Zoo (norwegian band)
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Zoo was a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

 mainly active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, though originally founded in 1966. The band consisted of Ketil Stokkan
Ketil Stokkan
Ketil Stokkan is a Norwegian pop artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo. 1983 saw him participate in the Norwegian qualifying heat for Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second...

 (guitars, vocals), Sverri Dahl (keyboards, vocals), Erling Andersen
Erling Andersen
Erling Andersen is a retired male race walker from Norway.-Achievements:-External links:*...

 (bass guitar, vocals), Rudi Høynes (drums, vocals) and Trond Nyrud (flutes, saxophones). They rose to national success with the singles "Evig Ung" (Forever Young, 1980) and "Vent, Ikkje Legg På" (Wait, Don't Hang Up, 1981). Frontman and songwriter Stokkan
Ketil Stokkan
Ketil Stokkan is a Norwegian pop artist who has performed as solo artist as well as the singer in the Norwegian band Zoo. 1983 saw him participate in the Norwegian qualifying heat for Eurovision with the song "Samme charmeur" which was placed second...

 later represented Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 twice in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

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Discography

  • 1978 – Captured in Zoo
  • 1979 – Guilty
  • 1979 – Noregs heitaste
  • 1980 – Z på maken
  • 1981 – Gaya
  • 1982 – Shagalai
  • 1994 – Zoobra (compilation)
  • 2000 – Evig ung (compilation)
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