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He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1979 , and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson , began Roxette in 1986 .

He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project '' The Lonely Boys ''.

As Of 2005 , he has released five solo albums:


The album ''Mazarin'' is 5 times platinum as of February 2004 in Sweden . Only ''The World According To Gessle'' and ''Son of a Plumber'' are in English , the others are in Swedish . ''Per Gessle'' and ''Scener'' were re-released together with a demo album in 1992 as '' På Väg ''. In 1997 '' Hjärtats Trakt '' was released, a best-of album.

Per Gessle released his second English album called ''Son of a Plumber'' in November 2005. The album contains all of Gessle musical heritage. His father was a plumber and the 2-disc album contains a song dedicated to him, ''Kurt - The Fastest Plumber In The West''. On the album, some great musicans, such as Clarence Öfwerman , Christoffer Lundqvist , Helena Josefsson , and Jens Jansson , partake. In Sweden, the album sold platinum on the first day of release. The album was also released in several other European countries in April 2006.


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