Sanne Salomonsen

Danish singer (born 1955)

Sanne Salomonsen

Sanne Salomonsen in Århus, 2005.

Background information
Born|  (1955-12-30) 30 December 1955 (age 68)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres| Pop, rock, jazz, musical theatre, country music
Occupation(s)| Singer, songwriter
Years active| 1967–present
Formerly of| Flair, Anne Linnet Band, Sneakers

Musical artist

Susanne Salomonsen (born on 30 December 1955) is a Danish singer and songwriter, better known under the nickname Sanne Salomonsen.[1][2][3] Salomonsen joined a local rock band in 1967, and her first solo album was released in 1973. She became one of the most famous singers in Denmark during the 1980s. Various songs sung or written by her have been on the local charts.[4]

Sanne Salomonsen was a member of Anne Linnet Band and Sneakers, and got the nickname Rock Mama as an enduring pop icon in Danish rock music.[5] She thought at age 31 around the time she got the nickname from a journalist: "When I heard that piece of music [from OneTwo], I thought that now, I have become a mom for a generation in rock music."[6] She said in 2011: "I am always asked what I think about being called Rock Mama, but when I look around on the Danish scene then, I can after all clearly see, that if there is a rock mama then, it is me. That is how it is."[7]

## Life and career[edit]

### Early achievements and later stardom[edit]

Sanne Salomonsen was born in Copenhagen, and her natural hair color is red. She is the daughter of ornithologist Finn Salomonsen.[8] Sanne Salomonsen performed at the age of 6 in the ballet Elves' Hill. She moved to Holte at age 11 with her family.[9] She debuted as singer by joining her first band in 1967, and then the band Curled Edges[10] (with members of the bands Beefeaters,[11] Maxwells[12] and Thors Hammer[13]) in 1968. During 1970 to 1972, she performed in a musical named Touch, as well as Danish versions of the musicals Hair (as Sheila) and Godspell. She was called Lille Sanne Superstar (English: Little Sanne Superstar) by the time her first solo album was being recorded.[14][15][16] Sanne Salomonsen's debut album was released in 1973, and she was in the group Flair[17] from 1974 to 1977, and sang backing vocals for Sebastian and others.

Sanne Salomonsen became one of the most famous female rock singers in Denmark, as a member of Anne Linnet Band from 1979 to 1983, and Sneakers from 1979 to 1985 and subsequent commercial success as a solo artist.[18] She became known as Rock Mama at around age 31 after a journalist came up with this nickname.[19] Salomonsen had especially become a Danish pop icon by being the lead vocalist of Sneakers.[20] Notably, her album Sanne from 1989 was the most sold Danish rock album that year.[21]

During the 1980s, Sanne Salomonsen also starred in the movies Forræderne, Smugglarkungen and Svindlande affärer. After Sanne (1989), she continued the solo career with albums, such as Where Blue Begins (1991), Freedom (2003) and The Album (2005). Sanne was also in the country music group Cowgirls with Lis Sørensen and Tamra Rosanes, which released one album named Girls Night Out in 2001. This album sold 40 000 copies.[22][23]

### Disease and subsequent comeback[edit]

Sanne Salomonsen in Aalborg, 2010.

Sanne Salomonsen had an intracerebral hemorrhage on May 5, 2006 that made her paralyzed on one side of the face and in one arm, and interfered with her ability to speak and sing. She was able to call the ambulance herself, and there was no damage to her personality, except depression that required therapy.[24][25] After partially recovering from paralysis and arduously being able to retrain her singing voice during the next few years, she got a Sanskrit tattoo on the right forearm that means: "Feel love and gratitude for everything and everyone every day".[26]

Sanne Salomonsen later recounted in a news article, that she had tried to sing "Den jeg elsker elsker jeg" (a song written by her that became a big hit in the 1980s) while lying in the hospital, but could not. The muscles used for singing were paralyzed, she recounted and continued: "I was in distress, but very grateful to be alive at the same time". Her depression lasted ten months, where she struggled with social anxiety. Afterwards, the successful album Unico was released in March 2009, named after Sanne Salomonsen's horse. The album was on the Danish record chart for a year, and about 80 000 copies of the album were sold during the next few years.[27][28] Unico was the fourth best selling Danish album in 2009.[29]

