Mats Rådberg

Mats Rådberg
Background information
Born (1948-06-08) 8 June 1948
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres country
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, composer, architect
Instruments guitar
Years active 1969–
Associated acts Rankarna, Chips, Elisabeth Andreassen

Mats Rådberg, born 8 June 1948 in Brännkyrka Parish in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish country singer,[1] guitarist, composer and architect scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s and 80s.[2][3] He is well known for working together with the country band Rankarna under the name Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. He also participated at Melodifestivalen 1977 with the song Du och jag och sommaren, written by Tomas Ledin, which ended up 10th.

Mats Rådberg also acted as a background singer behind Chips at Melodifestivalen 1980. In 1980, he released the album I'm the Singer, You're the Song together with Elisabeth Andreasson, and in 1983 he scored a hit with the song Peta in en pinne i brasan, a Swedish-language version of Put Another Log on the Fire.

Discography

Albums

  • 1969 – Country Our Way (Rank Strangers)
  • 1969 – Early Morning Rain (Rank Strangers) (the same as Country Our Way released in Canada)
  • 1970 – Rank Strangers featuring Mats Rådberg
  • 1970 – Wellknown Strangers (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
  • 1975 – På egen hand
  • 1975 – We Weren't Born in Tennessee (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
  • 1976 – Min musik
  • 1976 – The Best of Mats Rådberg
  • 1977 – Mats Rådberg
  • 1978 – Boogie
  • 1979 – Det handlar om känslor
  • 1980 – Mina bästa låtar
  • 1980 – I'm the Singer, You're the Song
  • 1980 – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
  • 1982 – Mamma, låt inte din grabb växa upp och bli en cowboy
  • 1983 – Take Me to the Country
  • 1984 – Familjens Svarta Får
  • 1987 – Country Cookin'
  • 1988 – Jag ger dig min morgon
  • 1996 – When We Were Young
  • 2002 – 100% Mats Rådberg & Rankarna
  • 2014 - Nashville

References

  1. ↑ "Mats Rådberg". Discogs. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Swedish singles chart
  3. ↑ Swedish album chart
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