[Answered] Karl Jerker speleman, Charles Norman

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Haydn · #16 Post by **Haydn** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:49 am

Gong-Oh wrote:My guess is that the song was recorded in the early 1940s (there is a hint of Boogie-woogie in the piano solo), perhaps by a white (big) band

Listening to it now, it sounds more like 1950s

Mr Awesomer · #17 Post by **Mr Awesomer** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:19 pm

What I don't get is why someone would want to keep such a mediocre song "secret."

Gong-Oh · #18 Post by **Gong-Oh** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:28 pm

Mr Awesomer wrote:What I don't get is why someone would want to keep such a mediocre song "secret."

The secrecy is actually the trick that got that song discussed on this forum.

anton · #19 Post by **anton** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:09 pm

Ha! I found it! It's 'Karl Jerker speleman' by Charles Norman:

Charles Norman (Swedish)
Olle Hedberg (tp) Sven Hedberg (tb) Sven Gustafsson (as) Nils (Nisse) Blucker (ts) Charlie Norman (p) Kurt Warngren (g) Simon Brehm (b) Sven Bollhem (d)
Stockholm, January 31, 1946
1859 I'm playing solitaire Col (Swd)DS1595, Od (Swd)EO54-34978
1860 Karl Jerker Speleman - -

It's on Spotify - at least here in Sweden

trev · #20 Post by **trev** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:26 pm

Nice find! (however there is a part of me that is sad that the mystery is over

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pivchanskiy · #21 Post by **pivchanskiy** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:21 pm

Wow! 4 years have passed.
Thanks a lot Anton!

omsuperhoops · #22 Post by **omsuperhoops** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:52 pm

This is great!!!!I love it when a book is closed.