Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
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Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born September 6, 1961, Oslo). His birthname is Pål Gamst Waaktaar. He is the guitarist, and primary songwriter, of the Norwegian pop band a-ha.
He is responsible for many of the band's hits, including "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." "Hunting High and Low", "Take on Me" and the sweeping ballad "Summer Moved On".
He married the American filmmaker Lauren Savoy in 1991. Together with his wife, and drummer Frode Unneland, he also performs in the band Savoy. Savoy have achieved great success in Norway, selling over 300,000 records. They have been nominated for the Spellmansprisen (Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Award) four times and have won three times. The song "Velvet" appears in the movie "One Night at McCool's" and "Whalebone" appears in the highly acclaimed Norwegian film "Hawaii, Oslo".
[edit] Savoy albums
- Mary Is Coming (February 26, 1996)
- Lackluster Me (October 6, 1997)
- Mountains of Time (August 23, 1999)
- Reasons to Stay Indoors (October 8, 2001)
- Savoy (August 30, 2004)
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