"Gråt inga tårar" | ||||
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Single by Thorleifs | ||||
from the album Gråt inga tårar | ||||
A-side | "Gråt inga tårar" | |||
B-side | "Jag är så gla' | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | dansband music | |||
Label | Platina | |||
Songwriter(s) | Åke Hallgren | |||
Thorleifs singles chronology | ||||
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"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet. [1]
Thorleifs, who used "Jag är så gla'" as a B-side, released the song as a 1974 single, only available for members in the Thorleifs fan club [2] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for 11 weeks during the period of 11 March-4 May 1975 peaking at third position. [3] The single sold platina and also gave the name to the band 's 1975 album Gråt inga tårar. [4] The song was also recorded in Danish, as "Græd ingen tårer". [5]
In the year 2000, Swedish radio program I afton dans in Sveriges Radio P4 held a voting where the song was appointed "Dansband song of the 20th century ". [6] The song has also been appointed "dansband hit song of all times". [7]
In 2006 Thorleifs participated at Sveriges Television's " Musikministeriet" recording "Gråt inga tårar" together with Balkan band Süperstar Orkestar from the Republic of Macedonia. During a test to combine Balkan music with dansband music, the song was re-arranged from major scale to minor scale, creating the original concept of "Dansband-Balkan music". [8] Süperstar Orkestar also recorded the song for the 2008 album Balkanized. [9]
"Gråt inga tårar" | ||||
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Single by Thorleifs | ||||
from the album Gråt inga tårar | ||||
A-side | "Gråt inga tårar" | |||
B-side | "Jag är så gla' | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | dansband music | |||
Label | Platina | |||
Songwriter(s) | Åke Hallgren | |||
Thorleifs singles chronology | ||||
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"Gråt inga tårar" is a song written by Åke Hallgren in the dansband Pippis from Hede, and recorded and a released a single by several dansbands in 1974, including Pippis, Dannys and Thorleifs. Pippis also recorded the song on the 1975 album Ordning på torpet. [1]
Thorleifs, who used "Jag är så gla'" as a B-side, released the song as a 1974 single, only available for members in the Thorleifs fan club [2] scoring a Svensktoppen hit for 11 weeks during the period of 11 March-4 May 1975 peaking at third position. [3] The single sold platina and also gave the name to the band 's 1975 album Gråt inga tårar. [4] The song was also recorded in Danish, as "Græd ingen tårer". [5]
In the year 2000, Swedish radio program I afton dans in Sveriges Radio P4 held a voting where the song was appointed "Dansband song of the 20th century ". [6] The song has also been appointed "dansband hit song of all times". [7]
In 2006 Thorleifs participated at Sveriges Television's " Musikministeriet" recording "Gråt inga tårar" together with Balkan band Süperstar Orkestar from the Republic of Macedonia. During a test to combine Balkan music with dansband music, the song was re-arranged from major scale to minor scale, creating the original concept of "Dansband-Balkan music". [8] Süperstar Orkestar also recorded the song for the 2008 album Balkanized. [9]