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Nice Little Penguins is a Danish pop/rock band, formed in 1992 by Bo Feierskov and Michael Kolster and his younger brother Carsten Kolster. The trio is mostly know for their radiohit "Flying", published by RCA/BMG in 1994.

History
All three founding members of the band grew up in the area around the Danish city of Vejle. The three began playing together 1983, but it wasn't until 1992 they formed the "Nice Little Penguins". The band name was originally created by a friend of the band, who wrote a song called The Nice Little Penguins to the then newly formed still nameless ensemble.

The band released their first album "Beat Music" in 1993. But it was the 1994 song "Flying" that gave the trio its international breakthrough. The song became part of the band's second studio album, published the following year, sharing its title. The Hawaiian four-string instrument, the ukulele, was the center piece of the song, and it gained much attention in Europe, especially Germany, and parts of Asia.

The following album, "World You Can Live In", was published in 1996 and produced by Mick Glossop and contained a cover of the old John Stewart hit "Daydream Believer", originally recorded by The Monkees in 1967.

The band has continued to publish and tour in the following years, though mainly in Scandinavia. In the mid 1990s the band's sound engineer, Hans Henrik Praestbro, started to appear on stage, playing keyboards. By the time the 2004 album "Free" was released, Praestbro was a fourth and full member of Nice Little Penguins - now a quartet.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1994 hit "Flying", the band recorded and published a German version of the track in 2019, called "Frei Sein". Once again the trio climbed the charts in Germany, and the song reached no. 1 on national Radio MDR.

Albums

 * Beat Music (1993)
 * Flying (1994)
 * World You Can Live In (1996)
 * Free (2004)
 * Hits, News & Live (2005)
 * Som En Rejse (2008)
 * Alarmingly Happy (2012)
 * Songs (2014)
 * Beat Music vol. 2 (2021)

EP's

 * Part Of The Way (2011)

Singles

 * Flying (1994)
 * The Peacock (2010)
 * Here Comes The Sun (2010)
 * Grateful (2011)
 * Love is a Rainbow (June 27, 2012)