Per Gessle
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Per Håkan Gessle [IPA: pæːr 'gɛslɛ] (born January 12, 1959, in Halmstad, Sweden) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. He is also a guitarist.
He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1978, and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, began Roxette in 1986. He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys and wrote Belinda Carlisle's 1997 UK top 10 hit single Always Breaking My Heart.
As of 2005, he has released five solo albums:
- Per Gessle in 1983,
- Scener in 1986,
- The World According To Gessle in 1997,
- Mazarin in late 2003, and
- Son of a Plumber in late 2005.
- En Händig Man (to be released on June, 13)
The album Mazarin is five times platinum as of February 2004 in Sweden. Only The World According To Gessle and Son of a Plumber are in English; the others are sung in Swedish. Per Gessle and Scener were re-released together with a demo album in 1992 as På Väg. In 1997 Hjärtats Trakt was released, as a best-of album.
Per Gessle released his second English album called Son of a Plumber in November 2005. The album contains all of Gessle's musical heritage. His father was a plumber and the 2-disc album contains a song dedicated to him, Kurt - The Fastest Plumber In The West. On the album, some noted musicians, such as Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundqvist, Helena Josefsson, and Jens Jansson, partake. In Sweden, the album sold platinum on the first day of release. The album was also released in several other European countries in April 2006.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Singles
- "Kix" (1997)
