
- Musical groups reestablished in 2002
- 1984 establishments in Sweden
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Sibling musical trios
- English-language singers from Sweden