Ula Hokansson: biography of the musician

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Sweden is considered a musical power, because a large number of masterpieces were created in this country. The popularity of Swedish works is that through the notes you can hear the positive and sincerity of the musicians.

Significant dates

One of the famous people of Stockholm, a popular singer, producer, born in 1945, March 24 - Ola Hokansson. His biography is full of numerous events, they are also interesting to fans of his work.

• In the 60s, the young musician was a member of the young band The Janglers. Soon, the soloist, thanks to his talent, took a leading position in the musical group, and the group became known as Ola & The Janglers.
• In the late 70s, the band's concert activity began to fade away. Ola Hokansson did not limit himself to participation in the group, while recording solo concerts. At the same time, the musician heads the recording studio Sonet Grammofon.
• Vocal group formed in 1979.
• In 1986, together with Agneta Fältskog, the duet The Way You Are was recorded.
• 1992 marked the founding of Stockholm Records.

Ola Håkansson and the Secret Service

Ula, teaming up with TimNeroll and famous musician Ulf Wahlberg, participated in the famous show in Sweden. Despite the fact that they failed to win, the singers continued to develop and compose new songs.

In 1979, three musicians, including Håkansson, form the band Secret Service. Over time, the number of team members began to increase. The existing line-up was joined by guitarists, bassist, drummer. The famous single Ten O'Clock Postman becomes the first line of the hit parade in Japan and Germany. Most of the lyrics were written by Håkansson.

In the 80s, many musicians were interested in electronic instruments. Members of the famous band were no exception. Therefore, a synthesizer is added to the existing instruments, it also prevails over all. The songs become more melodic and interesting.

Group Highlights

In 1984, the artists released a new album, Jupiter Sign. The songs differ from previous masterpieces in subtlety of sound, thanks to the combination of electric instruments and live violin. In 1987, the composition of the close-knit team changes. Ola Håkansson is now the main author of the subsequent repertoire. Each of the musicians included in the group was simultaneously engaged in other projects, worked with novice performers, so less and less time was devoted to joint work.

From 1992-2004, Ola Håkansson heads his own company called Stockholm Records. Although the group released new songs, talking about its further developmentdifficult. The team periodically appeared on the stages with new compositions. In 2004, the famous Swedish musician joins the production company TEN Productions, which is looking for young talents. In 2006, the team with a new line-up was invited to the festival "Legends of Retro FM". In 2012, the new album The Lost Box was released, which included old unpublished masterpieces.

The popularity of Swedish music is explained very easily: easy-to-perceive motives, positive attitude and enthusiasm coming from legendary performers. In Sweden, a huge number of various celebrations and events are constantly held, which the listeners are extremely happy about.