The Hounds (band)

The Hounds
  • The Hounds in 1968
  • Left to right: Jan Önnerud, Lasse Wallander, Jan Ahlén, Henrik Salander and Jan Bråthe
Background information
OriginStockholm, Sweden
GenresPop rock
Works
Years active1965–1968
Labels
Past members
  • Jan Ahlén
  • Jan Bråthe
  • Henrik Salander
  • Lasse Wallander
  • Jan Önnerud

The Hounds were a Swedish pop band, formed in the summer of 1965 by vocalist Jan "Janne" Ahlén, bassist Jan "Janne" Bråthe, drummer Jan "Janne" Önnerud and guitarists Henrik Salander and Lasse Wallander.[1][2] Musically, they had an orientation towards pop rock with emphasis on harmony vocals.[3] The group released one single on Telefunken and an EP on the experimental label Jet before being signed to Gazell.[2] Between November 1966 and April 1968, the Hounds were one of Sweden's most popular pop groups,[2] with six of their singles reaching the Tio i Topp chart.[4] Five of them also charted on the sales chart Kvällstoppen.[5] The group released two studio albums on Gazell, The Lion Sleeps Tonight and From the Hounds with Love in 1967.[6]

In 1967, they starred in the film Drra på – kul grej på väg till Götet together with pop groups Lee Kings, Ola & the Janglers, the Shanes and the Spotnicks.[7] The Hounds performed their final gig in September 1968,[8] after which they disbanded to pursue separate interests; Önnerud aimed for a solo career, where he got several charting hits on Svensktoppen and Kvällstoppen.[2][5] Ahlén formed a duo together with Ronny Roswall and toured the folk parks with Henry Darrow.[5] Wallander became an audio engineer whilst Bråthe continued performing in the Moonlighters.[5] Henrik Salander became an ambassador for the United Nations and was the secretary-general for their Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission.[3][9]

Discography

Main article: The Hounds discography
  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1967)
  • From the Hounds with Love (1967)

References

Citations

  1. ^ Hultman 2003, p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c d Hallberg & Henningsson 2012, p. 181.
  3. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "The Hounds Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  4. ^ Sidén 199, insert.
  5. ^ a b c d Hallberg 1993, p. 176.
  6. ^ Olofsson 1995, p. 54.
  7. ^ "Drrapå - kul grej på väg till Götet (1967)" (in Swedish). Svensk filmdatabas. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  8. ^ Jonsson, Lars (25 December 1968). "Sverige 1968". Bildjournalen (in Swedish). No. 52. p. 12. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via Blaskoteket.
  9. ^ "Henrik Salander: Former Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission". European Leadership Network. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

Sources

  • Hallberg, Eric (1993). Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P3 [Eric Hallberg Presents Kvällstoppen on P3] (1st ed.). Stockholm: Drift. ISBN 9-789-16-302-14-04. OCLC 186244613.
  • Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (2012). Tio i Topp - med de utslagna "på försök" 1961–74 [Tio I Topp With The Eliminated "On Try" 1961–1974] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Premium. ISBN 978-91-89136-89-2. OCLC 939611828.
  • Hultman, Robert (2003). The Lion Sleeps Tonight (CD) (in Swedish). Sweden: Universal. 018 337-2.
  • Olofsson, Hans (1995). Stora Popboken - Svensk Rock & Pop 1954 - 1969 [The Big Pop Book - Swedish Rock & Pop 1954 - 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Premium. ISBN 919-71-894-48. OCLC 940840927.
  • Sidén, Hans (1991). Spotlight (CD) (in Swedish). Sweden: Sonet. SPCD-56.
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