Streaplers

Streaplers is a Swedish musical group,[1] founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson.

Streaplers
Streaplers' tour bus
Background information
OriginKungälv, Sweden
GenresDansband
Years active1959–present
MembersKenny Samuelsson (1997-present)
Håkan Liljeblad (1959-present)
Kjetil Granli (1990-present)
Anders Larsson (2004-present)
Past membersMats Alfredsson (1959-1963)
Gert Gert Lengstrand (1959-1966)
Bjarne Lundqvist (1963-1988)
Robert Löfvendahl (1966-1970)
Ove Pilebo (1970-1984)
Towe Wideberg (1984-1990)
Kent Szwonder (1988-????)
Bosse Möllberg (1990-1997)
Lars Larsson (1995-2004)
Jörgen Flach (2003-2003)

The group made a breakthrough with Säkkinjärven Polka in 1963. Hit songs such as Diggety Doggety, Mule Skinner Blues and Rockin' Robin followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band had a Svensktoppen number one hit with "Tusen öars land". In 1970, Ove Pilebo began as singer and Streaplers became one of Sweden's most popular dansbands, with 225 concerts. As a dansband, they had many Svensktoppen hits, like "Valentino", "Va' har du under blusen, Rut? ", "Jag har en dröm" and "Till min kära", which during the period 1995-1997 was on the list for 73 weeks, 22 of the hits made first place.

Today, the twins Håkan an Göran are the only original members. The other members are Kenny Samuelsson, Anders Larsson (taking over when Lasse Larsson left the band, Anders is Lasse's brother's son) and Kjetil Granli.

Members

Vocals
  • 1959-1966: Gert Gert Lengstrand
  • 1967-1969 Curt Borkman[2]
  • 1969-1970: Robert Löfvendahl
  • 1970-1984: Ove Pilebo
  • 1984-1990: Towe Wideberg
  • 1990-1997: Bosse Möllberg
  • 1997-____: Kenny Samuelsson

Bass
  • 1959-2013: Håkan Liljeblad
  • 2013- : Per Lundin

Guitar
  • 1959-2009: Göran Liljeblad
  • 2009-2014: Henrik Uhlin
  • 2014- :Henrik Göransson

Drums
  • 1959-1963: Mats Alfredsson
  • 1963-1988: Bjarne Lundqvist
  • 1988-1990: Kent Szwonder
  • 1990-____: Kjetil Granli

Keyboard
  • 1995-2004: Lars Larsson
  • 2003-2003: Jörgen Flach (replacing Lars Larsson when the latter was sick)
  • 2004-____: Anders Larsson

Discography

Albums

(Selective - charting albums with peak position in Swedish Albums Chart parenthesis)

Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications
SWE
[3]
1975 Bugga 4
1976 Valentino 6
1978 Speed 34
1979 Om jag säger att jag älskar... 35
1986 Älskar, älskar inte 44
1997 Allt det som kärleken är 54
2004 Gör det igen 57
2005 Vad som än händer 60
Vad som än händer 60
2006 Bugga med the Streaplers 60
2007 Bästa! 18
2009 Ett år i taget 15
Jubileums Show - Live på Liseberg 8
2012 På egna vägar 3
2013 I alla väder 2
2014 Hela veckan lång 2
2016 On the Rocks 8
2019 Jubileumsfavoriter 10
[4]
2020 En Gång Till 4
[5]

References
  1. Discogs
  2. "Historia - Streaplers". Streaplers (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-10-09.
  3. "Streaplers - Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.at/ Hung Medien.
  4. "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  5. "Veckolista Album, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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