Ola & the Janglers were a garage rock

Garage rock

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 and beat group from Sollentuna, Sweden

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, founded in 1962. Its lead member was Ola Håkansson

Ola Håkansson

Ola Håkansson is a Swedish singer, composer and producer.Ola Håkansson was born in Stockholm. He was the singer of the band Ola and the Janglers and later Secret Service. In 1986 he recorded the duet "The Way You Are" with Agnetha Fältskog.He was part of the songwriting trio Norell Oson Bard...

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Among the hits they scored in their native country are "No, No, No" (1965), "Love Was on Your Mind", "Poetry in Motion", "Alex Is the Man" (1966), "I'm Thinking Of You" (1965), "Strolling Along", and "Runaway

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" (1968). The group's 1969 hit "Let's Dance

Let's Dance (Chris Montez song)

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", a cover of the Chris Montez

Chris Montez

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 song, reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100

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Members

• Ola Håkansson
  Ola Håkansson
  Ola Håkansson is a Swedish singer, composer and producer.Ola Håkansson was born in Stockholm. He was the singer of the band Ola and the Janglers and later Secret Service. In 1986 he recorded the duet "The Way You Are" with Agnetha Fältskog.He was part of the songwriting trio Norell Oson Bard...
  
  (vocals)
• Christer Idering (guitar)
• Johnny Lundin (guitar)
• Claes "Clabbe" af Geijerstam (guitar)
• Johannes Olsson (organ)
• Lennart Gudmundsson (bass)
• Åke Eldsäter (bass)
• Leif Johansson (drums)