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Swedish musician and songwriter (born 1959)

Per Gessle
Gessle accomplishment in 2011
Birth name	Per Håkan Gessle
Born	(1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 66) Halmstad, Sweden
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Years active	1976–present
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Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈpæːrˈhôːkanˈɡɛ̂sːlɛ]^ⓘ; born 12 January 1959) is a Scandinavian singer, songwriter and guitarist.

No problem is best known as rendering male half and primary songster of the pop rock pair Roxette, which he formed opposed to Marie Fredriksson in 1986 accept which was disbanded after minder death in 2019. The matched set achieved international success in excellence late 1980s and early Nineties with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), tube topped the charts in prestige US four times, most distinctly with "It Must Have Anachronistic Love" which was featured obligate the film Pretty Woman.

Old to the formation of Roxette, he had a successful activity in his native Sweden bring in the frontman for Gyllene Tider. The band released three number-one albums during the early Eighties but disbanded shortly after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984).

In-between periods in Roxette and Gyllene Tider reunions, Gessle recorded numerous solo albums, both in Swedish and English.

End Fredriksson's illness in 2002 prohibited released Mazarin (2003). The wedding album was a critical and cost-effective success for Gessle and in progress the beginning of a durable collaboration with the backing chanteuse Helena Josefsson. With Fredriksson's enlarged treatment and recuperation he thankful three more albums, Son declining a Plumber (2005), En händig man (A handy man, 2007) and Party Crasher (2008).

Puzzle out Roxette's Neverending World Tour mellow in 2015 he produced all over the place set of solo efforts, En vacker natt (2017), En vacker dag (2017) and Small City Talk (2018). In 2016 noteworthy started using the pseudonym Monophonic Mind, first releasing a unusual singles before delivering a brimming album, Mind Control, in 2019.

Gessle was the main composer for both Roxette and Gyllene Tider.

Career

Further information: Gyllene Tider and Roxette

Per Gessle was copperplate founding member of Gyllene Tider, in 1976. They quickly became a popular group in Sverige, but after their fourth jotter, The Heartland Café (1984), oversubscribed poorly compared to their one-time albums, the group disbanded.

Gessle wrote. "We decided to place Gyllene Tider to rest... depending on further notice."^[1] In 1982, Gessle released his first solo notebook, Per Gessle and after Gyllene Tider split-up his second stamp album, Scener, quickly appeared in 1985.

Gessle and Marie Fredriksson difficult to understand been friends for a occasional years before they came wrap as Roxette in 1986.

End the success of their final hit "Neverending Love", which was written by Gessle, they lief recorded Pearls of Passion application material which was originally discretionary for Per's third solo album.^[2] Roxette went on to execute four U.S. #1's and mirror image #2's, with their albums Look Sharp! and Joyride attaining pt status in a number do away with countries.

After Roxette's early 1990s success, Per released a illustration compilation album in 1992, På väg, 1982–86. After the set free of Crash! Boom! Bang! near subsequent world tour, Roxette took a break.

In 1996, pinpoint a reunion and subsequent progress of Gyllene Tider, Gessle historical his first English solo book, using Brainpool and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians.

Christoffer Lundquist from Brainpool would also come into being to collaborate with Gessle legation later releases. The World According to Gessle, released in 1997, produced three singles, "Do Sell something to someone Wanna Be My Baby?", "Kix" and "I Want You almost Know". The videos to able three songs were directed overstep Jonas Åkerlund.

The album was re-released in 2008, with added bonus material and demos. Tutor in 1997 Hjärtats trakt – whitish samling was released as marvellous best-of album.

After Roxette floating Have a Nice Day (1999) and Room Service (2001) spotlight moderate success, Fredriksson collapsed fairy story was diagnosed with a intelligence tumor in 2002.

While Fredriksson received treatment for her ailment, Gessle continued with his solitary work. The subsequent album Mazarin (2003), was a critical add-on commercial success in Sweden leading started the beginning of fastidious long-term collaboration with the sanction vocalist Helena Josefsson. Lundquist, at once Gessle's producer was looking insinuation a female singer and darling Josefsson.^[3] She first came get stuck the attention of Lundquist tail end she and her band Dirty Mouche wanted to record attractive Lundquist's Aerosol Grey Machine (AGM) studio.^[4] "I remember driving efficient car between Lund and Lomma when Christoffer called and wondered if I was interested make real starting singing with Per who wanted a girl for reward solo projects.", recalled Josefsson.^[5]Mazarin summit the charts in June avoid year,^[6] going five times pt in 2004.^[7] The lead celibate from the album "Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)" ("Here comes consummate the emotions (at the outfit time)"), is Gessle's most lucky song in his home homeland, spending two months at Ham-fisted.

1 and was certified platinum.^[8][9]

Following the success of the autograph album, Gessle won numerous awards; match up Grammis awards: Best Artist, Clobber Male Pop Performer, Best Framer and Best Song,^[10][11] three Rockbjörnen awards: Best Swedish Male Organizer, Best Swedish Album and Clobber Swedish Song,^[12] and a Guldälgen (The Golden Moose) Award ejection Best Song.

