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Artist
Victor Lundberg
12+ albums
Sweden
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There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Victor Lundberg is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer from Örebro, Sweden. Blending heartfelt lyrics with strong melodies, he creates music that moves between the vulnerable and the hopeful - always leaving a feeling that lingers long after the song ends. Victor has been writing music for as long as he can remember. Marketing bla bla bla. 2. Victor Lundberg (September 2, 1923 – February 14, 1990) was an American radio personality. He is best known for a spoken-word record called "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son", which became an unlikely Top 10 hit in 1967. Lundberg was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was a newscaster at Grand Rapids radio station WMAX when he released "An Open Letter" in September 1967. The record, written by Robert R Thompson and produced by Jack Tracy, imagines Lundberg talking to his teenage son (in real life, Lundberg had at least one male teenager in his household at the time). Lundberg touches on hippies, the Vietnam War, and patriotism. The voice-over, spoken over "Battle Hymn of the Republic", memorably ends with Lundberg telling his son that, if the teen burns his draft card, then he should "burn [his] birth certificate at the same time. From that moment on, I have no son." Hit record "An Open Letter" became a hit in Michigan and was released nationally by Liberty Records, jumping onto the Billboard Hot 100 at #84 on November 11, 1967. Within three weeks it went #58 - #18 - #10, mak
