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release date: 1965
format: vinyl
[single rate: 3 / 5] [2,75]
producer: ?
label: Philips - nationality: Denmark
Tracklist: A) "Lille fregnede Louise" - - B) "Gid det går dig godt"
Single release by Danish pop schlager artists Johnny Reimar (aka Reimar Kristensen). Around '63 Reimar had a near lethal accident on stage with shock from his electric guitar while performing in his (Cliff Richard and The Drifters' copy-) rock-band The Clifters - the band continued with various lead vocalists, while Reimar after recovering side-stepped with a new band, The Scarlett, before pursuing a solo career with a stronger family-minded appeal from around '64. This very single is his first attempt with a song with Danish lyrics and with a combo of schlager and pop music, and it turned out as an immediate national hit, and Reimar basically stuck to this genre for the rest of his career. For younger generations, Reimar became associated with non-serious music that mostly found an appeal for birthday parties and the like - and for many his music was regarded as a bit of a joke - and quite undeservedly, 'cause many people enjoyed it, and then he did make a fine living as a performing entertainer. What many didn't realise was that Reimar was a musical forerunner, as manager, songwriter, promoter, and as producer of a vast number of national artists during the late 60s throughout the 70s, and well into the 80s. He stood behind established and upcoming names and artists like The Hitmakers, Bjørn & Okay, Keld Heick and the Donkeys, Birthe Kjær, Eddie Skoller, Brødrene Olsen, Savage Rose, Gnags, Mabel, and many more.
This copy was part of my parents' record collection, and it was a single I would play on a portable turntable at 6-8 years of age. It never was the kind of music that I found appealing - it was more of an obscurity, I think. Already back then, Reimar was a name I associated with a much older generation, and it was the type music I soon found to be out of sync with good taste, which of course was a very subjective way of thinking, but Reimar fought with the status as some kind party-entertainer for older people, and he would forever be linked with a happy-go-lucky attitude of some sort.
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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.
