Lars Samuelson, Date of Birth

Lars Samuelson

Swedish musician

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1935

Profession: conductor, musician

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lars "Lasse" Samuelson (born Lars Samuelsson on 4 August 1935) is a Swedish musician (trumpet) and music arranger. Samuelson began his career in 1957 with playing with artists like Eva Engdahl, Seymour East Wall and Malte Johnson.
In 1958 Samuelson participated in his first recording session, and in 1963 he started his first own band Swing Sing Seven.
In 1965 he started The Dynamite Brass with his friend Jerry Williams.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he worked a lot as a studio musician, producer and arranger.
During the 1970s and 1980s Samuelson was also frequently engaged by television and radio, and participated in the Melodifestivalen several times both as conductor and arranger.
He has participated as the conductor of the Swedish contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions, in 1969, 1975 and 1979.


	This image comes from the Southerly Clubs of Stockholm, Sweden, a non-profit society which owns image publication rights to the archives of Lars Jacob Prod, Mimical Productions, F.U.S.I.A., Swenglistic Underground (formerly CabarEng), Ristesson Ent and FamSAC. Southerly Clubs donated this picture to the Public Domain. Deputy Chairman Emil Eikner for the Board of Directors, Hallowe'en 2008.