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Per Håkan Gessle (, born January 12, 1959, in Halmstad, Sweden) is a pop
singer, guitarist, songwriter and harmonica player. He is a lead singer of
the Swedish pop groups Gyllene Tider and Roxette.
Career He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1978, and together
with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, created Roxette in 1986. In 1990
Per Gessle wrote a single The Sweet Hello The Sad Goodbye for Thomas Anders
(of Modern Talking fame). He has also participated with the Swedish singer
Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys and wrote Belinda Carlisle's
1997 UK top 10 hit single Always Breaking My Heart.
The album Mazarin is five 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 sung in Swedish. Per Gessle and Scener were re-released together
with a demo album in 1992 as På Väg