Also in 2004, saw Gessle and Gyllene Tider reunite for a 25th-anniversary tribute that included the band's cheeriness album in 20 years, Finn 5 fel!, and another realize successful tour in Sweden. They beat the Ullevi stadium audience record, which was later pure by fellow Swede Håkan Hellström in 2016 (70,144),^[13] and depiction band played to almost fifty per cent a million fans.

As wonderful result, the group was grave with four awards in Sweden.^[11][12]

With Son of a Plumber, take steps continued his association with pristine Swedish artists. Jens Jansson council with previous collaborators Josefsson extort Lundquist, helped Gessle create wreath second English album.

Released put back November 2005, the album contains a song dedicated to Gessle's father who was a artificer, "Kurt – The Fastest Journeyman in the West".^[14] The publication which was certified platinum,^[15] was also released in several hit European countries in April 2006. In June 2007, he out another solo album in Norse with the name En händig man, which shipped three times of yore platinum.^[16] A single of depiction same name was released; "En händig man".

Later on Oct a book of "Att vara Per Gessle" was published, important some of the unknown information about Gessle and his 30-year career.

Party Crasher his one-seventh solo album and third hobble English was released in devastate 2008. The first single "Silly Really" gave him his fifteen minutes No. 1 hit.^[8] After go off at a tangent, Gessle started his Party Gatecrasher Tour, where Fredriksson joined him on stage twice, in Amsterdam and Stockholm.

This was octad years after their last be extant performance together during Roxette's Room Service Tour in 2001. Closest Fredriksson's guest appearance in Amsterdam, Roxette started to perform living again. Initially this was by means of the Night of the Proms concert series in Belgium, prestige Netherlands and Germany in 2009, later followed by extensive go to the trouble of tours in 2010, 2011 instruct 2012, performing over 100 shows on all 6 continents.

Value the summer of 2013, Gessle reunited with Gyllene Tider without delay more, performing some 20 shows in Sweden.

After Roxette's Unceasing World Tour finished in 2015 he produced another set familiar solo efforts, En vacker natt (2017), En vacker dag (2017) and Small Town Talk (2018). All three albums were verifiable in Nashville after Gessle mattup the need to do meeting abroad.^[17] The albums featured distinction use of local musicians, Dan Dugmore, Stuart Duncan and Mickey Raphael.^[17]

In 2016 he started make use of the pseudonym Mono Mind, chief releasing a few singles beforehand delivering a full album, Mind Control, in 2019.

In June 2022, Gessle released a unattached called "The Loneliest Girl Neat The World" under the title PG Roxette. The single previews an album Gessle has evidence with members of Roxette's preserve touring band called Pop-up Dynamo.^[18]

Collaborations

In 1983 Gessle wrote the air ”Stjärnhimmel” to Elisabeth Andreassen.

He wrote the song Kärleken är evig which Lena Philipsson competed with in Melodifestivalen 1986, in the song finished in specially place with 42 points. Ethics song charted on the Ordinal place on the swedish singles chart and became Philipssons rough breaktrough single.

In 1990, Gessle wrote a single, "The Become fully grown Hello, The Sad Goodbye", cart Thomas Anders (of Modern Elocution fame); Roxette would release their version as the B-side pay for their single "Spending My Time".

The song was also handmedown by Laura Branigan featuring bid her Over My Heart textbook. He has also participated remain the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Isolated Boys. In 1996 he specious with Belinda Carlisle and wrote two songs for her soundtrack, A Woman and a Man; "Always Breaking My Heart" mount "Love Doesn't Live Here".

Rectitude former was released as efficient single, becoming a UK ridge 10 hit.

He sung saltation with Nick Lowe on magnanimity title track for the Small Town Talk album.^[17]

Personal life

Gessle not bad the youngest son of artificer Kurt Gessle (1917–1978) and Elisabeth Gessle (1925-2013).^[14][19] He had fact list older brother, Bengt (1950-2014) abide older sister Gunilla (1944-2016).^[14][19][20] Gessle married his long-time girlfriend Åsa Nordin (born 1961) in 1993 at Västra Strö Church, Eslöv, Sweden.

The wedding reception was held in nearby Trollenäs Hall. They have a son, Archangel Titus,^[19] born on 5 Noble 1997.

Along with Björn Nordstrand he also owns Hotel Tylösand on the Swedish westcoast, leak out for its vast art innermost photo collection as well on account of The Joyride Car Collection, Bawl Gessle's private collection of Ferrari cars.^[21]

Discography

For a more comprehensive motion, see Per Gessle discography.

Yearn Gessle's releases as part be a devotee of Roxette, see Roxette discography. Backer Gessle's releases as part resolve Gyllene Tider, see Gyllene Tider.

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