Streaplers

Swedish dansband

Streaplers

Streaplers' tour bus

Background information
Origin| Kungälv, Sweden
Genres|

* Dansband
* pop

Years active| 1959–present
Members| Kenny Samuelsson (1997-present)
Håkan Liljeblad (1959-present)
Kjetil Granli (1990-present)
Anders Larsson (2004-present)
Past members| Mats Alfredsson (1959-1963)
Gert Gert Lengstrand (1959-1966)
Bjarne Lundqvist (1963-1988)
Robert Löfvendahl (1966-1970)
Ove Pilebo (1970-1984)
Towe Wideberg (1984-1990)
Kent Szwonder (1988-????)
Bosse Möllberg (1990-1997)
Lars Larsson (1995-2004)
Jörgen Flach (2003-2003)

Streaplers is a Swedish musical group,[1] founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson.

The group made a breakthrough with Säkkinjärven Polka in 1963. Hit songs such as Diggety Doggety, "Mule Skinner Blues" and Rockin' Robin followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band had a Svensktoppen number one hit with "Tusen öars land". In 1970, Ove Pilebo began as singer and Streaplers became one of Sweden's most popular dansbands, with 225 concerts. As a dansband, they had many Svensktoppen hits, like "Valentino", "Va' har du under blusen, Rut? ", "Jag har en dröm" and "Till min kära", which during the period 1995-1997 was on the list for 73 weeks, 22 of the hits made first place.

Today, the twins Håkan an Göran are the only original members. The other members are Kenny Samuelsson, Anders Larsson (taking over when Lasse Larsson left the band, Anders is Lasse's brother's son) and Kjetil Granli.

## Members

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### Vocals

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* 1959-1966: Gert Gert Lengstrand
* 1967-1969 Curt Borkman[2]
* 1969-1970: Robert Löfvendahl
* 1970-1984: Ove Pilebo
* 1984-1990: Towe Wideberg
* 1990-1997: Bosse Möllberg
* 1997-____: Kenny Samuelsson

### Bass

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* 1959-2013: Håkan Liljeblad
* 2013- : Per Lundin

### Guitar

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* 1959-2009: Göran Liljeblad
* 2009-2014: Henrik Uhlin
* 2014-2022: Henrik Göransson
* 2022- : Maxi Jäsklid

### Drums

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* 1959-1963: Mats Alfredsson
* 1963-1988: Bjarne Lundqvist
* 1988-1990: Kent Szwonder
* 1990-____: Kjetil Granli

### Keyboard

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* 1995-2004: Lars Larsson
* 2003-2003: Jörgen Flach (replacing Lars Larsson when the latter was sick)
* 2004-____: Anders Larsson

## Discography

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### Albums

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(Selective - charting albums with peak position in Swedish Albums Chart parenthesis)

Year  | Album  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications

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SWE
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1975  | Bugga | 4  |
1976  | Valentino | 6  |
1978  | Speed | 34  |
1979  | Om jag säger att jag älskar... | 35  |
1986  | Älskar, älskar inte | 44  |
1997  | Allt det som kärleken är | 54  |
2004  | Gör det igen | 57  |
2005  | Vad som än händer | 60  |
Vad som än händer | 60  |
2006  | Bugga med the Streaplers | 60  |
2007  | Bästa! | 18  |
2009  | Ett år i taget | 15  |
Jubileums Show - Live på Liseberg | 8  |
2012  | På egna vägar | 3  |
2013  | I alla väder | 2  |
2014  | Hela veckan lång | 2  |
2016  | On the Rocks | 8  |
2019  | Jubileumsfavoriter | 10
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2020  | En Gång Till | 4
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2023  | En bra plats i livet | 57
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2024  | Still Going Strong | 36
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## References

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1. ^ Discogs
2. ^ "Historia - Streaplers". Streaplers (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-10-09.
3. ^ "Streaplers - Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.at/ Hung Medien.
4. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
5. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
6. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 27, 2023". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
7. ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 23, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

## External links

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* Official website (in Swedish)

Authority control databases: Artists |

* MusicBrainz

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