Sverre Kjelsberg
- Birth Date:
- 18.10.1946
- Death date:
- 18.06.2016
- Extra names:
- The Pussycats
- Categories:
- Composer, Guitarist, Musician, Rock musician, Singer
- Nationality:
- norwegian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Sverre Kjelsberg (18 October 1946 – 18 June 2016) was a Norwegian singer, musician (guitar, bass), composer and lyricist. He was a member of the band The Pussycats from 1964.
He and Mattis Hætta represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the entry Sámiid Ædnan, which was composed by Kjelsberg and Ragnar Olsen.
On 18 June 2016, Kjelsberg was found dead in his home, aged 69. He had been ill with cancer previously, but was declared cancer-free in 2015. No cause of death has been determined.
Albums
- Etter mørketia (MAI, 1979)
- Kära Syster with Tage Löf, Swedish pianist (MAI, 1980). This album included the song Sámiid Ædnan.
- Låla! (MAI, 1980) yoik with Mattis Hætta
- Sverre (Hot Line, 1982).
- Den glade pessimisten (OK, 1987), with Ragnar Olsen
- Drømmen e fri (Nord-Norsk Plateselskap, 1994)
- Større kraft enn krutt (2005). Samleplate.
The Pussycats were a Norwegian rock band from Tromsø. Their members from 1963 to 1967 were bassist and vocalist Sverre Kjelsberg, guitarist and vocalist Trond Graff, drummer Kaare Larsen, lead guitarist Ottar Aasegg, and keyboardist and vocalist Ingemar Stjerndahl. After a few months in Norway, they went out to Stockholm and were discovered by Sten Ekroth. And the year later they recorded their first album, !!Psst !!Psst!! In 1965 they recorded their second and final album with the title !!Mrrr !Mrrr!
Last line-up
- Sverre Kjelsberg - bass, vocals (1963–1967)
- Trond Graff - guitar, vocals (1964–1967)
- Ottar Aasegg - guitar (1963–1967)
- Friedel Brandt - drums and percussion (1963–1967)
- Ingemar Stjerndahl - keyboards, vocals (1965–1967)
Discography
Albums- Psst|Psst|Psst (1964)
- Mrrr..Mrrr....Mrrr... (1965)
- The Pussycats Story (1982)
- Garman (as musicians for Ole Paus) (Karusell 1972)
- Touch Wood (Polydor, 1973)
- Psst! Mrr… (MAI, 1981)
- The Pussycats Story (Polydor, 1982)
- To You (Polydor, 1991)
- Ebb Tide (1965)
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (1965)
- Boom Boom' (1965)
- Let Me Stay with You (1966)
- Just a Little Teardrop (1966)
- Why We Have to Wait (1966)
- Smile at Me (1966)
- The Craftsman/Song (1967)
- A Night of Life (1967)
- Vanja-Maria/Death Is Coming (1967)
Source: wikipedia.org
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Relation name | Relation type | Description | ||
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1 | Leslie West | Familiar | ||
2 | Ric Ocasek | Familiar |
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