Inger Lise Rypdal
Encyclopedia
Inger Lise Rypdal is a Norwegian
singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film
, and musical
.
, the Melodi Grand Prix
11 times. Together with Øystein Wiik she has done several musical concerts all around Norway.
She started with soul-music together with Geir Wentzel, and she has often returned to soul, for instance in the band Chipahua with some of the best Norwegian artists. In `La Mome Piaf` audience experienced Inger Lise Rypdal acting parts of Edith Piaf's life. All the well known songs were tied together with short stories from Piaf's life.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
singer and actress in many different genres: pop, rock, theater, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, and musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
.
History
Inger Lise Rypdal has been an artist since 1968. She has made 16 albums in Norway and some in Sweden, acted in several theatre performances, nine movies and attended the Norwegian heats of the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, the Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960.The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and...
11 times. Together with Øystein Wiik she has done several musical concerts all around Norway.
She started with soul-music together with Geir Wentzel, and she has often returned to soul, for instance in the band Chipahua with some of the best Norwegian artists. In `La Mome Piaf` audience experienced Inger Lise Rypdal acting parts of Edith Piaf's life. All the well known songs were tied together with short stories from Piaf's life.
Discography
- Inger Lise (RCA, 1970)
- Hello-A (RCA, 1972) with Stein IngebrigtsenStein IngebrigtsenStein Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian....
- Sjung bort bekymren (RCA Sweden, 1972)
- Har du nånsinn... (RCA Sweden, 1973)
- Fra 4 til 70 (Talent, 1973) (CD 1993)
- 830 S – bak sølvmikrofonen (Talent, 1974) with Stein IngebrigtsenStein IngebrigtsenStein Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian....
- Einar Schankes Gledeshus (Camp, 1974)
- Den stille gaten (Talent, 1974)
- Jag kommer tillbaka (RCA Sweden, 1975)
- Feeling (Talent, 1975)
- Tider kommer, tider går (Talent, 1977)
- Før og nå. 15 store suksesser 1973–79 (Talent, 1979)
- Inger Lise Rypdal (RCA Sweden, 1979)
- Sign Language (Talent, 1980)
- Songwriters for the Stars/Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill/David Foster (Mercury, 1982)
- Kontakt (Talent, 1982)
- Just For You (Studio B, 1983)
- Å, jul med din glede (Arco, 1986)
- Till min kära (Studio B, 1987)
- Enkel resa (Sonet Sweden, 1988) .
- Romanse (Agentus, 1988) with Lakki Patey
- Fru Johnsen (Crema, 1989)
- Tid (Talent, 1997)
- Inger Lise (Master Music, 2001)
- Ansikter (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2007)
Albums featured
With Terje RypdalTerje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
- Terje RypdalTerje Rypdal (album)Terje Rypdal is the second album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1971 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "Keep It Like That - Tight" - 12:14# "Rainbow" - 7:05...
(ECM, 1971) - After the RainAfter the Rain (Terje Rypdal album)After the Rain is an album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in 1976 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.-Track listing:# "Autumn Breeze" - 4:36# "Air" - 4:28# "Now and Then" - 2:53...
(ECM, 1976)
Melodi Grand Prix entries
- Eventyr (1969)
- Lillebror(1972)
- Å for et spillIt's Just A Game"It's Just a Game" was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in English and French - with some lyrics in Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Irish, Serbo-Croatian, Hebrew, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian - by the Bendik Singers. This makes it the only entry, besides the...
with Stein IngebrigtsenStein IngebrigtsenStein Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian....
, Ola Neegård, Gro Anita Schønn(1973) - Alternativ with Lillian Harriett (1975)
- Yo-yo with Stein IngebrigtsenStein IngebrigtsenStein Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in Norway in the 1970s, nicknamed "Mr. Norsktoppen" for his countless hits topping Norsktoppen, an official chart for music in Norwegian....
(1974) - Voodoo with Jahn TeigenJahn TeigenJahn Teigen is a Norwegian singer and musician. Jahn received a knighthood from H.M. King Harald V. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983. His given name was Jan, he added the silent H later. Since October 2006 he has been living in Sweden...
(1976) - Så lenge du er hos meg (1979)
- Svart fortid (1980)
- Tanker (1981)
- Lady Di (1982)
- Elegi with Freddy Dahl (1983)
- Vinder (1984)
External links
- http://www.ballade.no/mic.nsf/home/bransjeregister?opendocument&url=http://www.ballade.no/symfoni%5Ckontakt.nsf/pub/per2001082316005251324330 Music Information Center
- http://www.diskografi.no/person.asp?id=555 Discography Norway
- http://www.kjentfolk.no/musikere/rypdal Home Page Inger Lise Rypdal (old)
- http://www.ingerliserypdal.no Home Page Inger Lise Rypdal (New)