TOMMY KÖRBERG - STAD I LJUS

 STAD I LJUS

TOMMY KÖRBERG

SONGWRITER: Py Bäckman

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

WHERE: EUROVISION 1988

ALBUM: ...ÄR...

LABEL: LITTLE BIG APPLE RECORDS

GENRE: POP(SCHLAGER)

YEAR: 1988

 

   Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg(Swedish pronunciation:[ˈtɔ̌mːʏ ˈɕœ̂ːrbærj]; born 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He played the role on the 1984.

           Körberg has also played the lead role in many Swedish productions of other musicals.

       From 1965 to 1968, Körberg was a singer in the Swedish pop group Tom & Mick & Maniacs, which went through several name changes. In August 1967, the group released the single "Somebody's Taken Maria Away", a cover of an Adam Faith song from 1965. The song went on to top the official Tio i Topp record chart for six consecutive weeks. The group had two additional hits on the chart: "Please, Please, Please" reached number five in April 1967 and "I (Who Have Nothing)" peaked at number eight in February 1968.

        Following Tom & Mick & Maniacs' break-up in 1968, Körberg released his first solo album Nature Boy.

     Körberg has represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions. In 1969 he finished ninth with "Judy, min vän" and in 1988 he finished twelfth with "Stad i ljus".

         He has also appeared in the Swedish productions of other musicals, usually in a starring role, including The Sound of Music and Les Misérables. He was a supporting actor in the 1984 Swedish fantasy film Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, based on the novel by the same name by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.

          Körberg voiced the Beast in the Swedish dub of Beauty and the Beast, and also sang the Swedish version of the title song on the soundtrack. In the 1990s and 2000s, he took time off from other projects in order to recreate the role of Anatoly/"The Russian" in subsequent productions of Chess, including the 1994 tenth anniversary concert and the 2002 Stockholm production. For years, he collaborated with Monica and Carl-Axel Dominique in the experimental group Solar Plexus. In his own performances, he has worked extensively with Stefan Nilsson, and including songs by Jacques Brel.

       Stad i ljus is a ballad song written by Py Bäckman. Tommy Körberg sang it when he won the Melodifestivalen in 1988 and then came in twelfth place as a representative of Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988.

Min resa var mot solen, långt bortom alla slutna rum

Där allting är oändligt, och alla gränser har förevigt suddats ut

Jag ville se miraklet och höra ord som föder liv

Bli buren av en styrka, som bara växer när jag anat mitt motiv

 

Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn

Ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt

 

Och så när allt förändrats, när tiden inte längre finns

Så ser jag oss tillsammans, och då är resan slut

Det enda som vi minns

 

Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn

Ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt

Stad i ljus, i ett land utan namn

Ge, ge mig liv, där allting föds på nytt.