Gert Anders Glenmark (born 20 November 1953) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is the brother of singer Karin Glenmark and nephew of band leader Bruno Glenmark.[citation needed]
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Born | Gert Anders Glenmark 20 November 1953 Simrishamn, Sweden |
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Relatives | Karin Glenmark (sister) |
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Formerly of | Glenmarks |
Career
editAmong the artists for whom Glenmark has written and produced are Eva Dahlgren, Orup, Ted Gärdestad, and Patrik Isaksson. He has also, early on in his career, been a backing singer on solo albums by members of ABBA, such as Anni-Frid Lyngstad's Frida Ensam and Agnetha Fältskog's Elva Kvinnor I Ett Hus, both released in 1975.[citation needed]
In 1976, Glenmark played lead guitar in Abba's hit single "Money, Money, Money".
In 1984, Glenmark sang, multi-tracked, all the voices on the chorus of Murray Head's hit single "One Night in Bangkok" (US No. 3, UK #12), from the Benny Andersson/Tim Rice/Björn Ulvaeus musical Chess.[1]
In 1996, Glenmark produced and co-wrote Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad's Swedish solo album Djupa Andetag. He has also collaborated with a number of Danish artists such as Lis Sørensen and Søs Fenger.[citation needed]
Glenmark has been a member of several groups, including the family group Glenmarks and the siblings duo Gemini. Since 1994, he has been a member of the sporadically existing group Glenmark Eriksson Strömstedt (GES) together with Orup and Niklas Strömstedt.[citation needed]
Glenmark has participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats of the Eurovision Song Contest, seven times:[citation needed]
- 1973 as part of Glenmarks with the song "En liten sång som alla andra" (4th place)
- 1974 as part of Glenmarks with the song "I annorlunda land" (8th place)
- 1975 as part of Glenmarks with the song "Lady Antoinette" (6th place)
- 1981 with the song "Det är mitt liv – det är jag" (4th place)
- 1984 with his sister Karin Glenmark (before this duo became known as Gemini) with the song "Kall som is" (4th place)
- 1989 with Orup with the song "Upp över mina öron" (2nd place)
- 2006 As a songwriter with Niklas Strömstedt with the song "Lev Livet"
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Känslor (1973)
- Anders Glenmark! (1975)
- Express (1977)
- Det är mitt liv – det är jag (1981)
- Här går en man (1988)
- Jag finns här för dig (1990)
- Jag finns här för dig (1990)
- Boogie i mitt huvud (1993)
- Glenmark (1997)
- Alla dessa bilder (2002)
Singles
edit- 2002 – "Låt det komma ut" (with Patrik Isaksson)
- 2002 – "Lust och välbehag"
- 2000 – "Kom karavaner" (with Søs Fenger)
- 1997 – "Lätt som en fjäder"
- 1997 – "Leva länge"
- 1997 – "I min säng"
- 1993 – "Boogie i mitt huvud"
- 1993 – "Högre standard"
- 1993 – "Bygg på mig"
- 1992 – "Mare Mare"
- 1991 – "Anna dansar"
- 1991 – "Greyhound Bus"
- 1990 – "Hon sa"
- 1990 – "Hon har blommor i sitt hår"
- 1989 – "Prinsessor bor någon annanstans"
- 1989 – "Upp över mina öron" (with Orup)
- 1988 – "Vill du resa i vår, så reser jag med dig"
- 1988 – "Bröllopet"
- 1988 – "Här går en man"
- 1984 – "One Night in Bangkok" (sings main chorus)
- 1984 – "Kall som is" (with Karin Glenmark)
- 1981 – "Det är mitt liv – det är jag"
- 1977 – "Falling Star"
- 1975 – "Sextitalslivet"
- 1974 – "Hur går det till" (with Karin Glenmark)
- 1973 – "Det både känns och bränns"
- 1973 – "Marianne Marianne"
- 1972 – "Någon gång, Någonstans"
Bibliography
edit- "Anders Glenmark". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
References
edit- ^ "Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok (1984, Tape One Pressing, Vinyl)". 3 September 1984 – via Discogs.
External links
edit- Anders Glenmark at AllMusic
- Anders Glenmark discography at Discogs
- Anders Glenmark at IMDb