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Among the most successful female singers in Denmark, Hanne Boel is a versatile English-language pop singer who is also popular in the neighboring countries of Sweden and Norway. Born August 31, 1957, in Bagsværd, a suburb of Copenhagen, she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Upon graduating in 1980, she studied a year at the Berklee School of Music in Boston.
She then returned to Denmark, where she taught music and performed in the jazz-rock band Blast during the early to mid-’80s. In 1988 she released her full-length album debut, Black Wolf, in association with Medley Records. A blockbuster success, Black Wolf was awarded a Danish Music Award (aka Danish Grammy) for Danish Female Singer of the Year.
Her second album, Dark Passion (1990), expanded her success to the neighbouring countries of Sweden and Norway. It also garnered another round of Danish Music Awards, four of them in total: Danish Female Singer of the Year, Danish Album of the Year, Hit of the Year (“I Wanna Make Love to You”), and Danish Producer of the Year (Poul Bruun).
Successive albums include My Kindred Spirit (1992), Kinda Soul (1992), Misty Paradise (1994), Best of Hanne Boel (1995), Silent Violence (1996), Need (1998), and Strangely Disturbed (1999).
Following the turn of the century, Boel collaborated with Martin Hall on the album Boel & Hall (2000) and reunited with Poul Bruun, the acclaimed producer of her early albums, on the commercial blockbuster effort Beware of the Dog (2002). While successive albums such as Abaco (2004), Private Eye (2007), and A New Kinda Soul (2008) failed to rival the chart-topping success of Beware of the Dog, they were internationally successful nonetheless, easily reaching the Danish Top Ten and charting impressively in Sweden and Norway as well.
Words from allmusic.com. Read more about Hanne Boel at the official website.
Selected Discography
Kinda Soul
Medley Records 1992
Tracks: Something You´ve Got, Don´t Know Much About Love, End Of Our Road, Starting All Over Again, Mocking Bird, No Regrets, Ball And Chain, Clean Up Woman, Standing On The Edge Of Love, Sitting In Limbo & Hey Jude.
Musicians on the Kinda Soul album: Hanne Boel, Otto Sidenius, Tim Pierce, Carmen Twillie, Donny Gerrard, Ricky Nelson, Maxi Anderson, Mona Lisa, Myrna Matthews, Alfie Silas, Terry Young, Frede Ewert, Moussa Diallo, Rune Olesen, Jens Runge, Jonas Krag, Per Frost, Niklas Medin, Ole Hansen, Jan Lysdahl, Mattias Torell, Malando Gassama, Jai Winding, Albert Lee & Oli Poulsen.
My Kindred Spirit
Medley Records 1992
Tracks: Come Into My Garden, My Kindred Spirit, No Love At All, Lonely Cafe, Ready For The Sun, When The Party´s Over, As Far As The Heart Can See, Falling In Love, Nighttime, Roses And Wine & Time To Say Goodbye.
Musicians on the My Kindred Spirit album: Hanne Boel, Jonas Krag, Oli Poulsen, Amy Sky, Nanna Lüders, Jan Lysdahl, Kim Menzer, Howard McCrary, Alfie Silas, Rose Stone, Jean Johnson McRath, Frede Ewert, Moussa Diallo, Rune Olesen, Jerry L. Williams, Waddy Wachtel, Ernie Watts, Per Frost, Marc Jordan, Maxi Anderson, Bruce Gaitsch & Timothy B. Schmit.
Dark Passion
Victor Music 1991
Tracks: Games, (I Wanna) Make Love To You, Light In Your Heart, How Do You Stop, If You Want My Body, Keep The Clock Running, Warm And Tender Love, Strangeworld & Cry For You.
Musicians on the Dark Passion album: Hanne Boel, Oli Poulsen, Frede Ewert, Morten Wulff, Thomas Helmig, Jim Keltner, Klaus Menzer, Bob Glaub, Jens Runge, Billy Cross, Mikkel Nordsø, Paulinho DaCosta, Palle Mikkelborg, Kim Menzer, Alfie Silas, Howard McCrary, Will Green Jr, Sam McCrary, Tchandu Embalo & Mini Eurahalliem.
Dark Passion
Medley Records 1990
Tracks: Games, (I Wanna) Make Love To You, Light In Your Heart, How Do You Stop, If You Want My Body, Keep The Clock Running, Warm And Tender Love, Strangeworld & Cry For You.
Musicians on the Dark Passion album: Hanne Boel, Oli Poulsen, Frede Ewert, Morten Wulff, Thomas Helmig, Jim Keltner, Klaus Menzer, Bob Glaub, Jens Runge, Billy Cross, Mikkel Nordsø, Paulinho DaCosta, Palle Mikkelborg, Kim Menzer, Alfie Silas, Howard McCrary, Will Green Jr, Sam McCrary, Tchandu Embalo & Mini Eurahalliem.
Black Wolf
Medley Records 1988
Tracks: Black Wolf, Son Of A Preacher Man, Talk It Out, Mercedes Benz, You Talked Me Into Staying, Living On The Bright Side, Don´t Go To Strangers, Give Up & Leaders Of The World.
Musicians on the Black Wolf album: Hanne Boel, Flemming Muus, Aske Jacoby, Poul Halberg, Morten Wulff, Klaus Menzer, Rune Olesen, Per Trolle Nielsen, Jonas Johansen, Claus Bertelsen, Thomas Helmig, Billy Cross, Jens Runge, Lars Overgaard, Marcello Salazar, Jacob Andersen, Oli Poulsen & Morten Kærså.