As The Hepstars grew even more successful, it became the most commonly requested
band in the people's amusement parks. When Lennart "Felle" Fernholm (the sixth member
of the band and tour leader) introduced the band for a fanatic audience, in a park
somewhere in Sweden at the year of 1965, the gig was characterized by, in the
Swedish pop history, unparalleled hysteric idolatry. The Hepstars dominated Swedish
music market and charts the following years.
The Hepstars musical development during the later part of the sixties would split
the fans in two groups - the disconsolated and those with unbounded happyness. With their own record
company, planned movie release and other business activities their financial problems grew
bigger and bigger every day and The Hepstars disbanded during the end of the sixties. The
final concert was held in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, late summer 1969 with an audience of
thousands of fans. The successful story of The Hepstars hadended. Around the corner was
the seventies, a decade with plenty of challenges and
success for some of the band members.
1965 was probably the greatest year for The Hep Stars. Cadillac, the break through song for the
band, became synonymous with the whole career of the group, from 1964 and ahead. The fine
cover photo by Norwegian photographer Robert Meyers, for the first LP, shows a hungry band of
the sixties, who was to write several pages in the Swedishmusic history. Perhaps thanks to a
...Cadillac.
the story 1964-69
