Mikael Rickfors

Mikael Rickfors ( born December 4, 1948 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish rock musician. The musician, who has played briefly in the early 1970s as a singer with The Hollies, entered both as a solo artist and as a songwriter in appearance.

Career

Rickfors launched in 1968 his musical career as a singer and bass guitarist for the Swedish band Bamboo who split after the release of two singles in 1970. A year later he succeeded singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies, who launched a solo career. The band had noticed at a joint tour in Scandinavia on the musician. With the single "The Baby", the first panel of the strip with Polydor, the band had a minor chart success. Published in 1972 Rickfors, who played in the band and piano, guitar and bass guitar, with " Romany " his first album with the band, but which does not make it past number 84 on the pop charts. For the follow-up album "Out on the Road" the band's management had no great commercial expectations more and the plate was finally published only in Germany. After even at Clarke's solo career failed to the greater success of 1973 returned to the band and replaced Rickfors.

Rickfors his hand, then launched a solo career. 1975 released on CBS with the self-titled " Mikael Rickfors " his solo debut album, which exclusively own pieces and in collaboration with Hasse Huss, with whom he also works in the following years, often together should, contained resulting songs. The title of " Daughter of the Night" was later published as cover version by artists such as Carlos Santana, Jim Capaldi and Richie Havens. With his third album, " Kickin ' A Dream " him in Sweden achieved a chart success and the title " Yeah Yeah " from his fourth album "Tender Turns Tuff " reached as a cover version of Cyndi Lauper international notoriety.

After 1986 " Rickfors " released an album on which were found exclusively cover versions, he succeeded with his tenth album " Vingar " a big hit in Scandinavia and the plate went platinum in his home country.

Around the year 1990 made ​​Rickfors with his countrymen Goran mountain camp, Magnus Lindberg and Pugh Rogefeldt the supergroup Grymlings. With the title "Mitt bästa för dig" the group celebrated a chart success in Sweden. In the following years he also worked in some publications of Swedish artists such as Carla Olson and Marie Fredriksson with as a studio musician, but also collaborated with international musicians such as Percy Sledge.

Discography

Solo Publications

  • Mikael Rickfors, 1975
  • The Wheel, 1976
  • Kickin ' A Dream, 1979
  • Tender Turns Tuff, 1981
  • Rickfors Live, 1981
  • Skin Is Thin, 1982
  • Blue Fun, 1983
  • Heart Hunters, 1985
  • Rickfors, 1986
  • Vingar, 1988
  • Judas River, 1991
  • Happy Man Do not Kill 1997
  • Greatest Hits, 1999
  • Lush Life, 2004
  • Away Again, 2009

The Hollies

  • Romany, 1972
  • Out on the Road, 1973

Grymlings

  • Grymlings, 1990
  • Grymlings II, 1992
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