Marcus Österdahl
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Marcus Österdahl | |
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 Österdahl in 2003 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 27 January 1943 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Jazz, pop, orchestral |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, arranger, conductor, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass, piano |
| Years active | 1959–1999 |
Marcus Österdahl (born 27 January 1943) is a Swedish musical director and entrepreneur.
In 1963, Österdahl was one of the founder members of the Telstars, a pop-jazz group consisting of some of the most sought after session musicians in Sweden. They were the "house-band" in the monthly TV-Show Drop-In backing most artists in the show and were also the support act for the Beatles[1] on their first tour of Sweden in 1963.
Musical career
After leaving The Telstars in 1966, Österdahl mainly devoted his talent and time to working as an independent arranger/producer for the major record companies. Many well-known Swedish acts were accompanied by Marcus Österdahl's Choir & Orchestra, with about 30 tracks reaching number one on the charts.[2]
Among Österdahl's hits as an arranger[3] is "Du är den ende", the title track from singer Lill Lindfors' 1967 gold album. That same year, Marcus Österdahl[4] composed, together with producer Curt Pettersson and lyricist Patrice Hellberg, the Swedish entry "Som en dröm" for the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.[5][6]
Due to the constant demand for time in recording studios, Österdahl developed an interest in the business operation of these highly technical facilities and opened his first commercial recording studio in 1973. The independent studio, which was named Marcus Music, was equipped with the first 24-track tape recorder in Sweden and a few years later, the first computerised mixing desk in Scandinavia. ABBA were one of the many acts using the studio, recording most of ABBA – The Album at Marcus Music.[7]
