Tommy Seebach

Although little known outside of Western Europe, singer Tommy Seebach looms large on the Danish pop landscape, enjoying massive chart success for over a quarter century. Born Thomas Seebach Mortensen in Copehagen on September 14, 1949, he studied piano as a child and at 14 formed his first band, "the Colours." Sometimes performing as "Boogie-Woogie Tommy," he appeared with a series of pop and beat groups before signing on with Sir Henry & His Butlers in 1965. In its fledgling years, the band relied primarily on covers of early rock & roll hits, but as Seebach evolved as a song...