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Flemming Jørgensen

Flemming Jørgensen
Bamse performing at Langelandsfestivalen 2006
Bamse performing at Langelandsfestivalen 2006
Background information
Birth nameFlemming Duun Jørgensen
Also known asBamse
Born(1947-02-07)7 February 1947
Randers, Denmark
Died1 January 2011(2011-01-01) (aged 63)
Egå, Denmark
GenresPop music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, musician
InstrumentBass guitar
Websitebamsesvenner.dk

Flemming "Bamse" Duun Jørgensen (7 February 1947 – 1 January 2011) was a Danish pop singer and actor, best known as lead singer of the band Bamses Venner (Teddy (Bear)'s Friends). During the recent years he also released some solo albums, the latest being Tæt på (Close-up) from 2010. Bamse was part of the Danish music scene for more than 35 years, and sold more than 3.5 million albums.[1]

Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen occasionally worked as an actor and in 1986 he received a Robert Award for best male supporting actor of the year in the movie Ofelia kommer til byen (Ophelia comes to town).[2] Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen died at age 63 in the early hours of New Year's Day 2011 of a cardiac arrest in his home in Egå, a suburb to Aarhus.[2][3]

One of his first and biggest hits was Vimmersvej (originally "Wimmersvej") was from 1975 and it was based on The Lion Sleeps Tonight. On 13 September 2018, a road in Thisted named "Kronborgvejs Sidevej" was changed to "Vimmersvej".[4]

Discography

With Bamses Venner

Refer to discography at Bamses Venner

Solo

  • Din sang (1977)
  • Solen skinner (1979)
  • Lige nu (1987)
  • 1988 (1988)
  • Lidt for mig selv (1994)
  • Jul på Vimmersvej (1995)
  • Stand By Me (1999)
  • Always on My Mind (2001)
  • Be My Guest (2005)
  • Love Me Tender (2007)
  • Tæt på (2010)
  • De store og de gemte (2011)
Live
  • Bamse Live I (1980)
  • Bamse Live II (1980)

References

  1. ^ Blak, Poul (1 January 2011). "Portræt: Vennernes Bamse". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b Christensen, Uffe (1 January 2011). "En musikkens arbejdsmand er død". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Musikeren Flemming Bamse er død – Danmark". Ritzau (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  4. ^ Thisted har fået landets første Vimmersvej. Limfjorden Update 14. september 2018 [1] Archived 15 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemming_J%C3%B8rgensen