Mats Rådberg Explained

Mats Rådberg
Landscape:Mats Rådberg appearing at Sommarkrysset in 2008
Birth Date:1948 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:country
Occupation:Singer, musician, composer, architect
Instrument:guitar
Years Active:1969–2020
Associated Acts:Rankarna, Chips, Elisabeth Andreassen

Mats Rådberg (8 June 1948 – 27 June 2020)[1] was a Swedish country singer,[2] guitarist, composer and architect scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s/80s. He is well known for working together with the country band Rankarna under the name Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. He also participated at Melodifestivalen 1977 with the song "Du och jag och sommaren", written by Tomas Ledin, which ended up 10th.

Rådberg also acted as a background singer behind Chips at Melodifestivalen 1980. In 1980, he released the album I'm the Singer, You're the Song together with Elisabeth Andreasson, and in 1983 he scored a hit with the song Peta in en pinne i brasan, a Swedish-language version of Shel Silverstein's Put Another Log on the Fire.

Discography

Albums

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/artisten-mats-radberg-ar-dod Artisten Mats Rådberg är död
  2. Web site: Mats Rådberg. Discogs. 21 December 2014.