Charlie Norman

Karl-Erik Albert "Charlie" Norman (4October 192012August 2005) was a Swedish musician and entertainer. Norman is regarded as Sweden's leading boogie-woogie piano player in the 1940s, but an accomplished all-round pianist. Norman became interested in music at an early age and played the trumpet in his school orchestra. At the time, he was also studying the piano. Norman's parents did not want him to take up a career as a musician without first learning, what they considered, a more a proper trade. After leaving school, he worked as a turner at the ASEA workshops in Ludvika. and Seymour Österwall. In 1942, Norman contracted tuberculosis and had to be hospitalized for an extended period of time.

Career At the beginning of 1940, Norman was already a skilled boogie-woogie pianist and this musical genre became the most popular of his compositions and it also became his signature. and his record company, Metronome, was forced to withdraw the remaining copies. By then the record had already sold in excess of 10,000 copies

Charlie Norman at the piano with Alice Babs and guitarist Roffe Berg in Sikforsen, 19 August 1954. During the 1940s, Norman made several appearances abroad, including his television debut in Paris in 1947,

Death Norman died on 12August 2005, in Danderyd, Sweden from skeletal cancer. Fred Winter stipend, 1993 Lisebergsapplåden, 1997 Grammis Honorary Award, 1997 H. M. The King's Medal, 8th size with blue ribbon, 28January 1998 Composer 1948 – Kvinnan gör mig galen 1950 – The Saucepan Journey 1951 – A Ghost on Holiday 1952 – Han glömde henne aldrig 1952 – The Green Lift 1952 – Farlig kurva 1952 – Sabotage 1953 – Arbetets melodi 1954 – The Vicious Breed 1955 – The Dance Hall 1956 – Foreign Intrigue 1957 – Som man bäddar...

Actor 1941 – Söderpojkar 1941 – Gatans serenad 1941 – Bara en kvinna 1949 – Kvinnan som försvann 1950 – Toner från Texas 1952 – Skivscheiken Nr 1 1952 – Drömsemester 1953 – Skivscheiken Nr 2 1953 – Kungen av Dalarna 1953 – Arbetets melodi 1954 – 1900 – till idag 1955 – Släck av! 1956 – Johan på Snippen 1964 – Tre dar på luffen