## Discography[edit]

See also: Anne Linnet Band § Discography, and Sneakers (band) § Discography

### Studio albums[edit]

* 1973: Sanne Salomonsen (Label: Sonet) (Language: Danish)
* 1977: Precious Moments (Label: EMI) (Language: English)
* 1979: Hvide manke: Dyrepladen (Label: Elsound) (Language: Danish)
* 1984: Linnet/Salomonsen (Label: CBS) (Language: Danish)
* 1985: Sanne Salomonsen (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish)
* 1987: Ingen engel (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish)
* 1987: No Angel (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 1989: Sanne (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish)
* 1990: Love Is Gonna Call (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 1990: Krig og kærlighed (Label: Pladecompagniet) (Language: Danish)
* 1991: Where Blue Begins (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 1994: Language of the Heart (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 1996: 1996 (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish)
* 1996: 1996 (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 1998: In a New York Minute (Label: Virgin) (Language: English)
* 2001: Evita (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish)
* 2003: Freedom (Label: Medley Records) (Language: English)
* 2005: The Album (Label: Copenhagen Records) (Language: English)
* 2009: Unico (Label: Mermaid Records) (Language: Danish)
* 2011: Tiden brænder (Label: Mermaid Records) (Language: Danish)
* 2014: Hjem 2014 (Label: Mermaid Records) (Language: Danish)
* 2017: Baby Blue (Label: Mermaid Records) (Language: Danish)

### Live albums[edit]

* 1994: Unplugged (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish/English)
* 2005: The Show (Label: Copenhagen Records) (Language: Danish/English)

### Compilations[edit]

* 2000: De bedste af de bedste (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish/English) released same year in Sweden as Sannes bästa
* 2000: De bedste af de bedste vol. 2 (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish/English) released same year in Sweden as Sannes bästa vol. 2
* 2006: The Hits (Label: Virgin) (Language: Danish/English)
* 2009: Sanne Salomonsen: 8 originale studio albums (Label: EMI) (Language: Danish/English)

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## Filmography[edit]

* 1974: Den stjålne brud
* 1983: Forræderne
* 1985: Smugglarkungen
* 1985: Svindlande affärer
* 2005: The Show
* 2005: Sanne: Et portræt af hele Danmarks rock-mama
* 2010: Parterapi
* 2019: Valhalla

