Talk:Marie Fredriksson

Duet with Kenny Rogers?
In his 1998 box set "Through The Years", Kenny Rogers claims his 1986 hit song "The pride is back" is a duet with "the lead singer of Roxette" under the name Nickie Ryder and that "no one had heard of her at the time, she was a studio singer". Is Nickie Ryder actually Marie Fredriksson under a different name? Given Rogers claim and the diverse array of artists he has worked with during his lengthy career it seems plausible. What do others think? If this is true, it's certainly worthy of mention here. The song can be heard on you tube here 82.45.239.158 (talk) 13:26, 21 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I just listened to that song and I'm pretty sure that the female singer is not Marie Fredriksson. - --Aphasia83 (talk) 13:55, 21 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Interesting, thank you for taking the time to respond. Would still be interested if anyone knew for sure though? Especially if they had a source. Thanks again! 82.45.239.158 (talk) 14:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)


 * I doubt you're still watching this, IP, but I believe I may have solved this mystery (Scooby Doo reference). "Nickie Ryder" appears to be a pseudonym for Anne-Lie Rydé, who was signed to RCA Records in the US as a solo artist in 1986 (the year "The Pride Is Back" was released). Kenny Rogers was partly correct in the Through the Years liner notes: rumour has it Rydé was Per Gessle's first choice as Roxette's lead vocalist, so maybe she mentioned the name "Roxette" while they were recording their duet? But Rydé experienced significant problems with her vocal cords later that year (in 1986... somewhat confirmed on her Wikipedia article), so Gessle chose Marie Fredriksson instead. Despite this, Rydé performed "backing vocals" on several of Roxette's earlier releases, most notably "Soul Deep" on Pearls of Passion, and is credited as Ki (short for Nikki?) Rydberg (Ryder?) on Marie's 1987 album Efter stormen. Also, the woman singing on the Kenny Roger song you've linked to sounds suspiciously like Miss Rydé on this 1985 Swedish TV performance. Hope this helps. ;) Homeostasis07 (talk · contributions) 00:28, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Probably no one is still checking this. But I suspect this is due to the confusion over Gyllene Tider calling themselves Roxette in the US. In 1984, Gyllene Tider's album Heartland Cafe was released in the US as an EP under the name Roxette. Anne-Lie Rydé was credited as lead vocals (for When Love’s on the Phone), so she was technically a lead vocalist for "Roxette". Marie is only credited as a backing vocalist on Heartland.
 * So, if Anne-Lie Rydé was discussing what she did on US released albums, she did lead vocals on a "Roxette" album. Only that's Gyllene Tider, not the duo Roxette. 2603:8001:3503:2FBF:CDAE:B1F6:F12F:F5D1 (talk) 01:13, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Nickie Ryder is a pseudonym for Sandy Farina, I'd recognize those raspy vocals anywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAxZF9FOWw Metabad (talk) 21:07, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

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Marie Fredriksson
Died of Cancer...... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:DA9A:F500:81AB:942B:88B2:141D (talk) 20:03, 10 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Quite. Have edited cause of death - there is nothing in any of the sources to suggest she died of complications from treatment of her brain tumour, so have redacted that and left it at 'died from a brain tumour'. Kilbosh (talk) 14:26, 11 December 2019 (UTC)