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Morten Harket (born September 14, 1959 in Kongsberg) is the lead singer of the Norwegian pop band A-ha, who have released nine studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit Take On Me in 1985.
The son of Henny and Reidar Harket, and brother to Ingunn, Gunvald, Kjetil and Håkon, Morten grew up in Asker. Early musical influences include Uriah Heep, Queen, Johnny Cash, David Bowie and Peter Gabriel. Before joining a-ha in 1982, Harket appeared on the Oslo club scene as the singer for blues outfit Souldier Blue.
After a-ha took a break in 1994, Morten pursued a solo career, and has so far released four albums. Two of those albums were sung in Norwegian, but his 1995 album, Wild Seed, became more of an International success because of its English lyrics. Morten worked with Håvard Rem, a Norwegian poet, to write most of the songs. A Kind of Christmas Card and Spanish Steps were the most successful numbers. The rest were either easy, simple songs, or more profound ones, like East Timor, and Brodsky Tune, which had messages in them. His latest solo album is called Letter from Egypt and was released in 2008.
Morten holds the record for the longest single note, for a man, in a song, having held a note for 20.2 seconds in a-ha’s 2000 song Summer Moved On. This overtook the previous record of 18 seconds held by Bill Withers on the song Lovely Day. The longest note held by a woman is 23 seconds by Barbra Streisand in her 1979 album “Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments”, song, “I Never Has Seen Snow”.
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Wild Seed
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Out Of My Hands
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Letter From Egypt
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Vogts Villa
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Alphaville73
świetny głos !!!
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Rivanildorivass
Ouvindo agora!!!
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JLPUENTES
¡Qué voz!
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fromsoultosoul
У меня отвалился нос.
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flaviossz
"Quiet" is amazing. See you!
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marcelouiz1
I Cannot Describe the Love I Feel For Him <3
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Rivanildorivass
Keep the sun away!!!
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Lubricio
A fantastic concert in Oslo on Morten's birthday! :)) Great to be there :)
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KatyDM
Happy birthday, Morten!
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tits_make_beats
Happy Birthday, Dearest One
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oppaompa
Vogts Villa. <3
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nahuel_ch
Su nuevo álbum Out Of My Hands es increíble.
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FantasticVoyage
way too late with this but I finally got around to writing a not-lengthy review of Out of My Hands. if anyone's interested it can be found here: http://fantastic7voyage.blogspot.cz/2012/08/morten-harket-out-of-my-hands-short.html cheers! x
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esprittrouble
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Kawabiker1958
klasse song
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Kate_is
I like 'Out of my hands' album more and more.. it's so good♥
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borntohang
Does anyone know why never tours Sweden (despite being Norwegian and therefor a "neighbour")?
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CharlotteRos
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borntohang
I must agree with Kol. Letter From Egypt is a brilliant album and another one like that would be amazing. That one felt more personal, warmer, from the heart.
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Very good album ... Not entirely sure if I am convinced by the electronic direction of his solo work when compared to the more acoustic sound of his previous solo work. I just would like a more daring depart from the traditional a-ha sound ... not that it's a bad thing at all.
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