Wizex is a Swedish "dansband

Dansband

Dansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...

", formed in Osby

Osby

Osby is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,947 inhabitants in 2005.Well known people born in Osby include Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper Magnus Åkerlund and their famous goalkeeper, the tremendous Awet Fesshaie....

, 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....

 in 1973, with Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson

Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...

 as singer. The band has since had several front singers.

Wizex finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978

Melodifestivalen 1978

Melodifestivalen 1978 was the selection for the 18th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 17th time that this system of picking a song had been used. 58 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was broadcast on TV1 but was not broadcast on radio...

.

Big hits with Wizex were songs as Tusen och en natt, Djupa vatten, Miss Decibel

Miss Decibel (song)

Miss Decibel, written by Lasse Holm and Gert Lengstrand, is a song in Swedish, which finished 2nd at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. It was performed by the Swedish "dansband" Wizex, back then including Kikki Danielsson as lead vocal singer, together with Lasse Holm.Björn Skifs won that year's...

, Älska mig, Om himlen och Österlen

Om himlen och Österlen

Om himlen och Österlen is a popular song composed by Scanian Swedish singer-songwriter Michael Saxell from Ystad in 1991. The lyrics are largely autobiographical; the story of a man who moved to North America from the Österlen region in southeastern Scania at a young age and returned to his...

, Flickan, jägarn och priset, Jag måste nå min ängel, Som en symfoni and När vi rör varann

Sometimes When We Touch

Sometimes When We Touch is a 1977 ballad written by Dan Hill and Barry Mann on the album Longer Fuse, but was also released as a single in 1978. It was Hill's biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Musicians included Larrie Londin , Bob Mann , Don Potter , Tom Scyzniak...

.

The record Take Me To Your Heaven

Take Me To Your Heaven

Take Me to Your Heaven is a 1999 album from Swedish dansband Wizex. The album included Charlotte Nilsson's hit "Tusen och en natt/Take Me to Your Heaven", and the album sold 235 000 copies...

sold 235 000 copies. Wizex also had many Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...

 hits.

In 1979, Wizex won the Rockbjörnen

Rockbjörnen

Rockbjörnen is a Swedish popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet in 1979. The award, which is awarded annually, is divided into several categories and is mostly concentrated around the genres Pop and Rock. The first award was however given to the Swedish...

 award by Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...

 as "dansband of the year". This was the only time this category was included.

Members

• Kikki Danielsson left in 1982
• Lena Pålsson left in 1997
• Charlotte Nilsson
  Charlotte Perrelli
  Charlotte Perrelli is a Swedish singer and occasional television host, perhaps most famous for winning the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."Since then she has released six singles and five albums...
  
   left in September 1999
• Paula Pennsäter left in March 2002
• Jessica Sjöholm left in 2007 and Anna Sköld is now the front singer

Other notable members wee Dan Stråhed (2nd singer) and Henri Saffer (guitar).

Discography

• Skratta och le (1974)
• Rusar vidare (1975)
• Har du glömt
  Har du glömt
  Har du glömt is a 1976 studio album from Swedish "dansband" Wizex. It peaked at #30 at the Swedish album chart. The song "Cowboy Yoddle Song" became a little breakthrough for the group's singer Kikki Danielsson.-Side 1:-Side 2:-External links:...
  
   (1976)
• Wizex bäzta (1979)
• Som en sång (1977)
• Miss Decibel
  Miss Decibel
  Miss Decibel is a 1978 studio album from Swedish "dansband" Wizex. The album contained the song "Miss Decibel", that was popular back then and also reached Svensktoppen. At Svensktoppen, the song "Om en stund" also was...
  
   (1978)
• Carousel (1978)
• Some Girls & Trouble Boys (1979)
• Greatest Hits (1980)
• You Treated Me Wrong (1980)
• Nattfjäril (1982)
• Julie (1983)
• Det är dej jag väntar på (1984)
• Ska du komma loss (1985)
• Dansa i månens sken (1987)
• Mjölnarens Irene (1988)
• Vägen hem (1989)
• Spanska ögon (1990)
• Jag kan se en ängel (1992)
• Jag måste ge mej av (1992)
• Vår hemmagjorda dansmusik (1993)
• Julafton hemma
  Julafton hemma
  Julafton hemma was released on 11 November 1993 and is a Christmas album from Swedish dansband Wizex.-Track listing:#En lång kall vinter #Nu tändas tusen juleljus...
  
   (1993)
• Wizex med Lena Pålsson & Kikki Danielsson (1995)
• Varma vindar (1995)
• Några enkla rader (1997)
• Jorden snurrar (1997)
• Samma ensamma jag (1997)
• Mot nya mål (1998)
• Take Me To Your Heaven
  Take Me To Your Heaven
  Take Me to Your Heaven is a 1999 album from Swedish dansband Wizex. The album included Charlotte Nilsson's hit "Tusen och en natt/Take Me to Your Heaven", and the album sold 235 000 copies...
  
   (1999)
• Om du var här (2000)
• Guldkorn (2002)
• Wizexponerad
  Wizexponerad
  Wizexponerad was released on 8 December 2006 and is an album from Swedish dansband Wizex.-Track listing:#Alla gillar mig#My Dream#Ta kärleken i hand#Jag ska sjunga på radio#Mama He's Making Eyes at Me#Dagen e' idag #Din innersta röst...
  
  (2006)