The Wallstones
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The Wallstones was a Swedish
musical duo formed in 2004 by Johan Becker, winner of the Fame Factory, a talent reality show in Sweden and Karl Martindahl
another Fame Factory contestant. The Wallstones released their album Pleasure and Pain in 2005 and had three singles, "Good Old Stonecake" in 2004, and "C'mon Julie" in 2005.
by taking part in the preselection contest Melodifestivalen 2005
with their song "Invisible People", written by Martindahl and Becker. But The Wallstones didn't make it to the final round of the contest.
Johan Becker went on to form Star Pilots
that took part in Melodifestivalen 2009
with "Higher". The band have hits both in Sweden
and the United Kingdom
particularly with "In the Heat of the Night" that reached #2 in Sweden and #21 in the UK.
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....
musical duo formed in 2004 by Johan Becker, winner of the Fame Factory, a talent reality show in Sweden and Karl Martindahl
Karl Martindahl
Karl Glenn Martindahl is a Swedish singer and son of Swedish footballer Glenn Martindahl.-Beginnings:...
another Fame Factory contestant. The Wallstones released their album Pleasure and Pain in 2005 and had three singles, "Good Old Stonecake" in 2004, and "C'mon Julie" in 2005.
Melodifestivalen 2005
The Wallstones duo made a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
by taking part in the preselection contest Melodifestivalen 2005
Melodifestivalen 2005
Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Gothenburg, Linköping, Skellefteå, Växjö and...
with their song "Invisible People", written by Martindahl and Becker. But The Wallstones didn't make it to the final round of the contest.
After break-up
After break-up of the duo, its members went on to pursue other musical careers. Karl Martindahl had some solo singles and later on formed the band Charlie Emm, alongside guitarist Ryan Roxie.Johan Becker went on to form Star Pilots
Star Pilots
Star Pilots is a Swedish pop group with Johan Becker, a contestant on Swedish television show Fame Factory and former member of the Swedish duo The Wallstones as lead singer....
that took part in Melodifestivalen 2009
Melodifestivalen 2009
Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th edition of Melodifestivalen...
with "Higher". The band have hits both in 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....
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
particularly with "In the Heat of the Night" that reached #2 in Sweden and #21 in the UK.
Singles
- 2004: "Good Old Stonecake" (reached #3 in Swedish Singles Chart)
- 2005: "Invisible People" (at Melodifestivalen 2005) (reached #6 in Swedish Singles Chart)
- 2005: "C'mon Julie"