Inger Lise Rypdal


Inger Lise Rypdal is a Norwegian singer and actress in several different genres: pop, rock, theater, film, and musical. She is the sister of singer Maj Britt Andersen and was married to guitarist and composer Terje Rypdal.

Biography

Inger Lise Rypdal was born in Lena, and has been performing since 1968. She has made 16 albums in Norway and some in Sweden, acted in several theatre performances, nine movies and participated in the Norwegian heats of the Eurovision Song Contest, the Melodi Grand Prix, 10 times: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984. Together with Øystein Wiik, she has done several musical concerts all around Norway.
She started with soul music together with Geir Wentzel, and she has often returned to soul, for instance in the band Chipahua with some of the best Norwegian artists. In La Mome Piaf, the audience experienced Inger Lise Rypdal acting parts of Edith Piaf's life. All the well known songs were tied together with short stories from Piaf's life.

Discography

Solo albums

  • Inger Lise
  • Hello-A with Stein Ingebrigtsen
  • Sjung bort bekymren
  • Har du nånsinn...
  • Fra 4 til 70
  • 830 S – bak sølvmikrofonen with Stein Ingebrigtsen
  • Einar Schankes Gledeshus
  • Den stille gaten
  • Jag kommer tillbaka
  • Feeling
  • Tider kommer, tider går
  • Før og nå. 15 store suksesser 1973–79
  • Inger Lise Rypdal
  • Sign Language
  • Songwriters for the Stars/Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill/David Foster
  • Kontakt
  • Just For You
  • Å, jul med din glede
  • Till min kära
  • Enkel resa .
  • Romanse, with Lakki Patey
  • Fru Johnsen
  • Tid
  • Inger Lise
  • Ansikter, with Marius Rypdal

Albums featured

With Terje Rypdal

Melodi Grand Prix entries