Harpo

Harpo, pseudonym of Jan Torsten Svensson (Stockholm, 5 april 1950) is a Swedish singer.

In the early 1970s he began making music. Svensson used the pseudonym Harpo and brings under that name the song Movie star, which is a big hit in 1975. The song is about someone who thinks a very big star, but in reality only has acted in a tv commercial. The background singer in this song is Anni-Frid Lyngstad, later known for ABBA.Svensson will the success of Movie star never even approach, but why he often is regarded as a one-hit wonder, even though he continues to occur until after 2000. In 2005 he released yet another new, but some entirely in English, album.

Svensson later concentrated on the breeding of horses. This is going to be well off him and he is very successful in this box. In the course of his trade he gets a horrible accident in 1980 as one of his horses kicks him in the face several times. By this accident he loses his sense of smell and sight in one of his eyes.



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 * 1.1 Singles
 * 1.2 Albums
 * 1.3 compilation albums
 * Radio 2 Top 2000 1.4
 * 2 external links
 * "Honolulu" (1973)
 * "Sayonara" (1973)
 * "My Teenage Queen" (1974)
 * "Baby Boomerang" (1974)
 * "Rock 'n' Roll Maskin" (1975)
 * "Movie star"(English version) (1975)
 * "Movie star" (Swedish version) (1975)
 * "Motorcycle Mama" (1975)
 * "Beautiful Christmas" (1975)
 * "Horoscope" (1976)
 * "Rock ' n ' Roll Clown" (1976)
 * "Dandy" (1977)
 * "In The Zum-Zum-Zummernight" (English version) (1977)
 * "Som ett zom-zom-zommarbi" (Swedish version) (1977)
 * "Television" (1977)
 * "San Franciscan Nights"(1977)
 * "With A Girl Like You" (1978)
 * "Djungel-Jim" (1978)
 * "Bianca" (1978)
 * "Hjälp mig Rune" (1979)
 * "Johanssons boogie woogie vals" (1979)
 * "She Loves It Too" (1980)
 * "Yes I Do" (1981)
 * "Records And Tapes" (1981)
 * "Rain And Thunder" (1982)
 * "Light A Candle" (1983)
 * "Summer Of ' 85" (1985)
 * "På andra sidan Atlanten" (1986)
 * "Living Legends" (1987)
 * "Tear Gas" (1987)
 * "Moviestar ' 90" (new version with updated lyrics) (1990)
 * "Down At The Club" (1991)
 * "Lycka" (duet with Ted Gärdestad) (1992)
 * "Sounds Like Love" (1994)
 * "Christmas" (1997)
 * "Sayonara" (remix) (1999)
 * "Honolulu" (2000)
 * "Love Is Just A Game" (2001) (unreleased)
 * "Här är ängarna" (2005)
 * Leo The Leopard (1974)
 * Harpo & Bananaband (1975)
 * Movie Star (1976)
 * Smile (1976)
 * The Hollywood Tapes (1977)
 * Jan Banan och hans flygande matta (1978)
 * Råck änd råll rätt å slätt (1979) (credits: Jan Harpo Svensson)
 * The Fool Or Yesterday (Will Be The Fool Of Tomorrow) (1981)
 * Let's Get Romantic (1984)
 * Harpo (1988)
 * Hemliga låden (1990) (credits: Harpo Show)
 * Harpo (1992)
 * Jan Harpo Svensson 05 (2005) (credits: Jan Harpo Svensson)
 * Harpo Hits (1977)
 * 20 Bästa (1980)
 * Portrait of Harpo (1991)
 * Moviestar Greatest Hits (1993)
 * Samlade Hits (1995)
 * Movie Star (1996)
 * Harpo Hits! (1997)
 * Premium Gold Collection (1999)
 * Movie Star: The HitStory of Harpo (1999)
 * The Collection (2001)
 * Klassiker (2003)