Mats Rådberg

Mats Rådberg
Background information
Born	(1948-06-08)8 June 1948 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	27 June 2020(2020-06-27) (aged 72)
Genres	country
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, composer, architect
Instrument	guitar
Years active	1969–2020

Mats Rådberg (8 June 1948 – 27 June 2020) was a Swedish country singer, guitarist, composer and architect scoring several chart successes in Sweden during the 1970s/80s. He is well known for working together with the country band Rankarna under the name Mats Rådberg & Rankarna. He also participated at Melodifestivalen 1977 with the song "Du och jag och sommaren", written by Tomas Ledin, which ended up 10th.

Rådberg also acted as a background singer behind Chips at Melodifestivalen 1980. In 1980, he released the album I'm the Singer, You're the Song together with Elisabeth Andreasson, and in 1983 he scored a hit with the song Peta in en pinne i brasan, a Swedish-language version of Shel Silverstein's Put Another Log on the Fire.

Discography

Albums

• 1969 – Country Our Way (Rank Strangers)
• 1969 – Early Morning Rain (Rank Strangers; same as Country Our Way, released in Canada)
• 1970 – Rank Strangers (featuring Mats Rådberg)
• 1970 – Well Known Strangers (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
• 1975 – På egen hand
• 1975 – We Weren't Born in Tennessee (Mats Rådberg & Rankarna)
• 1976 – Min musik
• 1976 – The Best of Mats Rådberg
• 1977 – Mats Rådberg
• 1978 – Boogie
• 1979 – Det handlar om känslor
• 1980 – Mina bästa låtar
• 1980 – I'm the Singer, You're the Song
• 1980 – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
• 1982 – Mamma, låt inte din grabb växa upp och bli en cowboy
• 1983 – Take Me to the Country
• 1984 – Familjens Svarta Får
• 1987 – Country Cookin'
• 1988 – Jag ger dig min morgon
• 1996 – When We Were Young
• 2002 – 100% Mats Rådberg & Rankarna
• 2014 – Nashville

External links

• Rankarna.se
• Mats Rådberg discography at Discogs