Johan Bobäck also known as "Kermit" (b. ) is a record producer

Record producer

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 and songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 from Sweden

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....

. "Kermit" has written and produced songs for many artists like Garou

Garou (singer)

Garou , from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de...

, Chris Norman

Chris Norman

Chris Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s....

, Darin, Troy This, Jeanette Biedermann

Jeanette Biedermann

Jeanette Biedermann , also known by her stage name Jeanette, is a German recording artist, actress and television personality. Born and raised in Berlin, Biedermann began performing as a member of a troupe of acrobats in a children's circus at the age of six...

 (Undress to the Beat), Linda Sundblad

Linda Sundblad

Linda Caroline Sundblad is a Swedish female singer, actress and model.- Lambretta :Dropping out of school at the age of 15 to join the pop-rock music band Lambretta, she experienced much success at a young age...

, Play, Ola Svensson

Ola Svensson

Ola Nils Håkan Svensson , professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish pop singer born in Lund in the southern region of Skåne, Sweden. He first appeared on Idol in 2005. He has sold over 135 000 records in Sweden and his songs have been played on the radio just under 200,000 times in Sweden...

, Elin Lanto

Elin Lanto

Elin Lanto is a Swedish singer who has had several hits in her home country, including the number one "I Won't Cry."Lanto first came to prominence after her performance of her song "Money" in Melodifestivalen 2007...

 etc. He also wrote and produced two songs ("Into the Nightlife" and "Echo") with Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

 and Peer Åström

Bagge & Peer

Bagge & Peer is a songwriter-producer partnership made up of two Swedish music producers Anders Bagge and Peer Åström. They are also majour contributors for the Stockholm-based Murlyn Music Group as Bagge is co-founder and co-owner of the music enterprose.Bagge & Peer have together written and...

 for Lauper's, Grammy Nominated, 2008 album Bring Ya to the Brink

Bring Ya to the Brink

Bring Ya to the Brink is Cyndi Lauper's tenth studio album and was released on May 27, 2008 in the United States. The song "Set Your Heart" was released as a promo-only single in Japan in early 2008 and "Same Ol' Story" was the first official single released worldwide on May 6, 2008...

. Both songs became singles. Linda Sundblads new single "2 all my girls" and Darins new single "Viva la vida" by Coldplay are both produced by Kermit. He is also involved, both as writer and producer, in Linda Sundblads upcoming album "Manifest" to be released in early 2010. Johan "Kermit" Bobäck has recently done music for the Golden Globe winning TV show "Glee" by Fox. He started his career when he was very young in Långshyttan, together with a friend Dan Edström they gained first place on a music list in Falun Sweden with "Älgjakten" i.e. "Hunting the Moose".