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Danish Pop Music & Karaoke History

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International music influences artists and producers in Denmark

Danish pop music started at the end of the fifties and was a mix of Elvis, local folk music and skiffle. A famous duo was a banjo-playing teen duo Jan & Kjeld, who even made it into the US charts with ‘Tiger Rag, Banjo Boy’.

In the sixties, the British beat invasion influenced the local scene. Groups like The Beefeaters, Sir Henry and his Butlers with Tommy Seebach on vocals and Peter Belli and the Defenders follow in their footsteps. Because of the success, another band is starting; Lollipops.

At the end of the sixties, pop music is getting more experimental with instruments such as spacy guitars and jazzy influences in Denmark.
The first band that created this music in the Danish language is Steppenwolf. They launched only one album because the frontmen Skaløe, disappeared during a hippie journey in Afghanistan.

In the 1970s, following trends found in North America and the United Kingdom, Danish popular music styles diverged, and audiences fragmented. In the Seventies, many rock musicians in Denmark began to compose music and texts that reflected more realistic Danish social settings and ideals, including Savage Rose. Crucial for Danish pop is the harbour place of Aarhus, where many pop groups originate.

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Popular Danish Karaoke Songs are coming from artists such as Kim Larsen and Anne Linnet

Danish musicologist, Charlotte Rørdam Larsen, states that in the 1970s, Danish groups such as Gasolin from one of the most famous artists Kim Larsen (A lot of karaoke songs of Kim Larsen are available on SUNVIG’s Professional Karaoke Systems). He was giving that typical Danish rhythm and significance, linguistically, if not wholly distinct musically from international styles. Sometimes, it was more comical and linguistically funny. Another wave of typical folk music is like singer Anne Linnet.
In the mid-seventies, she came up with Lis Sørensen in the all-female band Shit & Chanel. Female vocalists were in that time growing in Denmark.

The definite breakthrough of Anne Linnet (Do you want to sing songs of Anne Linnet? It is possible on SUNVIG’s Karaoke Systems) comes when she turns to the new wave in the eighties. Forming the Anne Linnet Band and Marquis de Sade, she becomes one of the major pop artists of Denmark. Both girls Anne Linnet and Lis Sørensen stay local celebrities when you look to Laidback and Laban (with Tommy Seebach) score international hits. Later on, a local, new wave comes from TV-2 (Popular for Singing Karaoke) and Kliché.

Denmark’s music moved from Hard Rock to Eurohouse!

In Scandinavian countries, metal and hard rock form a substantial part of the famous music scene. Denmark’s most interesting heavy metal phenomenon is King Diamond and Mercyful Fate. But the Danish pop dance scene gets its golden moment with house music in which the Danish create their teenybop scene. Artists like Whigfield, Aqua (Barbie Girl is one of the most famous Danish Karaoke Song that international is still a beloved song to sing!), Cartoons, and Toy Box score massive European hits in the nighties.

At the beginning of the zeros, the Danish guitar groups (performing in English) get European attention. Groups like Saybia, Swanlake, Mew and the Raveonettes perform throughout the continent. As a good example, electronic pop music grew up with intelligent electronics from Trentemøller as a good example.

Denmark follows the international music influences overall but gives it their only twist. Singer Rasmus Seebach makes a Danish R&B variety very popular at the end of the first decade in the new millennium, just as pop and Eurohouse singer Medina. His good friend Mikael Simpson makes a name for himself with good electronic pop with vocals. Danish citizens are well-known music lovers, and also karaoke is a popular form of entertainment. That is why SUNVIG provides Danish Karaoke Songs (Danske Favorriter Karaoke Sanger), and we have local studios in Denmark.