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This melody is the Norwegian version of 'Make You Feel My Love' composed by Bob Dylan. The lyrics is translated by Bjarte Hjelmeland and the song performed by, among others, Norwegian singer Ingebjørg...

Norwegian artist Jorn Hoel made his breakthrough with his album 'Varme ut av is' released in 1987. The songs 'Have a Dream' and 'Hold My Hand' became big hits and still stand out as some of the most p...

Harry Connick Jr. is an American pianist, singer, composer and actor from New Orleans. He has released many albums and perform frequently with his own big band. 'Do Dat Thing' is a real 'feel-good' so...

The Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jan Eggum is regarded as one of our most important musicians in the Norwegian folk art and popular music. He recorded his debut album 'Jan Eggum' in 19...

'Väsen' ('commotion', 'fuss', 'ado') is a Swedish acoustic band consisting of three outstanding instrumentalists playing viola, 12-string guitar and nyckelharpa ('key-harp'). They have been touring to...

'Optimist' is one of the most well-known songs by Norwegian singer and composer Jahn Teigen. It was written for the Norwegian Eurovision in 1989. It did not win this competition, but is still one of t...

This pop-song written and performed by Halvdan Sivertsen was first released on the record album 'Hilsen Halvdan' in 1991. Since then, is has been a classic song in Norway. The lyrics is about the bene...

'Ein farfar i livet' (Grandpa) is taken from the 2011 record album release 'Bestevenn' (My best friend) by Odd Nordstoga. This is music for a Norwegian TV-series called 'Vaffelhjarte'. In this arrange...

'Take On Me' was the very first No. 1 hit by Norwegian popband a-ha. It was recorded in 1984 and became a huge success in 1985 in both UK and the United States. The music video vas very innovative. It...

Dance Monkey is a catchy song by the Australian musician Toni Watson a.k.a. Tones and I. Tones and I explains that the song's lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was b...

'Gressholmen' (in English 'Grass-Islet') is a beautiful melody written by Norwegian singer/songwriter Kristian Kristensen. This arrangement is done in the same vocal character and style as the origina...

Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren became instantly well-known after his appearance in Sweden's 'Got Talent' where he performed 'Daniels Joik' written for his recently passed best friend. Fjällgren was born i...

'My first love' is one of Jahn Teigen's big hits, and definitely among Norwegian pop-history's biggest classics. The song was featured on the 1979 album 'En dags pause'. Jahn Teigen (1949-2020) was o...

'Til deg' ('For You') by Marthe Haaland Wang and Trygve Skaug is featured on Marthe Wang's debut album released in 2017 The album was nominated for 'Spellemannsprisen', a Norwegian equivalent to Gramm...

Chris Holsten's song was one of Norway's most played in 2021 and is already a modern classic. In this song Holsten sings about his difficult childhood and lifts a most important issue, namely mental h...

When the publisher asked me to make an arrangement of an ABBA tune, S.O.S. was the first song I thought of. Its introduction and melody are well suited to play for Wind Band. Admittedly, the key had t...

This song by ABBA is the core of the European disco-sound in the eighties. It was released in 1980 when ABBA was in its superstardom. A good tune with almost a sing-along guarantee from the audience....

This song performed by Jahn Teigen represented Norway at the Eurovision final in 1978. The result was zero points, but after that, the song soon became very popular in Norway and is one of the biggest...