User:Erik Enzo

Erik Enzo (birthname Odd Erik Ognedal) was the lead- singer in the awarded Norwegian band “elle melle” from 1996 to 2002, with 4 cd-releases in Norway. They were awarded for best Norwegian-lyric album of the year, 2000, and nominated top 3 Norway for best song of the year, 2000, including English- and Norwegian lyrics- artists. They did several live performances on nationally broadcasted TV, and they still have regular national radio-broadcasting of songs from all 4 albums since their first album was released in 1996. In 2002, the "elle melle" band took a break, and Erik Enzo focused on writing songs for other artists, and for his new project THE NORWEGIAN FORDS (TNF).

Erik Enzo has cowritten/ is cowriting songs with songwriters such as:

-HANNE SOERVAAG (“My Destiny” Idol-runner-up Katharine McPhee) -DAVID LASLEY (Bonnie Raitt, Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole…), -ALLAN RICH (Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart, N’Sync, Barbra Streisand…), -LOU PARDINI (Koinonia, Robben Ford, Smokey Robinson, Michael McDonald, Kenny G, Selectthree…), -ROXANNE SEEMAN (Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Randy Crawford…) -SHAWN LOPES (Selectthree)

- In May-2008, after many trips to Los Angeles, Erik Enzo released an extraordinary debut pop-album with his duo "THE NORWEGIAN FORDS” (TNF). The album was mixed by double Grammy- winner Bill Schnee in his Hollywood studio. Schnee's former clients include artists such as Whitney Houston, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Chicago, Billy Joel, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, George Benson and Dire Straits.

Besides the TNF- project, Erik Enzo is little by little getting his songs cut by outside artists. Artists Kine Ludvigsen, Dennis Lamar, Hanne Soervaag, Universal-artist Christina Bjordal, and Mandi Leigh have all cut his songs, and Bjordal and Leigh has released them as singles. Erik Enzo recently got one of his songs cut by up and coming American boyband “Selectthree”. Erik Enzo’s Christmas song “Santa, can I have a new boyfriend” (cowritten with Shawn Lopes) has been recorded by Lisa Bolar Trio at Schnee Studio, Hollywood, with Bill Schnee as a producer and world famous musicians Abraham Laboriel, Bill Maxwell and Billy Cantos in the band. Erik Enzo has done more than 1000 shows/ concerts as a musician and/ or singer in his carrier so far.