Wizex

Wizex is a Swedish dansband formed in Osby in 1973. It purchased the rights to the name from a band that started as Ulrik Wittmans Kvintett in 1957. When Ulrik Wittman left the band in 1963 they started to use the name Wizex. When read out the name sounds like "The Six of Us", "vi sex", in Swedish, and there were six members in the band when the name was changed. Today, the band is considered to have six founders (who were allowed to purchase the name), and hence use 1973 as the starting point. Wizex broke through in 1977 when they performed on nationwide TV-show Nygammalt and got its first top ten on the Swedish charts same year with the song Vagabond. The following year they finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. Big hits with Wizex were songs Tusen och en natt, Djupa vatten, Miss Decibel, Älska mig, Om himlen och Österlen, Flickan, jägarn och priset, Jag måste nå min ängel, Som en symfoni and När vi rör varann. The record Take Me To Your Heaven sold 235 000 copies. The song was Charlotte Nilssons contribution to the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1999, and marked the starting point for her solo career. Wizex also had many Svensktoppen hits. In 1979, Wizex won the Rockbjörnen award by Aftonbladet as "dansband of the year". This was the only time this category was included. Following female singers have fronted Wizex since 1973, when Kikki Danielsson together with other founding members purchased the rights to the name Wizex: Kikki Danielsson, left in 1982 Lena Pålsson, left in 1997 Charlotte Nilsson, left in September 1999 Paula Pennsäter, left in March 2002 Jessica Sjöholm, left in 2007 Anna Sköld, maternal leave in 2011 Lina Wägbo, joined in 2011 as a temporary replacement Anna Sköld, left in 2021 Git Persson, member since 2021 Other notable members were Danne Stråhed (2nd singer) and Henri Saffer (guitar). 1974: Skratta och le 1975: Rusar vidare 1976: Har du glömt 1977: Som en sång 1978: Miss Decibel 1978: Carousel 1979: Wizex bäzta 1979: Some Girls & Trouble Boys 1980: Greatest Hits 1980: You Treated Me Wrong 1982: Nattfjäril 1983: Julie 1984: Det är dej jag väntar på 1985: Ska du komma loss 1987: Dansa i månens sken 1988: Mjölnarens Irene 1989: Vägen hem 1990: Spanska ögon 1992: Jag kan se en ängel 1992: Jag måste ge mej av 1993: Vår hemmagjorda dansmusik 1993: Julafton hemma 1995: Wizex med Lena Pålsson & Kikki Danielsson 1995: Varma vindar 1997: Några enkla rader 1997: Jorden snurrar 1997: Samma ensamma jag 1998: Mot nya mål 1999: Tusen och en natt 2000: Om du var här 2002: Guldkorn (2002) 2006: Wizexponerad 2010: Innan det är för sent 2012: Simsalabim 2013: 40 år i folkparkens tjänst 2014: Schlagers på väg 2015: Nu börjar det linka jul 2016: Game Set & Match "Wizex". Discogs. Retrieved 23 August 2021. Wilander, Robin (2015-07-31). "Wizex om sångarnas avhopp: "Stressigt"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-28. Holmström, Pia (2017-09-03). "Git Elfwing ångrar att hon slutade i Wizex". NWT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-28. "SVT:s chockbesked till Kikki Danielsson – förbjudet strax före sändning: "Glömmer aldrig"". Nöjeslivet (in Swedish). 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2021-08-28. "Charlotte Perrelli bojkottar TV4 efter bråk". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2021-08-28. Danielsson, Kikki (2011-08-26). "Jag möttes av en kraftigt berusad Ulf Lundell". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-28. Radio, Sveriges (25 June 2021). "Git Persson är Wizex nya sångerska - P4 Kristianstad". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-28. Deutgen, Thomas. "Danne Stråhed tillbaka efter 13 – med 13 – Får Jag Lov" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-28. "Dansbandsstjärna blev biskop i Lund". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 9 January 2011. Retrieved 2021-08-28. Homepage (in Swedish)