Artist: The Sapphires Song Title: The Night Tripper's Jerk Format: 7" single, b-side (a-side: I Can't Believe It) Label: Polydor Year: 1966 Country: Norway Members: Earl Wilson - vocals Tommy Merg - guitar Nils Bjørness - guitar Svein Hansen - bass Tom Karlsen - drums Arild Wickstrøm - orgel Carl Magnus "Calle" Neumann - altsaxophone Knut Riisnes - tenorsaxophone Alf Kjeldman - tenorsaxophone Hans Petter "Stan" Knudsen - barytonsaxophone Earl Wilson, born 28-06-1938 in New York, aka Little Earl, came to Oslo (capital of Norway) in 1964 and worked as an actor and dancer at "Det Norske Teatret" in Oslo. At the legendary club 7 he joined up with some musicians and in 1966 they started the Sapphires, the first norwegian soul/R&B band. They performed at club 7 and soon got a record deal with Polydor. They recorded three singles between 1966 and 1967, "Don't Play That Song/Midnight hour" (released as Little Earl and The Sapphires), "I can't believe it / Night tripper's jerk" and! "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag/Out of sight". They were backing band for Wenche Myhre on the 1968 single "Love A Go-Go".They toured in Germany in 1966 and were amongst the first soul/R&B artists to perform there. The Sapphires disbanded in 1968 and many of the musicians from The Sapphires continued to play music in different constellations. Tom Karlsen joined the rock group "the Dream". Carl Neumann has been playing with many different musicians and bands such as Terje Rypdal (also in the Dream), Karin ...
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