Ola Neegaard

Ola Neegaard (born 1 August 1938, died 3 October 2003) was a Norwegian musician and program secretary at NRK. He was also a member of the vocal group Three Hits, which otherwise consisted of Leif Strøm and Kari Neegaard. Three Hits released a large number of singles in the 1960s, often with lyrics by Tore Ryen and Andreas Diesen. The first came all in 1964. The last came in 1971. In 1968 a separate LP was also released with Three Hits: The best that exists. This release brought together many of their most popular recordings for NorDisc. The trio also received two own programs on NRK, Meet Three Hits (1967) and Musical Interlude (1970). Under his own name, Ola Negaard released two singles: "Take the day as it comes / The day I saw Marie" (Polydor, Norway) and "But I know / The day I saw Marie" (Decca, Sweden). The A-side on the latter had Swedish text by Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, the later manager of ABBA. In 1970, his only solo LP came: the English-language Ola on Norwegian Polydor. In 1972, there were two singles in collaboration with Gro Anita Schönn, released on RCA Victor and Talent, respectively. He also appeared on Norwegian compilation albums such as På Treff Med 2, På Treff Med 3 and Norsk Pop '70. He participated in the Melodi Grand Prix 1973 with "Oh, for a game", which became Norway's winning melody this year (but then with Bendik Singers). In NRK television, Ola Neegaard worked as a producer, director, reporter, project manager and later program secretary. On the music side, he was, among other things. behind programs such as Thursday Tones, Evening Tones and Musical Feast.