Name Lars Lonndahl Parents Sally Lonndahl | Role Singer Siblings Per Lonndahl | |
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Movies and TV shows Swinging at the Castle, Melodifestivalen Albums Diamanter, Romanser, Big-5 : Lasse Lonndahl Similar People Towa Carson, Alice Babs, Carli Tornehave, Bert‑Ake Varg, Roland Pontinen | ||
Jan Malmsjö & Lars Lönndahl - Hälsa från oss till Broadway (1981)
Lars "Lasse" Lonndahl, born August 19, 1928, is a Swedish singer and actor, born in Stockholm. He is considered the most well-known Swedish singer of the 1950s and 1960s with nicknames including "The Swedish Frank Sinatra" and "World's Oldest Teenager". Even though by the mid 1970s his career had slowed down, he is still considered arguably Sweden's most popular singer of all time and was long a very popular figure in media.
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Career
His breakthrough was in 1949 with his first record, "Tangokavaljeren", which reached #1 in Sweden. After that he became one of the leading faces in popular music, scoring 12 #1 hit singles in the 1950s. He also did some movies in the late 1950s.
In the 1960s, he became the first singer to have a #1 single on the new Swedish chart "Svensktoppen" (the most important Swedish chart) with the 1962 single "Midnattstango". It stayed a total of 18 weeks in the charts. Between the years 1962-1972 he had 35 songs on the chart.
Number 1 hits
Filmography
Songs
Tangokavaljeren
Visa mej hur man gar hem
Svarmeri
Midnattstango
Twist Till Menuett
Du Och Jag Och Varen
Kvallens sista dans
Soker Du Sa Finner Du
Tulpaner Fran Amsterdam
Inga Blommor Finns Det Mer
I Det Bla
Vilken Harlig Sommardag
Och Vinden Ger Svar
Karleksbrev I Sanden
Bli Kar
Cindy Min Cindy
Varens Flickparad
I dina kvarter
Legenden om Tina
Flickor bak i bilen
Hej Dar!
Tina Och Marina
De' A' Grabben Me' Choklad I
Tusen Och En Natt
Fran Djursholm till Danvikstull
Cocktails For TVa
Om Du Vore Har
Maria
Hej Du Glada Sommar
Om Flickor Vore Blommor
Den Enda I Varlden
Den flickan skall bara mitt efternamn