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'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...

Der Rockhit 'Back in Black' mit einem der bekanntesten Gitarrenriffs von AC/DC wurde 1980 nur noch von Michael Jacksons 'Thriller' übertroffen.

'10,000 Lovers (In One)' is a hit single by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT, taken from their 1987 album 'Tell No Tales'. The song was written about a girl who TNT's vocalist at that time, Tony Harne...

This South African tune is by 'Freshlyground' the band most known for 'waka waka' with Shakira during the Football World Cup in South Africa. This is indeed happy music and captures many elements of t...

This is the title song from the popular musical with the same name. Louis Armstrong's famous version is partly the basis for this arrangement. Watch out for perfect balance between melody and accompan...

This song from the album 'Hybel' by the band 'Trang Fødsel' was the summer-hit in 1997 and also nominated to Spellemannsprisen (the Norwegian equivalent to Grammy) awards that year. Founded in the ear...

Erna Franklin was the first to make this song a hit but Stevie Wonder made it a Billboard no. 2 in 1968. After that it's regarded as one of the greatest Motown-classics of all time. One of the real gr...

The man in the moon is the titlecut from the group, 'Vamp', 8th album and was released in september 2002. This is a great pop-tune that has tastes of both Norwegian and Irish traditional music. Vamp i...

This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was asked by his sister to compose music for a play for her children in 1890. He first started to compose Hänsel und Gretel, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers G...

Music for the movie 'Orions Belt' was written by Geir Boehren and Bent Åserud. They traveled to the archipelago of Svalbard to find inspiration for the music, the music is therefore based on the drama...

Der Song taucht früh im Film "Zurück in die Zukunft" auf, als Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) mit dem Skateboard zur Schule fährt. Später im Film spielen McFly und seine Band eine Hard-Rock-Version des S...

'Remember Me' is a song from the 2017 animated Disney Pixar film 'Coco'. The song apperars in several different versions throughout the movie, as a mariachi arrangement, ballad and even as a pop vers...

This is a tune by Sigrid Moldestad (b. 1972), a Norwegian folk artist. She has based it on a warm and beautiful poem by Danish author Tove Ditlefsen. A text for and about love. Sigrid Moldestad won th...

'(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66', often rendered simply as 'Route 66', is a popular song and rhythm and blues standard, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. It was first recorded in the...

This hymn tune from the 11th century is the oldest known polyphonic arrangement of Norwegian Music. The text is in Latin and dedicated to St. Magnus. Magnus Orknoeyjarl (Magnus Erlendsson) (1076-1115)...

Dies ist eine Originalkomposition aus der Flex-7-Serie. Das Stück beginnt mit der Beschreibung einer Szene, in der man sich in früheren Zeiten singend und tanzend um ein Feuer versammelt. Es beginnt u...

Der Jazz-Standard 'Night and Day' von Cole Porter stammt aus dem Muscal 'Gay Divorce' aus dem Jahr 1932. Der Song wurde bereits von zahlreichen berühmten Künstlern gesungen, u.a. Fred Astaire, Frank S...

Beat It is a song written and performed by Michael Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones for the singer's best-selling solo album, 'Thriller', and is one of his biggest hits. He won two Grammys for thi...

This song shows other sides of the Norwegian melancholic Jan Eggum. The Pagan Dance is iedal for any entertainment concert! The Pagan Dance is the title track from the 1977 album by Norwegian singer/s...

'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...

The Boys Are Back in Town' is a single from Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was originally released in 1976 on their album 'Jailbreak'. Both the single and record album are regarded as the b...

'This Christmas Night' is taken from the Norwegian movie 'Julenatt i Blåfjell' who premiered in 2009. The movie is a follow-up to the very popular TV-series 'Jul i Blåfjell' og 'Jul på Månetoppen' 'Th...

This Christmas psalm is famous all over the world and especially in Europe. It is likely that the melody is more than 600 years old. Many famous composers have written their own harmonics and versions...