Streaplers is a Swedish musical group,Discogs founded 1959 in Kungälv as a pop group and later developed into a dansband. Original members were Gert Lengstrand (vocals), Bjarne Lundquist, Göran Liljeblad, Håkan Liljeblad och Lars Larsson.
The group made a breakthrough with Säkkijärven Polka in 1963. Hit songs such as Diggety Doggety, "Mule Skinner Blues" and Rockin' Robin followed. Singer Gert Lengstrand left the group in 1966, and was replaced by Curt Borkman. Since then the band began development towards playing dansband music. Robert Löfvendahl became the new singer in 1969. The same year, the band had a Svensktoppen number one hit with "Tusen öars land". In 1970, Ove Pilebo began as singer and Streaplers became one of Sweden's most popular dansbands, with 225 concerts. As a dansband, they had many Svensktoppen hits, like "Valentino", "Va' har du under blusen, Rut? ", "Jag har en dröm" and "Till min kära", which during the period 1995-1997 was on the list for 73 weeks, 22 of the hits made first place.
Today, the twins Håkan an Göran are the only original members. The other members are Kenny Samuelsson, Anders Larsson (taking over when Lasse Larsson left the band, Anders is Lasse's brother's son) and Kjetil Granli.
Members
Vocals 1959-1966: Gert Gert Lengstrand 1967-1969 Curt Borkman 1969-1970: Robert Löfvendahl 1970-1984: Ove Pilebo 1984-1990: Towe Wideberg 1990-1997: Bosse Möllberg 1997-____: Kenny Samuelsson
Bass 1959-2013: Håkan Liljeblad 2013- : Per Lundin
Guitar 1959-2009: Göran Liljeblad 2009-2014: Henrik Uhlin 2014-2022: Henrik Göransson 2022- : Maxi Jäsklid
Drums
1959-1963: Mats Alfredsson 1963-1988: Bjarne Lundqvist 1988-1990: Kent Szwonder 1990-____: Kjetil Granli
Keyboard
1995-2004: Lars Larsson 2003-2003: Jörgen Flach (replacing Lars Larsson when the latter was sick) 2004-____: Anders Larsson
Discography
Albums (Selective - charting albums with peak position in Swedish Albums Chart parenthesis) Year Album Peak chart positions Certifications SWE 1975 Bugga 4 1976 Valentino 6 1978 Speed 34 1979 Om jag säger att jag älskar... 35 1986 Älskar, älskar inte 44 1997 Allt det som kärleken är 54 2004 Gör det igen 57 2005 Vad som än händer 60 Vad som än händer 60 2006 Bugga med the Streaplers 60 2007 Bästa! 18 2009 Ett år i taget 15 Jubileums Show - Live på Liseberg 8 2012 På egna vägar 3 2013 I alla väder 2 2014 Hela veckan lång 2 2016 On the Rocks 8 2019 Jubileumsfavoriter 10 2020 En Gång Till 4 2023 En bra plats i livet 57 2024 Still Going Strong 36 2025 Alla som vet 18
References
External links Official website