12-01-2023, 18:59
Per Gessle was born on this day in 1959, in Halmstad, Sweden. Best known outside of this home country as the driving force behind Roxette.
He had pursued a musical career prior to forming Roxette and is also successful solo artist in Sweden, having scooped up awards there, left right and center. He, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and two other parties own a company called NoteHeads which publishes the scorewriter, Igor Engraver, for Mac and Windows.
Mr Gessle’s brand of pop is not my thing at all (nor is Roxette’s) but I will always associate him with the great compassion, respect and support he showed to Marie Fredriksson when they toured while she was so very ill. The man has a big heart.
His solo album Mazarin made a huge splash on the Swedish charts some time ago. I quite like the sound of this track and it might even be a good thing I have no clue what the lyrics are!
He had pursued a musical career prior to forming Roxette and is also successful solo artist in Sweden, having scooped up awards there, left right and center. He, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and two other parties own a company called NoteHeads which publishes the scorewriter, Igor Engraver, for Mac and Windows.
Mr Gessle’s brand of pop is not my thing at all (nor is Roxette’s) but I will always associate him with the great compassion, respect and support he showed to Marie Fredriksson when they toured while she was so very ill. The man has a big heart.
His solo album Mazarin made a huge splash on the Swedish charts some time ago. I quite like the sound of this track and it might even be a good thing I have no clue what the lyrics are!
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