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Hellbillies is a Norwegian rock band founded in 1990 in the small village of al, Hallingdal. They are now among the most popular bands in Norway with 16 CD-releases. They are awarded the Norwegian 'Sp...

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...

All about that bass' was one of the biggest hits in 2014. The song is lyrically ambitious with a melody in vintage style. This tune is a proper 'bubblegum pop' song. The edition presents the entire ba...

The great hit from 1983 by English band Police has moods and colours that is immediately recognized. In the band arrangement it is much the same, but with the added timbres and carpets of sound typic...

This melody is the Norwegian version of 'Make You Feel My Love' composed by Bob Dylan. The lyrics is translated by Bjarte Hjelmeland and the song performed by, among others, Norwegian singer Ingebjørg...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas is a song from 1951 composed by by Meredith Willson. The tune is one of the most popular American Christmas song. First recorded by Perry Como and Bing Cro...

'Ein farfar i livet' (Grandpa) is taken from the 2011 record album release 'Bestevenn' (My best friend) by Odd Nordstoga. This is music for a Norwegian TV-series called 'Vaffelhjarte'. In this arrange...

Dance Monkey is a catchy song by the Australian musician Toni Watson a.k.a. Tones and I. Tones and I explains that the song's lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was b...

Jon Henrik Mario Fjällgren became instantly well-known after his appearance in Sweden's 'Got Talent' where he performed 'Daniels Joik' written for his recently passed best friend. Fjällgren was born i...

'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...

'Til deg' ('For You') by Marthe Haaland Wang and Trygve Skaug is featured on Marthe Wang's debut album released in 2017 The album was nominated for 'Spellemannsprisen', a Norwegian equivalent to Gramm...

Chris Holsten's song was one of Norway's most played in 2021 and is already a modern classic. In this song Holsten sings about his difficult childhood and lifts a most important issue, namely mental h...

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 is a standard by Hoagy Carmichael from 1930, and later played by many artists, notably Ray Charles recorded in 1960. It was chosen as state song in the state of Georgia in the US, but the lyrics...

Living Doll by Lionel Bart is made famous because of two recordingss by British singer Cliff Richard. The first one from 1959 backed by 'The Shadows' (at that time still named 'The Drifters'), and aga...

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 accompani...

The Main Theme from this movie is among the most iconic soundtracks ever written. Ennio Morricone composed the music for this- and many other movies directed by Sergio Leone. The movie and music relea...

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...

A beautiful love song from Northern Norway. Close your eyes and you can both see and feel the midnight sun.

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...