1. Per Gessle is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbanded after her death in 2019.
17 Facts About Per Gessle
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In-between periods in Roxette and Gyllene Tider reunions, Gessle recorded numerous solo albums, both in Swedish and English.
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The album was a critical and commercial success for Gessle and started the beginning of a long-term collaboration with the backing vocalist Helena Josefsson.
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Per Gessle was the main songwriter for both Roxette and Gyllene Tider.
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Per Gessle was a founding member of Gyllene Tider, in 1976.
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In 1996, after a reunion and subsequent tour of Gyllene Tider, Per Gessle recorded his first English solo album, using Brainpool and Gyllene Tider as backing musicians.
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Lundquist, now Per Gessle's producer was looking for a female singer and picked Josefsson.
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Per Gessle first came to the attention of Lundquist after she and her band Sandy Mouche wanted to record at Lundquist's Aerosol Grey Machine studio.
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Jens Jansson along with previous collaborators Josefsson and Lundquist, helped Per Gessle create his second English album.
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All three albums were recorded in Nashville after Per Gessle felt the need to do sessions abroad.
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In June 2022, Per Gessle released a single called "The Loneliest Girl In The World" under the name PG Roxette.
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The single previews an album Per Gessle has recorded with members of Roxette's live touring band called Pop-up Dynamo.
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Per Gessle wrote the song Karleken ar evig which Lena Philipsson competed with in Melodifestivalen 1986, where the song finished in second place with 42 points.
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In 1990, Per Gessle wrote a single, "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye", for Thomas Anders ; Roxette would release their version as the B-side of their single "Spending My Time".
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Per Gessle has participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys.
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Per Gessle had an older brother, Bengt and older sister Gunilla.
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Per Gessle married his long-time girlfriend Asa Nordin was born on 1961 and in 1993 at Vastra Stro Church, Eslov, Sweden.