Rune Larsen, Date of Birth

    

Rune Larsen

Norwegian musician

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1948

Profession: writer, composer, singer, record producer, journalist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Rune Larsen

  • Rune Larsen (born 8 August 1948) is a Norwegian journalist, singer, musician, record producer and television presenter. He was born in Bergen.
  • He made his stage debut in 1957, and his television debut in 1964.
  • By that time, he had already played with two bands, The White Shirts and The Black Diamonds, and rejected a contract offer for a solo career.
  • After appearing on television, however, he bumped into Philips Records manager Per W.
  • Kilde at a concert, and was promptly offered a solo contract.
  • Larsen accepted, and released his first single with Teen Beats ("Cinderella/Y'arriva") in October of the same year (Philips 353.264 PF).
  • Not long after, Larsen joined the group The Stringers.
  • He succeeded Helge Nilsen, who soon rejoined.Larsen started working as a journalist in Bergens Arbeiderblad in 1967.
  • He came to refer to himself as a Christian socialist.
  • He became involved in the YMCA in 1968, and was a devout Christian from 1969.
  • He did not leave music as he founded a choir in Bergen named Gospel.
  • In July in the same year he also married nurse Edle Tornes, born 1947.
  • Gospel released LPs in 1970 and 1972.
  • With the choir, Larsen made his debut as a television presenter in 1970, in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation show Gospel synger gospels.In 1972, Larsen formed the gospel group Frisk Luft together with Kjell Fjalsett, Ivar Skippervold and Arnold Børud.
  • The group formed by coincidence in 1972, when Larsen and Børud, performing at Hedmarktoppen, spotted the already-known Fjalsett and Skippervold in the audience and invited them onto the stage.
  • Frisk Luft released two LPs in the 1970s, and participated in a television show named Gospelkveld.
  • It was said to be the first Christian supergroup in Norway.
  • Larsen's third television show aired from 1975, and was Hele menigheten synger, a copy of the Swedish Hela kyrkan sjunger.
  • Songs from the show were released on LP and sold well.Larsen had left the journalist job to become secretary for the YMCA in Trondheim from 1974.
  • He held the same job in Bergen from 1976 to 1978 before returning to journalism, working in Bergens Tidende from 1978 to 1981.
  • He still performed sporadically, trying himself in the national Melodi Grand Prix event with the song Robåtrock in 1977.
  • In 1981, he founded the record company Noah.
  • He also released the album Sweet Mints together with Helge Nilsen, under the name Helge & Rune.
  • The album was produced by Trygve Thue of the band Saft.
  • Several releases followed.
  • In 1983 Larsen discovered later world-famous singer Sissel Kyrkjebø via the television show Syng med oss presented by Nils Abrahamsen.
  • Her first three records (Sissel, Glade jul, Soria Moria) were released on Noah.
  • In 1984 Larsen discovered Karoline Krüger.Larsen presented the show Lollipop from 1989, together with Trygve Thue, Tor Endresen and the backing band The Lollipops.
  • The signature song was "Lollipop" by The Chordettes, 1958, and the material was taken from that time.
  • Three records were released following the show, and all sold well.
  • Later shows during the 1990s were Scala, Casablanca (TV 2, 1992), Noteknekk, Larsen spesial and Absolutt norsk, the latter co-hosting with Jan Eggum.
  • Another outing in Melodi Grand Prix came in 1993, when Larsen performed Det skulle vært sommer together with Helge Nilsen.
  • In 1997, he released Nære ting with Tor Endresen.
  • Also, Frisk Luft made a public comeback performing live in 1998, and released the record Lifetime Friends in 2000.
  • In 2004, they followed with I'll Never Find Another You.

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