Sputnik (singer)

Sputnik
Sputnik
Birth name	Knut T. Storbukås
Born	April 23, 1943 (age 81); Norway
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1986 - present
Website	http://www.sputnik.no/

Knut T. Storbukås (born 23 April 1943), more commonly known by his stage name, Sputnik, is a musician and truck driver from Bostrak in the village of Tørdal which is in the municipality of Drangedal, Telemark. His most well known songs are Skilles Johanne (English: Separating from Johanne) og Lukk opp din hjertedør Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In).

In only a few years, Storbukås sold more than one million

cassettes, and set records in a series of places where he performed. He was rated as artist of the year in Norway in 1990, and in the fall of 1993 he got into the Guinness Book of World Records when he performed thirty-six times in locations from Mandal in the south to Tromsø

in the north in only 72 hours.

During

Grieghallen in the fall of 1992, in a duet with Kjell Bekkelund

.

He has also performed in Sweden, Denmark, United States, Svalbard, Zanzibar, and Spain. However, most of all, he has performed hundreds of times in both big and small places around all of Norway. In the beginning, Sputnik received a harsh treatment from the critics, but he was loved by the people.

Today, Sputnik is a living legend, and a symbol of popularity in Norway. There are books written about Sputnik, and he has been mentioned in

silver, gold, diamond, and platinum records

in his own Sputnik Museum.

Discography

Albums

Sputnik 1 (1986)
Sputnik 2 (1986)
Sputnik 3 (1987)
Sputnik 4 (1988)
Sputnik 5 (1989)
Romjulsmusikken til Sputnik (1989)
Sputnik 6 (1990)
Sputnik 7 (1991)
Den store festkassetten (1991)
Sputnik 8 (1992)
Bedehusmusikken til Sputnik (1993)
Sputnik 9 (1994)
Sputnik 10 (1995)
Gull og grønne skoger (1996)
Lykkelandet Zanzibar (1997)
Sputnik 11 (2001)
Sputnik 12 (2001)
Sputnik 13 (2003)
Sputnik 20 (2006)
Det er vanskelig å være beskjeden (2007)
50 år på veien (2009)

External links

Sputnik's Website