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The Hep Stars

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Aliases
Hep Stars
Years active
1963 - 1971
Country
Sweden
Comments
Formed in Stockholm as a cover band, they soon, also due to their energetic live shows and in spite of their ugly sleeves, became Swedens most successful mid-1960s act performing in English. From 1966 on, they increasingly recorded self-written songs, later also in Swedish.
Outside the Nordic countries the band is best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson (of ABBA fame).
Members
Benny Andersson Keyboards (1963-1970)
Svenne Hedlund Vocals
Christer Pettersson [SE1] Drums (1963-1971)
Kookie Tian (1969-1971)
Related
Gummibandet
Åke Gerhard Gerhard was Hep Stars' manager (1963–1969) and signed them to his Olga label
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Originals

Covers by The Hep Stars

Title Performer Release date Originally by
September 1965 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
1968 The Supremes [US1]
December 1965 Big Maybelle
  December 1967 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
May 1966 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
December 1965 Samuel Ash
December 1965 Ray Charles
1968 Cliff Richard - The Shadows
December 1965 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
October 1965 The Crystals [US]
October 1965 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bob Goday
1989 Little Anthony and The Imperials
Tända på varann The Hep Stars 1968 Unverified
December 1965 Freddy Cannon
October 1965 Chuck Berry
December 1965 The Rivingtons, The Trashmen
March 1965 Eddie Cochran
December 1967 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Grammophonkvartetten
July 1969 David Dante
September 1965 The Kinks
December 1965 Chad & Jeremy
1968 Sam Cooke
October 1965 Leo Price, Little Richard
1968 Brian Hyland
October 1965 Carl Mann and The Kool Kats
August 1965 H.B. Barnum
1968 Miriam Makeba
December 1965 The Platters
October 1965 Neil Sedaka
December 1967 (unknown)
September 1967 Ian and Sylvia
Covered by (5 artists)
April 17, 1965 Nat Kendricks and The Swans
April 1967 Fadhili William and The Black Shadows
June 1965 Ricky Nelson
August 1968 Gilbert Bécaud, Jill Corey with Jimmy Carroll
December 1966 Ernie Lieberman
June 1964 The Cousins [BE]
December 1967 Edison Male Quartette
listen on Internet Archive September 1966 Perry Como, Gunnar Wiklund
December 1966 (unknown)
February 1968 Tommy Roe
listen on Internet Archive September 1966 Ernie Lieberman, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Ann-Louise Hanson & Fred Åkerström
June 1964 Southern Tones, Ray Charles and His Band
  March 1965 Solomon Burke REL, Wilson Pickett REC
February 1968 The Candymen
  1968 Sonny Curtis REC, Brian Hyland REL
March 1966 The Beach Boys
November 2001 (unknown), (unknown)
1968 Little Anthony and The Imperials
December 1967 (unknown)
March 1965 Don and Dewey and Their Band
February 1968 The Association
i December 1967 (unknown)
October 1966 Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
March 1965 Ritchie Valens
November 2001 (unknown)
1968 Frankie Valli
April 17, 1965 Vince Taylor and His Playboys, The Renegades [GB1]
February 1965 The Everly Brothers
October 1965 The Ronettes
June 1965 (unknown)
February 1965 Mike Berry with The Outlaws
July 1969 Roger Miller [US-OK]

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