Eilert Pilarm
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Eilert Dahlberg who uses the stage name
Eilert Pilarm is a Swedish
Elvis impersonator
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He gained fame when he performed on Morgonpasset in 1992.
He self-released several cassettes, before his debut CD Greatest Hits was released in 1996 on MCA
. Eilert is Back! followed in 1998 and Live In Stockholm appeared in 2000. He stopped performing in 2002 after 600 gigs and six albums.
Pilarm is one of several musicians featured in Irwin Chusid
's book Songs in the Key of Z
, which focuses on outsider music
.
His album Eilerts Jul ("Eilert's Christmas") frequently appears in internet lists of "worst album covers of all time".
He used to own a motorbike, a Royal Enfield
, but he sold it, and presently it resides in Tavelsjö
.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Eilert Pilarm is a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Elvis impersonator
Elvis impersonator
An Elvis impersonator is someone who impersonates or copies famed American musician Elvis Presley. Professional Elvis impersonators can work all over the world as entertainers, and such tribute acts are in great demand due to the unique iconic status of Elvis...
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He gained fame when he performed on Morgonpasset in 1992.
He self-released several cassettes, before his debut CD Greatest Hits was released in 1996 on MCA
Music Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...
. Eilert is Back! followed in 1998 and Live In Stockholm appeared in 2000. He stopped performing in 2002 after 600 gigs and six albums.
Pilarm is one of several musicians featured in Irwin Chusid
Irwin Chusid
Irwin Chusid is a journalist, music historian, radio personality and self-described "landmark preservationist." His stated mission has been to "find things on the scrapheap of history that I know don't belong there and salvage them." Those "things" have included such previously overlooked but...
's book Songs in the Key of Z
Songs in the Key of Z
Songs in the Key of Z is the title of a book and two compilation albums written and compiled by Irwin Chusid. The book and albums explore the field of what Chusid coined as "outsider music"...
, which focuses on outsider music
Outsider music
Outsider music, a term coined by Irwin Chusid in the mid-1990s, are songs and compositions by musicians who are not part of the commercial music industry who write songs that ignore standard musical or lyrical conventions, either because they have no formal training or because they disagree with...
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His album Eilerts Jul ("Eilert's Christmas") frequently appears in internet lists of "worst album covers of all time".
He used to own a motorbike, a Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield was the name under which the Enfield Cycle Company made motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. This legacy of weapons manufacture is reflected in the logo, a cannon, and their motto "Made like a gun, goes like a bullet". Use of the brand name Royal Enfield was...
, but he sold it, and presently it resides in Tavelsjö
Tavelsjö
Tavelsjö is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 247 inhabitants in 2005. It is located between Umeå and Vindeln, at the north end of the lake Tavelsjön. Tavelsjö church was consecrated in 1965.-External links:*...
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