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Janne Svensson's disc debut took place in 1971 on the record label GM-Production with the album "Hej Hörrudu" which included twelve original songs. Over two years in the early 1970's, he was one of the trio Maximum with Bengt von Andreae and Liliane Håkansson. In the autumn of 1973 he had a minor hit with the single "Hem Till Söder," released on IMAS Records. In the following years, he supported himself as a troubadour with most original songs. In November 1974, he was a period in the Gambia as ...Read more on Last.fm
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Janne Svensson's disc debut took place in 1971 on the record label GM-Production with the album "Hej Hörrudu" which included twelve original songs. Over two years in the early 1970's, he was one of the trio Maximum with Bengt von Andreae and Liliane Håkansson. In the autumn of 1973 he had a minor hit with the single "Hem Till Söder," released on IMAS Records. In the following years, he supported himself as a troubadour with most original songs. In November 1974, he was a period in the Gambia as an entertainer with the travel agent Club 33. A second single on IMAS Records was released in 1975, "Mitt Livs Tragedi". Participants included, among others, jazz legends Thore Swanerud and Charles Redland. 1980 Janne recorded his second album, "När Blir Det Min Tur?" by the record company GMP in the same studio as ten years earlier, but this time with professional musicians, including ABBA-cohorts Rutger Gunnarsson, Ulf Andersson and Roger Palm. A month after the release in 1981 the company ended and the tapes was sold to Bert Karlsson's company Marianne. 1984 Janne Svensson started his own label Joker Music with the single "Den 30-åriga Krisen" and his own group Elfte Timmen. In 2009 he summarized his nearly 40 years in the music industry by releasing the album Hem Till Söder on his own new label Lockenloll. It includes everything from the early recordings, demos with various musicians, samples from vinyl discs and recordings from 2007-2008. In 2012, continued the re-release of both the original vinyl albums on CD. In addition, an agreement was signed with music wholesaler Phonofile about spreading the music on digital channels such as Spotify, iTunes, Wimp and others. Winter 2013 highlighted the song "Hem Till Söder" by the production company Baluba who choose the vignette to the popular television series Cafe Bärs. During the spring of 2013 ten episodes of the series in Channel 5 is aired and "Hem Till Söder" is a huge hit on Spotify as also the video on YouTube. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Janne+Svensson">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.