Genres Pop Active until 2002 Origin Denmark (2000) | Years active 2000-2002 Genre Pop music | |
Members Søren Poppe, Stefan Nielsen Albums Midt i en løbetid, Det nye kuld Similar Jakob Sveistrup, Brixx, Signe Svendsen, Hot Eyes, Michael Teschl | ||
Rollo & King was a Danish group, formed by Søren Poppe and Stefan Nielsen. The two men named themselves after two dog names. They topped the charts with their very first album Midt i en løbetid which stayed in the charts for 13 weeks in 2000-2001.
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Before Søren Poppe got famous with the band, he was a teacher in a school in Valby, in Copenhagen teaching music and mathematics.
Eurovision
Danmarks Radio invited them to enter the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2001. They won with their song Der står et billede af dig på mit bord (literal translation, "There's a picture of you on my desk"). Together with female singer, Signe Svendsen, who had joined the group, they performed the song (translated into English as "Never Ever Let You Go") at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and received 177 points ranked second out of 23 entries.
Songs
Ved du hvad hun sagde?Midt i en løbetid · 2000
Dyt i bamsenMidt i en løbetid · 2000
Never Ever Let You GoDet Nye Kuld · 2001