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Ola & the Janglers were a garage rock and beat group, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1962. Its lead member was Ola Håkansson.

Guitarist Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam wrote many of their hits. He was later a member of the duo Nova (Swedish name "Malta") with Göran Fristorp. The duo won the Swedish part of the Eurovision in 1973. (ABBA was number 3 with " Ring Ring". Clabbe was also a program leader and later worked on ABBA's tours.

Among the hits they scored in their native country were " She's Not There", "No, No, No" (1965), "Love Was on Your Mind", " Poetry in Motion", "Alex Is the Man" (1966), "I'm Thinking of You" (1965), "Strolling Along", and " Runaway" (1968). The group's 1969 hit " Let's Dance", a cover of the Chris Montez song, reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[1]

Ola & the Janglers recorded many singles only for Italy including "Questo è un addio", "Le mele verdi" (for Adriano Celentano's label Clan Celentano) and "Bella Albarosa".

Members

• Ola Håkansson (vocals)
• Christer Idering (guitar)
• Johnny Lundin (guitar)
• Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam (guitar)
• Johannes Olsson (organ)
• Lennart Gudmundsson (bass)
• Åke Eldsäter (bass)
• Leif Johansson (drums)

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