Ole Ivars
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Origin | Hamar, Norway |
Genres | Dansband music |
Years active | 1964-present |
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Ole Ivars is a dansband, established 1964[1] in Hamar, Norway. Their 1967 breakthrough came with the song Regnets rytme. Tore Halvorsen and William Kristoffersen are singers in the band, and William Kristoffersen also acts as a songwriter. Ole Ivars has won the Spellemannprisen awards several times, and in 2004, NRK labeled them as "Norway's dansband of all times". The band has received several cultural awards, and played in church buildings and concert halls throughout Norway
In 2007 the band had their first gold record, in Sweden, where they are mostly famous for the Kikki Danielsson duets "Jag trodde änglarna fanns" and "I mitt hjärta brinner lågan".
With the song Som i himmelen, the band participated at Melodi Grand Prix 2008, making it to the final, where the song was knocked out in the first round. In 2013 they contributed to the book "Think like a rockstar" Tenk som en rockestjerne,[2] written by Ståle Økland.
Members
Current members
- Tore Halvorsen, guitar and vocals (since 1988)
- William Kristoffersen, bass, vocals and lyrics (since 1983)
- Bjørn Elvestad, guitar, accordion (since 1996)
- Ole Ødegård, piano (1964–1978, since 1982)
- Arne Willy Foss, flute, saxophone (1965–1978, 1978–1980, since 1982)
- Nadja Marie Bertelsen, slurva, melkespann (since 2020)
Past members
- Ivar Grønsveen, vocals and guitar (1964–1973, his death)
- Knut Pedersen, bass (1964–1969)
- Per Hexeberg, drums (1964–1967)
- Terje Scott, drums (1970–1982)
- Ingrid Øyen, vocals (1970–1971)
- Kjell Arne Olsen, trumpet (1970–1975)
- Nils Østby, bass (1971–1983)
- Toril Støa, vocals (1971–1971)
- Wenche Hallan, vocals (1971–1972)
- Lawrence Latham, horn (1871–1872)
- Lasse Johansen, vocals and guitar (1973–1978, 1982–1988)
- Arnstein Tungvåg, vocals (1978–1980)
- Glenn Tharaldsen, vocals (1980–1982)
- Even Konglerud, piano (1981–1982)
- Arild Engh, drums (1982–2017, his death)
Members of the «Ole Ivars Veteranene» («The Veterans of Ole Ivars»)
- Lasse Johansen, vocals and guitar (1979–1982)
- Ole Ødegård, piano (1979–1982)
- Nils Østby, bass (1979–1982)
- Tor Egil Siemennsen, saxophone (1979–1981)
- Allan Graves, drums (1979–1979)
- Arild Engh, drums (1979–1982)
- Arne Willy Foss, flute and saxophone (1981–1982)
Discography
Albums
- 12 beste (1968) (NO #18)
- Ole Ivars (1968) (NO #1)
- Ole Ivars Vol. 2 (1968) (NO #8)
- Jeg vil se deg smile (1969)
- Flydur og andre tonearter (1972)
- Ole Ivars på farten (1974)
- Ole Ivars på farten igjen (1975) (NO #17)
- Ole Ivars farter videre (1975)
- Bli vår gjest (1976)
- Sangen vi fant (1977)
- Ole Ivars (1978)
- Kvelden venter på oss (1979)
- Venner av oss (1980)
- En prestkrage i min hand (1982)
- Jubileum (1984)
- Skolefri (1986)
- Jubileums-swing (1989)
- Jul (1989)
- Bære musikk (1990)
- På en - to - tre (1991)
- Lørdagskveld (1992)
- Spellemannsblod (1993)
- Kavalkade 40 låter gjennom 30 år (1994)
- Juleplata tel Ole Ivars (1995)
- Dans på Skjermertopp (1997)
- På cruise og tvers (1998) (NO #30)
- Ole Ivars 20 beste (1999)
- Ole Ivars i 2000 (1999)
- Medisin mot det meste (2000) (NO #17)
- Gull (2000) (NO #18)
- En får væra som en er (2001)
- 40 Beste (2002)
- Hverdag & fest (2003) (NO #20)
- Ole Ivars' Jul (2003)
- Gull 2 (2004)
- En annen dans (2004)
- Heldiggriser (2004) (NO #18)
- Vi tar det tel manda’n (2005) (NO #12)
- Fri Willy (2006)
- På en-to-tre (2006)
- Ole Ivars så klart! (2006) (NO #19)
- Jag trodde änglarna fanns (2007) (NO #27)
- Vi lever i håpet (2007) (NO #11)
- Platina (2008) (NO #11)
- Femten ferske (2009) (NO #6)
- Stjerneklart (2010) (NO #9)
- 34 (2011) (NO #6)
- Ole Ivars 50 år (2013) (NO #4)
DVD
- Dans på Skjermertopp (2006)
References
- ^ Discogs
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
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