Per Gessle
Swedish musician and songwriter · Sweden · On the map · Musicians · Born 1959 · age 67
Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He 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.
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Marie Fredriksson Duets: Ingen kan som du, bandmate in Roxette
Helena Josefsson Bandmate in Roxette
Clarence Öfwerman Produced Sing Along
Belinda Carlisle Duets: Always Breaking My Heart
Lotta Engberg Duets: Sommartider
Lena Philipsson Duets: Sällskapssjuk (2024)
Felix Sandman Per wrote Sommartider (2024)
Lars Winnerbäck Duets: Småstadsprat
Anastasios Soulis Per wrote Sommartider (2024)
Christer Sjögren Duets: Tycker om när du tar på mej
Emil Almén Per wrote Sommartider (2024)
Molly Pettersson Hammar och Moa Pettersson Hammar Duets: Beredd (2024)
Phoenix Parnevik Per wrote Sommartider (2024)
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The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and topped the charts in the US four times, most notably with "It Must Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman. Prior to the formation of Roxette, he had a successful career in his native Sweden as the frontman for Gyllene Tider. The band released three number-one albums during the early 1980s but disbanded shortly after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984).
