Biography

Erik Michaelsen
Real name: Jørgen Erik Michaelsen
Effective period / Period of releases: 1957 - 1958
Danish Vocalist(b: 6-3-1934, Aalborg - d: 25-4-1994, Aalborg)
Recorded some records in the years 1954-1959, most known is "Den gamle smedie". With Grete Klitgaard they had great success with the song "På en sømands grav".
Short time after the success he suddenly emigrated to Karl-Marx Stadt, now Chemnitz, in DDR, where he recorded and wrote a few songs by new artist name Peter Michael.
In 1966 he worked with cooking and later opened a restaurant.
1969 he returned to Denmark, where he lived in Aalborg until his death in 1994.