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Ola & the Janglers

Formed in 1962

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Ola & the Janglers were a Swedish pop group, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1962. Its lead member was Ola Håkansson.

Guitarist Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam wrote many of their hits. He was later a member of the duo Nova (Swedish name "Malta") with Göran Fristorp. The duo won the Swedish part of the Eurovision in 1973. (ABBA was number 3 with "Ring Ring". Clabbe was also a program leader and later worked on ABBA's tours.

Among the hits they scored in their native country were "She's Not There", "No, No, No" (1965), "Love Was on Your Mind", "Poetry in Motion", "Alex Is the Man" (1966), "I'm Thinking of You" (1965), "Strolling Along", and "Runaway" (1968). The group's 1969 hit "Let's Dance", a cover of the Chris Montez song, reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100.

They scored a minor hit with the Jagger/Richards composition "Surprise, Surprise" in 1968.

Ola & the Janglers recorded three singles for the Italian market: "Questo è un addio", "Le mele verdi" and "Albarosa", the last two for Adriano Celentano's label Clan Celentano.

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Ola and the Janglers est un groupe de pop suédois fondé en 1962. Les membres étaient : Ola Håkansson (chant), Christer Idering (guitare), Johannes Olsson (orgue), Lennart Wallin (basse), et Leif Johansson (batterie). Le groupe s'inspire de Manfred Mann et The Zombies. Leur première chanson est une reprise des Zombies She's Not There.

Claes af Geijerstam remplace Christer Idering comme guitariste et Åke Eldsäter remplace Lennart Wallin comme bassiste en 1966. Les plus grands tubes du groupe seront No, No, No (1965), Love Was on Your Mind, Poetry in Motion, Alex is the Man (1966), Strolling Along, Runaway (1968), et une reprise de Chris Montez Let's Dance, qui sera un grand succès en 1968. Après la séparation du groupe, certains membres fondent Secret Service.

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