Mats Rådberg

Mats Rådberg
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Background information
Born	(1948-06-08) 8 June 1948 Brännkyrka Parish, Sweden
Genres	country
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, composer, architect
Instruments	guitar
Years active	1969–
Associated acts	Rankarna, Chips, Elisabeth Andreassen

Mats Rådberg, born 8 June 1948 in Brännkyrka Parish in Stockholm, Sweden is a Swedish country singer, guitarist, composer and architect scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s and 80s. He is well known for working together with the country band Rankarna under the name Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. He also participated at Melodifestivalen 1977 with the song Du och jag och sommaren, written by Tomas Ledin, which ended up 10th.

Mats Rådberg also acted as a background singer behind Chips at Melodifestivalen 1980. In 1980, he released the album I'm the Singer, You're the Song together with Elisabeth Andreasson, and in 1983 he scored a hit with the song Peta in en pinne i brasan, a Swedish-language version of Put Another Log on the Fire.

Discography

Albums

• 1969 – Country Our Way (Rank Strangers)
• 1969 – Early Morning Rain (Rank Strangers) (the same as Country Our Way released in Canada)
• 1970 – Rank Strangers featuring Mats Rådberg
• 1970 – Wellknown Strangers (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
• 1975 – På egen hand
• 1975 – We Weren't Born in Tennessee (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
• 1976 – Min musik
• 1976 – The Best of Mats Rådberg
• 1977 – Mats Rådberg
• 1978 – Boogie
• 1979 – Det handlar om känslor
• 1980 – Mina bästa låtar
• 1980 – I'm the Singer, You're the Song
• 1980 – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
• 1982 – Mamma, låt inte din grabb växa upp och bli en cowboy
• 1983 – Take Me to the Country
• 1984 – Familjens Svarta Får
• 1987 – Country Cookin'
• 1988 – Jag ger dig min morgon
• 1996 – When We Were Young
• 2002 – 100% Mats Rådberg & Rankarna
• 2014 - Nashville

External links

• Rankarna.se