Claes Dieden

Claes Ove Dieden (4 June 1942 – 11 March 2021) was a Swedish singer-songwriter, best known for his cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" which became a hit in Sweden in 1969. Several of his compositions were recorded and saw commercial success by other groups.

Biography Claes Dieden was born on 4 June 1942 in Stockholm, Sweden. He grew up in the neighborhood of Östermalm, where he'd largely remain for the rest of his life. He became interested in music and radio broadcasting from an early age which eventually landed him a job at national broadcaster Sveriges Radio in the early 1960s.

The band, named Science Poption, also included vocalist Anders Gellner, bassist Björn Stolt and drummer Ola Brunkert, who would go on to record with ABBA. The band members' age was considered a major reason to why they did not score a hit with their first few singles, though they finally managed to have a hit in 1967 with the song "Buckingham Palace", adapted from the book When We Were Very Young. The band broke up during the autumn of 1967 after their final single had failed to become a hit. His first single for the label, a cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron", became a surprise hit for him, reaching number 1 on radio chart Tio i Topp and number two on Kvällstoppen, the sales chart he had hosted only a few months prior. This would come to be his livelihood for the remainder of his life.

Songwriting and studio work In addition to writing most of his and Science Poption's material, Dieden also acted as an outside writer for a few groups and artists at the time, most notably Slam Creepers featuring Björn Skifs, who managed to have a huge hit with his song "It's Saturday" in the early months of 1968. Through Palmers, Dieden had a chance to contribute backing vocals to the iconic "ooga-chacka" vocals of Blue Swede's 1973 cover of "Hooked on a Feeling" which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Discography

Da Doo Ron Ron (1969) First Claes (1970) Helsvenska Hugskott-Claes Dieden På Nya Äfventyr (1971)