Christer Sandelin
| Christer Sandelin | |
|---|---|
 Christer Sandelin singing in Falun in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christer Eric Sandelin |
| Born |
5 November 1961 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer, musician |
| Years active | 1978 – present |
| Associated acts |
Freestyle Style Tommy Ekman |
Christer Eric Sandelin (born on 5 November 1961) is a Swedish musician and singer. He was part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish electronic group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Corinne Söderholm and Anders Uddbergand, and after the break-up of the band in 1983, he continued with Ekman and Hamilton to form the Swedish pop band trio Style.
In 1989 he went solo with his debut album being Luften darrar and has had a number of albums. He has also produced for a number of artists Lars Vegas trio and the duos Ronny och Ragge, Rob'n'Raz, Antique and The Graaf Sisters (Magdalena Graaf and Hannah Graaf) and singer Vicki Benckert.
He also continued to cooperate extensively with Tommy Ekman including writing and producing together and in their joint album I Stero and the joint single "Singlar (oh oh)".
In popular culture
- Christer Eric Sandelin has taken part a number of times in Melodifestivalen. In Melodifestivalen 1986 he sang "Dover-Calais" as part of band Style coming 3rd. He also repeated in Melodifestivalen 1987 with "Hand i hand" again with Style coming 6th.
- The song "Dover-Calais" written by Sandelin and Tommy Ekart and performed by Style was used in soundtrack of 1989 film S/Y Joy (Swedish S/Y Glädjen).
- He has appeared on a number of television series including Så mycket bättre in 2010 in the program's first season.[1] In 2011–2012, he took part in the series Copycat Singers appearing on episode 7 broadcast on 19 January 2012.
Discography
(For discography while in Freestyle and Style, see their respective pages)
Albums
- 1989: Luften darrar
- 1990: Drömmer i färg
- 1992: Till månen runt solen
- 1994: Activity!
- 1997: Jag lever nu
- Joint album
- 2004: I stereo (Sandelin and Ekman)
- Soundtrack
- 1995: Mördande intelligens
Singles
- 1986: "Mine"
- 1989: "Hit Me!"
- 1989: "Luften darrar"
- 1989: "Det hon vill ha"
- 1990: "Vi är"
- 1990: "Jag tror hon inte vet"
- 1990: "Kom in i mitt liv"
- 1991: "Ge och ta (Jag vill tala om för hela världen)"
- 1992: "Galen"
- 1992: "Till månen runt solen"
- 1992: "Murar kan falla"
- 1993: "Secrets"
- 1994: "Kitsch Will Make You Happy"
- 1994: "My Girl (Remix)"
- 1995: "Fresh"
- 1997" "Jag lever nu"
- 1997: "Kan inte sova"
- 1997: "Sol Sol Sol"
- Joint Sandelin/Ekman
- 1990: "10"
- 2004: "Så länge du vill"
- 2004: "Upp för trappan"
- 2005: "Komma dig nära"
- 2005: "Dansar med mig själv"
- 2006: "Singlar (oh, oh)"
- Soundtracks
- 1998: "Pojkar som män" (from film Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan)
References
- ↑ Aftonbladet: ”Mr Pop” – bäst hittills (Swedish)