Louis Jacoby (singer)
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Born | September 6, 1952 |
Website | www |
Louis Arnold Jacoby (born September 6, 1942) is a Norwegian singer and writer from Larvik.[1][2] Jacoby grew up in Larvik's Torstrand district but has lived in Ula for many years. He is the son of the writer Arnold Jacoby (1913–2002).[3]
Jacoby has won the [1][2][3] and the Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award,[4] and he was named "" (Norwegian: Årets Ølhund) by the in 1990.[5] His best-known song "Hverdag" (Everyday)[2] has been named one of Norway's national songs.[1] Jacoby won the summer song competition held by the program in 1995 (together with Lars Martin Myhre) for the song "En sommer er aldri over" (A Summer Is Never Over).[2] Jacoby has published Den store ølviseboka (The Big Book of Beer Songs)[1] and released several albums, including Hverdag (Everyday) and Noen & ingen (Some & None). From 1994 to 1999 he was essentially the in-house poet for the TVNorge's talk show . For several weeks he held a place on the musical hit list Norsktoppen with the song "Vise ved vindens enger" (A Ballad by the Wind's Meadow). The album Noen & ingen was on Norsktoppen for ten weeks in 2003, including two weeks in first place.[1] In 2008 Jacoby released the CD Puslespill (Jigsaw Puzzle). In 2013 he released the CD Måneskinn (Moonshine). In the fall of 2016 he published a skerry calendar with photos of skerries accompanied by QR codes linking to accompanying songs and videos.[6] He has participated in several in summer and Christmas tours with Lars Martin Myhre.
Jacoby is also a writer and has published the causerie books Min erotiske hund (My Erotic Dog), Min beduggede vinklubb (My Drunken Wine Club), Om å spise østers (About Eating Oysters), and Den muntre venteværelseboka (The Cheerful Waiting Room Book).[7]
Poetry Park[]
Louis Jacoby was behind the initiative for Larvik's Poetry Park (Norwegian: Poesiparken) project,[8] which envisioned poems and songs carved in larvikite located around the town of Larvik. The poetry plaques on larvikite are mounted on buildings, walls, and rock faces to form a route through the town, planned from the town center down to and Hammerdalen, along the seafront to Tollerodden, and out to a possible new ferry at Revet. The goal was to install 100 plaques by 2012. The project received unanimous support in Larvik's town council.[9] The Norway Arts Council initially allocated NOK 150,000 for the Larvik Poetry Park after the application was handled by its literature committee.
Discography[]
Title | Album type | Label | Catalogue no. | Released |
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LP | RCA Victor | YNPL 1-708 | 1974 | |
LP | RCA Victor | YNPL 1-726 | 1975 | |
Svaberg | LP | Maestro | LP 00136 | 1987 |
Hverdag | CD | Polydor | CD531236-2 | 1996 |
Ølviser fra en fyllepenn | CD | Polydor | CD533815-2 | 1996 |
Noen & ingen | CD | Tylden & co | GTACD8077 | 2002 |
Puslespill | CD | Morild Forlag | MORCD001 | 2008 |
Måneskinn | CD | Morild Forlag | MORCD002 | 2013 |
Songs featuring Louis Jacoby are also found on the following albums
Title | Album type | Tracks | Song title | Composer | Lyrics by | Label | Catalog no. | Released |
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LP | 3 | "Anita's sang" "Vise ved vindens enger" "Jeg synger deg en vise" |
RCA Victor | YNBL 1-736 | 1976 | |||
Norsk visesang i 50 år | 3CD | 1 | "" | Louis Jacoby | Louis Jacoby | McMusic | MCCD151 | 2008 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Høstens program i Lierskogen kulturkirke. 2011. Liernett (August 23).
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Dybdal, Gry Jeanette. 2012. Sommerkonsert med humor og snert. Moss Avis (July 20).
- ^ Jump up to: a b Rustøy, Mari. No date. Møt Louis Jacoby i den vestfoldske skjærgården. Viser.no.
- ^ Konsert med Louis Jacoby. 2015. Bymisjonssenteret Tøyenkirken (Winter/Spring): 2.
- ^ Kvamme, Nils-Erik. 2014. Mikrobryggeriet med eget Louis-øl. Ostlands-Posten (April 11).
- ^ Albrigtsen, Per. 2016. Nå har Jacoby gjort noe trolig ingen andre har gjort før ham. Ostlands-Posten (August 26).
- ^ Louis Jacoby: Kåsøren.
- ^ Kvamme, Nils-Erik. 2015. Larvik blir Norges poesihovedstad. Ostlands-Posten (January 1).
- ^ Fergem, Hilde, & Bjørn-Tore Sandbrekkene. 2006. Referat fra kommunestyremøtet. Ostlands-Posten (May 10).
External links[]
- Norwegian male singers
- 20th-century Norwegian singers
- 21st-century Norwegian singers
- Musicians from Larvik
- Norwegian male writers
- 1952 births
- Living people
- 20th-century male singers
- 21st-century male singers