## References[edit]

1. ^ Salomonsen, Sanne; Njor, Maise (2005). The Book (in Danish) (1st ed.). People's Press. p. 212\. ISBN 87-91693-47-0. "Susanne Salomonsen blev født 30. december 1955 kl. 16.57 på Fru Nyborgs Privatklinik på Rosenvængets Allé i København." [Susanne Salomonsen was born 30 December 1955 at the time 16:57 in Fru Nyborgs Privatklinik on Rosenvængets Allé in Copenhagen.]
2. ^ Bille, Torben, ed. (2002). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. p. 427\. ISBN 87-567-6525-8. "Susanne Salomonsen. Født 30. december 1955 i København. Sangerinde, sangskriver og skuespiller." [Susanne Salomonsen. Born 30 December 1955 in Copenhagen. Singer, songwriter and actress.]
3. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. "Sanne Salomonsen is a Danish pop singer [...]"
4. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen | Danish singing sensation and life inspiration". April 2015.
5. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). 22 April 2023. "Sanne Salomonsen har gennem årtier været en institution i dansk rock og dannet skole for en hel generation af danske sangspirer." [Sanne Salomonsen has for decades been an institution in Danish rock, and has been a major inspiration for a whole generation of aspiring Danish singers.]
6. ^ Eriksen, Jan (2019). Anne, Sanne og Lis: Historien om en dansk musikrevolution (in Danish) (1st ed.). Storyhouse. p. 127\. ISBN 9788711911679. "Da jeg hørte det stykke musik, tænkte jeg, at nu var jeg blevet mor for en generation i rockmusikken. I en alder af 31 [...]"
7. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen - Tiden brænder" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-08. "Jeg bliver altid spurgt om, hvad jeg synes om at blive kaldt 'rockmama', men når jeg kigger rundt på den danske scene, så kan jeg jo tydeligt se, at hvis der er en rockmama, så er det mig. Sådan er det."
8. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). "Sanne Salomonsen (egtl. Susanne Salomonsen), sangerinde, musiker, komponist og skuespiller, er datter af afdelingsleder, universitetslektor, dr. phil. Finn Salomonsen [...]" [Sanne Salomonsen (actually Susanne Salomonsen), singer, musician, composer and actress, is the daughter of department manager, university lecturer, dr. phil. Finn Salomonsen [...]]
9. ^ Salomonsen, Sanne; Njor, Maise (2005). The Book (1st ed.). People's Press. p. 212\. ISBN 87-91693-47-0. "Hun var ifølge sin mor både rødhåret og livlig fra fødslen – to kvaliteter, hun har beholdt livet igennem [...] Sanne tilbragte sine første leveår i København, før hendes far og mor besluttede at flytte til Holte." [She was according to her mom both red-haired and lively from birth – two qualities she has kept throughout life [...] Sanne spent the first years of her life in Copenhagen, before her dad and mom decided to move to Holte.]
10. ^ Curled Edges. Discogs.
11. ^ Beefeaters. Discogs.
12. ^ Maxwells. Discogs.
13. ^ Thors Hammer. Discogs.
14. ^ Official biography (archived)
15. ^ Tuxen, Henrik (January 2006). "Sanne Superstar". Gaffa (1): 35.
16. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). 22 April 2023. "Allerede som seksårig optrådte hun som elverpige i en tv-udgave af balletten Elverhøj, og som 13-årig debuterede hun som sangerinde i et lokalt band. Året efter optrådte hun med Curled Edge sammen med musikere fra bl.a. The Beefeaters og Maxwells. Hun forlod skolen efter 9. klasse for at synge med i musicalen Hair og var senere med i musicalerne Godspell og Touch på ABC Teatret." [Already as a six-year-old, she performed as elf girl in a TV version of the ballet Elves' Hill, and debuted as 13-year-old as singer in a local band. The year after, she performed with Curled Edge together with musicians from, among others, The Beefeaters and Maxwells. She left school after 9th grade to sing in the musical Hair and was later in the musicals Godspell and Touch on ABC Teatret.]
17. ^ Flair. Discogs.
18. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). 23 April 2023. "Siden midten af 1980'erne har hun med stor salgsmæssig succes udsendt en stribe soloplader [...]" [Since the middle of the 1980s, she has released a number of solo records with big commercial success [...]]
19. ^ Eriksen, Jan (2019). Anne, Sanne og Lis: Historien om en dansk musikrevolution (in Danish) (1st ed.). Storyhouse. p. 127\. ISBN 9788711911679.
20. ^ Nielsen, Jens-Emil (2014). 80'er rock: Dansk rock 1980-1990 (in Danish) (1st ed.). Her & Nu. p. 27\. ISBN 978-87-93093-85-0.
21. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). 22 April 2023. "Efter en periode med rå guitarrock fik hun et nyt gennembrud i 1989 med den blidere og mere velpolerede plade Sanne, der blev årets mest solgte danske rockalbum." [After a period with raw guitar rock, she got a new breakthrough in 1989 with the more tender and well-polished record Sanne, which was the most sold Danish rock album of the year.]
22. ^ Cowgirls. Discogs.
23. ^ Bille, Torben, ed. (2002). Dansk rockleksikon (in Danish) (1st ed.). Politikens Forlag. p. 431\. ISBN 87-567-6525-8. "[...] countrypladen Girls Night Out, der solgte 40.000 eksemplarer." [[...] the country record Girls Night Out, which sold 40,000 copies.]
24. ^ "Sanne delvis lam efter blodprop". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 9 May 2006.
25. ^ "Sanne: - Jeg er ikke typen der tuder". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). 24 February 2009.
26. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen: Skriften på armen". Se og Hør (in Danish). 31 October 2008.
27. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen – På kanten af livet". Gaffa (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-22.
28. ^ "Sanne Salomonsen - Tiden brænder" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-08. "Comeback-albummet "Unico" udkom i marts 2009, lå på hitlisten i et år og solgte omkring 80.000 eksemplarer." [The comeback album "Unico" was released in March 2009, was on the hitlist for a year and sold about 80,000 copies.]
29. ^ "Dansk musik sælger bedst". Gaffa (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-26.

## External links[edit]

* Official homepage (archived)
* Sanne Salomonsen discography at Discogs

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