Little Gerhard
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| caption = Little Gerhard in Helsingborg, 1959
| birth_name = Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist
| alias = Little Gerhard
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| birth_place = Tillberga, Sweden
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| occupation = Singer
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Little Gerhard (born Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist; 17 May 1934) is a Swedish singer and rock musician. He had big music hits between 1958 and the mid-60s, with songs like "Buona Sera", "What You've Done to Me" and "Den siste mohikanen". {{cite work|url=http://www.radionostalgi.se/50.60_talen/littlegerhard.htm |title=Radionostalgi.se: Little Gerhard |publisher=radionostalgi.se |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909071204/http://www.radionostalgi.se/50.60_talen/littlegerhard.htm |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-date=2011-09-09 }}
Biography
In his early years he boarded a ship and became a sailor. He made his stage debut in 1952 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the nightclub "Trocadero".{{cite news|url=http://www.olandsbladet.se/kulturnoje/little-gerhard-gastar-cadillac-band/|title=Little Gerhard gästar Cadillac Band – Ölandsbladet|last=xlibris|publisher=Ölandsbladet|accessdate=29 November 2018|date=2012-02-13|archive-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214093919/http://www.olandsbladet.se/kulturnoje/little-gerhard-gastar-cadillac-band/|url-status=live}} At that time he played guitar and the accordion.{{cite web|url=https://www.unt.se/familj/80-arig-rockkung-till-stan-3181609.aspx|title=80-årig rockkung till stan|date=1 June 2014|publisher=unt.se|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030453/https://www.unt.se/familj/80-arig-rockkung-till-stan-3181609.aspx|url-status=live}}
After ending his career as a sailor he moved to Stockholm, where he entered several amateur singing competitions, and he later saw success as a rock musician. His first music group was called Halen, which he performed with at New Year's Eve 1957.{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/qnmpxL/little-gerhard-gifter-sig-for-femte-gangen|title=Little Gerhard gifter sig för femte gången|date=3 September 2012 |publisher=Aftonbladet|accessdate=29 November 2018|archivedate=30 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071552/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/qnmpxL/little-gerhard-gifter-sig-for-femte-gangen|url-status=live}} Via this concert he signed with the record label Karusell. He released his first music album in 1958, called Little Gerhard; the song "What You've Done to Me" became his first hit.{{cite AV media|url=http://radiofy.se/artists/8748-little-gerhard/songs/4-what-you-ve-done-to-me|title=What You've Done To Me av Little Gerhard – Radio i Spotify – Radiofy|first=Linus|last=Oleander|website=Radiofy|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030532/http://radiofy.se/artists/8748-little-gerhard/songs/4-what-you-ve-done-to-me|url-status=live}} Already in March of the same year he was named "Sweden's rock music king", and in August that year he also was named "the rock music king of the Nordics". {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107111604/http://farbror-sid.se/home/tag/nordens-rockkung-1958/ |archive-date=2012-11-07 |url-status=dead |url=http://farbror-sid.se/home/tag/nordens-rockkung-1958/ |title=Farbror Sid }} {{cite web|url=http://www.hn.se/n%C3%B6je/musik/rockkungen-little-gerhard-%C3%A5ngar-p%C3%A5-%C3%A4nnu-1.3368733|title=Rockkungen Little Gerhard ångar på ännu|date=21 July 2010 |publisher=hn.se|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030524/http://www.hn.se/n%C3%B6je/musik/rockkungen-little-gerhard-%C3%A5ngar-p%C3%A5-%C3%A4nnu-1.3368733|url-status=live}} He made his film debut in the 1958 film Det svänger på slottet.{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=4588|title=Det svänger på slottet (1959) – Svensk Filmdatabas|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071535/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=4588|url-status=live}}
His third music album became, at its release in 1958, the best-selling music album within Swedish rock 'n' roll during the 1950s, and Little Gerhard's Gold certified record.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/575841-Little-Gerhard|title=Little Gerhard|website=Discogs|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030443/https://www.discogs.com/artist/575841-Little-Gerhard|url-status=live}} His band The G-men went on a summer tour in 1959 and the next coming five years.{{cite web|url=https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001538533|title=Little Gerhard and his rocking G-men – Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)|website=smdb.kb.se|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030519/https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001538533|url-status=live}}
In 1961, he started to sing in Swedish, his native tongue, now under the artist name Little Gerhard for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://hum.gu.se/aktuellt/Nyheter/fulltext/rock-pa-svenska--fran-little-gerhard-till-laleh.cid1184318|title=Nyheter detalj|first=Thomas|last=Melin|date=24 September 2013|website=Göteborgs universitet|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030328/https://hum.gu.se/aktuellt/Nyheter/fulltext/rock-pa-svenska--fran-little-gerhard-till-laleh.cid1184318|url-status=live}} His song "Blommor och Bin" charted on the Svensktoppen list.{{cite web|url=https://www.nostalgilistan.se/little-gerhard-76/blommor-och-bin-160|title=BLOMMOR OCH BIN av LITTLE GERHARD|website=NostalgiListan|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071616/https://www.nostalgilistan.se/little-gerhard-76/blommor-och-bin-160|url-status=live}} he also did recordings in West Germany and sang in German.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydostran.se/solvesborg/kung-rockar-loss-i-solvesborg/|title=Elvis kompis rockar loss – på äldreboende – Sydöstran|first=Jörgen|last=Klinthage|publisher=Sydöstran|accessdate=29 November 2018|date=2018-10-09|archive-date=2018-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030347/http://www.sydostran.se/solvesborg/kung-rockar-loss-i-solvesborg/|url-status=live}}
By the late 1960s, he focused on his career as a songwriter and producer.{{cite web|url=http://outtrigger.se/rocknroll-och-dess-pionjarer/|title=Rock'n'roll och dess pionjärer – Outtrigger.se|date=21 July 2018|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030525/http://outtrigger.se/rocknroll-och-dess-pionjarer/|url-status=live}} He participated in Melodifestivalen 1982 broadcast on SVT with the song "Hand i hand med dig" in a duet with singer Yvonne Olsson.{{cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-1982/|title=Melodifestivalen 1982|first=Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm|last=Sweden|publisher=svt.se|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612150049/https://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/melodifestivalen-1982/|url-status=live}}
Filmography
- 1958 – Det svänger på slottet
- 1958 – Åsa-Nisse in Military Uniform{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=4577|title=Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläder (1958) – Svensk Filmdatabas|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071549/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=4577|url-status=live}}
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