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SHOT TO FAME IN 1985. |
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HAD
A NUMBER ONE HIT WITH "THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV", BUT
DOES THE SUN STILL SHINE ON MORTEN, MAGS AND PAL? |
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NORWEGIAN TRIO WHICH FORMED
IN 1983 AND CONSISTED OF SINGER MORTEN HARKET, KEYBOARD PLAYER
MAGNE FURUHOLMEN AND GUITARIST PAL WAAKTAAR. |
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THEIR DEBUT SINGLE "TAKE
ON ME" WAS NOT INITIALLY SUCCESSFUL. |
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"TAKE ON ME" WAS
RE-RECORDED AND WITH THE HELP OF A GROUNDBREAKING VIDEO, IN
1985 IT REACHED NUMBER 2 IN THE UK CHARTS AND NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA. |
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"THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES
ON TV" REACHED NO 1, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF HIT
SINGLES INCLUDING "HUNTING HIGH AND LOW", "CRY
WOLF", AND THE TITLE SONG FROM THE BOND FILM "THE
LIVING DAYLIGHTS". |
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IN 1989, MORTEN HARKET APPEARED IN THE NORWEGIAN FILM "KAMILLA
OG TYVEN". |
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IN 1995, MORTEN RELEASED
A SOLO ALBUM CALLED "WILD SEED" WHICH SOLD OVER 200,000
COPIES IN NORWAY. |
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IN 1996, PAL'S NEW BAND
SAVOY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM CALLED "MARY IS COMING". |
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MORTEN WAS CO-HOST OF THE
1996 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN OSLO. |
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THE TRIO REFORMED IN 1998. |
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IN 2000, A-HA RELEASED THE
ALBUM "MINOR EARTH, MAJOR SKY" WHICH WAS CRITICALLY
ACCLAIMED AND HAS SOLD OVER 1 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE. |
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RELEASED THE ALBUM "LIFELINE"
IN MAY 2002 AND PLAYED LIVE ACROSS THE WORLD IN 2002 AND 2003,
INCLUDING THEIR FIRST LONDON GIG FOR 9 YEARS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT
HALL. |
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IN 2003, A-HA RELEASED THE
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LIVE ALBUM "HOW CAN I SLEEP WITH YOUR
VOICE IN MY HEAD". |
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THE ANIMATED PENCIL SKETCHES
IN THE "TAKE ON ME" VIDEO. |
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THE
A-HA SONG "VELVET" FEATURES IN THE SOUNDTRACK TO
THE FILM "ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S". |
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MORTEN
HARKET DATED BUNTY BAILEY, THE GIRL FROM THE "TAKE ON
ME" VIDEO. |
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