Danne Stråhed
Swedish singer and songwriter
Dan Peter Stråhed (born 12 June 1956) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who has been a member multiple bands since the mid 1970s. This includes the groups, Änglabarn, Chinox, and Wizex.
Background
Danne Stråhed was part of the group Chinox who opened for AC/DC.
He was the lead singer of Wizex for thirteen years. In 1981, he started the band Änglabarn ("Angel children"), who released one music album and was the pre-show act for Queen during their Scandinavian tour.
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "Hallabaloo".
Career
1970s
As a member of Chinox, he played piano, organ and sang in the group. In all of those capacities, he contributed to their album, Tunna skivor which was released on the Gazell label in 1976.
In 1979, the group released the Born to Be Alive album which contained the song, "Born to Be Alive". There were two songs, "Det Bästa Till Dej Och Dina Vänner" ("Det Bedste Till Mej Og Mine Venner") and "Lille Du" which were by Gasolin'. Danne Stråhed translated them into Swedish.
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