Odd Børre
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Background information | |
Birth name | Odd Børre Sørensen |
Born | 9 August 1939 |
Genres | Pop |
Instruments | Solo singer |
Years active | 1962–70 |
Associated acts |
Odd Børre Sørensen (born 9 August 1939, in Harstad) is a former Norwegian pop singer. He was better known by his stage name of Odd Børre. Internationally, he is best known for the song "Stress"[1] that he performed in the Eurovision Song Contest of 1968. He sang in the (1962–70) and was releasing singles during that period. He retired from full-time professional singing in 1970 and became an insurance company agent (although he did perform in the Norwegian national finals in 1971 and 1977 and was one of the judges in the 1978 final). After retiring in the early 2000s (decade) Odd Børre teamed up again with Kjell Karlsen and is currently performing.
Melodi Grand Prix entries[]
Year | Song | Placing in national final | Placing in the Eurovision song contest |
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1964 | "La meg være ung" * | 3rd | |
1968 | "Stress" | 2nd | 13th |
1968 | "Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg" ** | 1st | |
1969 | "Lena" | 2nd | |
1971 | "Ironside" *** | 2nd | |
1977 | "Make love, not war" | 6th |
- * Odd Børre &
- ** The winner, which was written by , was accused of being a copy of Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday"" and it was withdrawn prior to NRK investigating the accusations. The second place song "Stress" was substituted.
- *** Along with
References[]
Categories:
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1968
- Melodi Grand Prix contestants
- Melodi Grand Prix winners
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway
- Norwegian male singers
- Norwegian pop singers
- English-language singers from Norway
- Musicians from Harstad
- Norwegian singer stubs