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Bengt Djupbäck, more known as Jokkmokks-Jokke (May 25, 1915 - June 15, 1998) was a Swedish musician who had his greatest successes during the 1960's-70's. He was born in the small village of Porsi in Jokkmokk Municipality as Bengt Johansson, but changed his name to Djupbäck in 1974.[1] After he had been working as a railway navvy as well as a woodman, Jokkmokks-Jokke travelled to Stockholm to begin his carreer as a musician in 1954, and at the same time his friend gave Jokkmokks-Jokke his stage namn.[2] In Stockholm he was discovered by Topsy Lindholm, the manager of the entertainment establishment Nationalpalatset a.k.a. Nalen, where Jokkmokks-Jokke's Sami clothing was an exotic feature in the Swedish capital.[3] In 1963 Jokkmokks-Jokke composed the song Gulli-Gullan which became his greatest hit ever, and which is also the song that most people remember him for. Jokkmokks-Jokke has performed Gulli-Gullan on stage in Japan and also in USA, during his American tour which took place in 1973. Jokkmokks-Jokke was never baptised or confirmated but he was active in church throughout his entire life. He also did a lot of charity work.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Nationalencyklopedin: "Jokkmokks-Jokke"
- ^ Nationalencyklopedin: "Jokkmokks-Jokke"
- ^ Renström, Christer (June 16, 1998)"Jokkmokks-Jokke har avlidit". Aftonbladet. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
- ^ Samuelsson, Helge (May 22, 1995) "Ett under att jag lever". Göteborgs-Posten.
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