POVEL RAMEL & FLICKERY FLIES: FARS FABRIK

Those who know me also know that I'm a great admirer of the Swedish legendary entertainer, singer, composer, pianist, comedian, writer, baron (and so on) Povel Ramel. He made his first recording in 1942 and his last 2006. I have written a profile on him some years ago, and you can read it here if you want to know more about this remarkable man in the history of Swedish entertainment. In June 2007, the great artist Povel Ramel passed away, just a couple of days after his 85th birthday.

What would this 78 rpm blog be without a Povel Ramel record? Yes, you're right - absolutely nothing! I've decided to include a Povel Ramel record that isn't one of the most well known: "Fars Fabrik" (="Father's Factory"), an easy-going and playful song about all the different noises different machines created in his father's factory. Povel Ramel sings the song together with the vocal group "Flickery Flies" - a group Ramel worked with for many years in the 1950s and early 1960s. "Flickery Flies" included the alto singer Brita Borg, who also was some kind of a prima donna in the Povel Ramel comedy shows (known as the 'Knäppupp' shows), the tenor Tosse Bark and the bass singer and multi instrumentalist Oscar Rundquist.
Ramel made his first (and today very rare) records on the small label "Scala", before his big breakthrough 1944 with "Johanssons Boogie Woogie Vals" on "HMV". He continued recording for "HMV" until 1952 when he made some records for the newly started Swedish label "Metronome", but he started his own record label "Knäppupp" in 1954. This 12 record from late 1954 is the second release on "Knäppupp".

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Povel Ramel
• Flickery Flies
• Knäppupp
• 78 rpm
• record collecting

[ako456]

Härligt jazz-sving. Nu är det troligen försent, men detta borde ha varit en standardlåt för alla storband. Gunhild Carling, ni som kan sånt här, var är ni?

[78rpmblog]

@ako456 Var tog alla dessa storband vägen?

[ako456]

@ako456 Jag brukar lyssna på Carling Big Band, och njuter mycket av det. Tyvärr är det för övrigt ganska tunnsått med övriga storband.

Tur att det finns inspelat.