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Marcus Österdahl

Marcus Österdahl (born 27 January 1943) is a Swedish musical director and entrepreneur. The Telstars In 1963, Österdahl was one of the founder members of , a pop-jazz group consisting of some of the

Marcus Österdahl (born 27 January 1943) is a Swedish musical director and entrepreneur. The Telstars In 1963, Österdahl was one of the founder members of , a pop-jazz group consisting of some of the most sought after session musicians in Sweden. They were the “house-band” in the monthly TV-Show Drop-In backing most artists in the show and were also the support act for the Beatles on their first tour of Sweden in 1963. Musical career After leaving The Telstars in 1966, Österdahl mainly devoted his talent and time to working as an independent arranger/producer for the major record companies. Many well-known Swedish acts were accompanied by Marcus Österdahl’s Choir & Orchestra, with about 30 tracks reaching number one on the charts. Among Österdahl’s hits as an arranger is “Du är den ende”, the title track from singer Lill Lindfors’ 1967 gold album. That same year, Marcus Österdahl composed, together with producer Curt Pettersson and lyricist Patrice Hellberg, the Swedish entry “Som en dröm” for the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Due to the constant demand for time in recording studios, Österdahl developed an interest in the business operation of these highly technical facilities

Era
Post-War
Lived
1943–present
From
Sweden
Born in
Stockholm
Known as
musician, music arranger, composer, record producer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.