There are multiple artists called Velvet:1) Velvet, born Jenny Petterson, moved from Helsingborg to Stockholm in 1993 to study ballet at Balettakademien. Alongside her studies, Jenny worked at Wallmans cabaret where she discovered that singing was really what she wanted to do. This was followed by eight years of touring as a choir singer and dancer for a host of major artists including Carola, Lena PH, Markoolio, Sanne Salomonsen, Orup, Meat Loaf, Martin Stenmark and Jessica Folcker.Jenny was also part of the house choir for the Swedish Eurovision organisation for five years, and travelled to the various Eurovision Song Contests around Europe.Velvet was discovered in 2005......
Norwegian folkrock band leaded by the vocalist Reidar Brendeland.Vestlandsfanden er en norsk folk-rock-gruppe som ble dannet i Haugesund i 1979 og som hadde sin første offisielle spillejobb i 1980. Reidar Brendeland er frontfigur i gruppen, Gruppen startet som et akustisk band med irsk, skotsk, amerikansk og nordisk folkemusikk og med tekster av blant andre Kjartan Fløgstad, Ingvar Moe, Gunnar Roalkvam og andre kjente vestnorske forfattere samt melodier og tekster av Reidar Brendeland.Vestlandsfanden har vært nominert til Spellemannprisen, gitt ut 15 plater, hatt en rekke radio- og fjernsynsopptredener og mange topplasseringer på Norsktoppen. De har også vært høyt oppe på......
1958-2004Vikingarna was a Swedish dansband, formed in 1958 by Claes Johansson as "Jicco & the Vikings". In 1961, the name was changed to "Vikings", and in 1973 to "Vikingarna". The band first entered Svensktoppen in 1975, with the song På världens tak, a Swedish cover of The Carpenters-hit Top of the World. The big break-through on the list came the coming year, with Du gav bara löften ("You only gave promises"). That year, the band sold their first gold record. The singer back then was Stefan Borsch, but from the 1979 album Kramgoa låtar 7, he was replaced by Christer Sjögren. In the year 2000, Vikingarna begun to record songs......
Voggue was a female disco vocal duo from Canada composed of Chantal Condor and Angela Songui.In 1981, they had their most successful single with "Dancin' the Night Away", which spent three weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S. and also reached number thirty-nine in the UK Singles Chart. See also * List of number-one dance hits (United States) * List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart References 1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003, 2004 2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 588. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Preceded......
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982. They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses and others.W.A.S.P. began following the demise of Circus Circus, a Los Angeles-based band featuring Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper. The original lineup of W.A.S.P. was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 by Lawless, Piper, Rik Fox, and Tony Richards.The first lineup did not last for long, as Rik Fox was let go and went on to join the band Steeler with vocalist Ron Keel and guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. He was replaced by Don Costa, the bassist in Richards' former band, Dante Fox (which......
