Ola Brunkert (15 September 1946 – 16 March 2008) was a Swedish drummer who was one of the main session drummers for the pop group ABBA. Brunkert and bassist ...
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Ola Brunkert
Swedish drummer
Ola Brunkert was a Swedish drummer who was one of the main session drummers for the pop group ABBA. Brunkert and bassist Rutger Gunnarsson are the only two side musicians to appear on every ABBA album prior to Voyage. Wikipedia
Born: September 15, 1946, Örebro, Sweden
Died: March 16, 2008 (age 61 years), Majorca, Spain
Music groups: ABBA (1972 – 1981), Science Poption, and Simons
Spouse: Eva Rydberg (m. 1969–1972)
Songs
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ˇ 1979
Lay All Your Love On Me
Super Trouper ˇ 1980
Money, Money, Money
Arrival ˇ 1976
Dancing Queen
Arrival ˇ 1976
Chiquitita
Mamma Mia
ABBA ˇ 1975
I Have a Dream
Voulez-Vous ˇ 1979
The Winner Takes It All
Angel Eyes
Voulez-Vous ˇ 1979
Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous ˇ 1979
Dame! Dame! Dame!
Gracias Por La Música ˇ 1980
SOS
ABBA ˇ 1975
Super Trouper
Super Trouper ˇ 1980
Waterloo
Happy New Year
Super Trouper ˇ 1980
Fernando
Fernando ˇ 1976
Slipping Through My Fingers
The Visitors ˇ 1981
Take a Chance on Me
The Album ˇ 1977
Does Your Mother Know
Voulez-Vous ˇ 1979
The Day Before You Came
The Singles: The First Ten Years ˇ 1982
Conociéndome, conociéndote
Arrival ˇ 1976
Honey, Honey
Waterloo ˇ 1974
Ring Ring
Ring Ring ˇ 1973
Andante, andante
Super Trouper ˇ 1980
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
ABBA ˇ 1975
Summer Night City
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ˇ 1979
I Still Have Faith In You
Voyage
Thank You for the Music
Don't Shut Me Down
Voyage
When All Is Said and Done
The Visitors ˇ 1981
The Name of the Game
The Album ˇ 1977
One of Us
I Love ABBA ˇ 1983
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Ola Brunkert had been a jazz drummer, also being a member of the blues band Slim's Blues Gang, before joining pop group Science Poption in the mid-1960s.
Mar 17, 2008 ˇ Former ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert was found dead with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Mar 18, 2008 ˇ Ola Brunkert, a former drummer for the Swedish pop band Abba, was found dead on Sunday with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house in Arta.
Mar 17, 2008 ˇ Ola Brunkert, 61, crashed head first through the door in his kitchen at his home on Majorca, wounding his neck on a shard of glass.
Ola Brunkert was born on 15 September 1946 in Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Mitt sanna jag (1995), Och skeppets namn var Gigantic.
Swedish drummer, painter, and photographer. Born September 15th, 1946, in Örebro, Sweden - Died March 16th, 2008 in Mallorca, Spain.
Mar 16, 2023 ˇ Ola was a great drummer! He was a very integral part of the ABBA sound. I know other drummers appeared on the records as well but Ola was my favourite!
Nov 7, 2018 ˇ The drummer (now deceased) that played on Dancing Queen, Waterloo and pretty much all of the other big hits we think of was someone called Ola Brunkert.
Sep 15, 2021 ˇ On March 16 2008, he crashed head first through the door in his kitchen at his home on Majorca, wounding his neck on a shard of glass. He ...