Jørgen Wulff Krabbenhøft (født 20. april 1942) (lead-vo, rhythm-g)
Benny Qvotrup (dm)
Steen Bergstrøm (født 6. oktober 1942) (lead-g)
Erik Grønfeldt Hansen (el-b).
Hitmakers' første optræden var på Garderhusarkasernen i Næstved. Spillede herefter i ungdomsklubberne rundt omkring i Københavns-området. Havde i 1962-63 bl.a. engagementer på Geels Kro, Resi, Granada samt i Jomfruburet. Spillede i starten Cliff Richard & Shadows-inspireret musik (således kom Krab-benhøft i finalen i en Cliff Richard-konkurrence i 62), men ændrede som et af de første danske orkestre stil påvirket af de nye Liverpool-strømninger. I 1963 erstattedes Qvotrup og Hansen af
Torben Orla Weinholt Sardorf (født 22. November 1942) (dm)
Bjarne Hørup Hørman de la Motte (født 10. april 1943) (el-b) (begge tidligere Cliffters).
Plade-debuterede i sommeren 1963 med Beatles-kompositionen I Saw Her Standing There. Turnerede i 1963-64 meget i Finland med stor succes og udsendte her bl.a. Let's go, som aldrig blev udsendt i Danmark. De var opvarmningsband for Beatles i K.B. Hallen, den 4. juni 1964. Hitmakers gik på umiddelbart før hovednavnet og blev klappet ind til et ekstranummer. De valgte Little Richards Long tall Sally, uafvidende at Beatles nettop havde indspillet den og planlagde at spille den. På grund af Hitmakers' succes sprang de over den ved første koncert, men gav så nummeret ved den anden koncert efter at have aftalt, at Hitmakers ikke spillede sangen! Trods masser af job, bl.a. som husorkester i Jomfruburet i København, måtte Hitmakers dog vente med et egentligt dansk gennembrud til Stop the Music, december 65, som lanceredes i TV's »Klar i Studiet«. Havde i 1966 stor succes med parodipladen Træd an ved makronerne. Gruppen var i november 1966 på kort turne i England, hvor de indspillede (15).
I sommeren 1967 lagde Hitmakers stilen om til en blødere flower-power-inspireret pop. Udvidedes i efteråret 1967 med
Mogens »Django« Petersen (lead-g) (ex-The Cliffters),
og gruppen ændrede navn til The Floor. Trods to singler og den meget ambitiøse 1'st Floor-LP (21), som havde været en af de dyreste danske rockproduktioner til dato, så lykkedes det ikke gruppen at bibeholde den tidligere popularitet. Steen Bergstrøm forlod Floor i slutningen af 1967, og (19) indspilledes som kvartet. Floor opløstes i sommeren 1968. Krabbenhøft havde sideløbende med Hitmakers indspillet en single med Nalle (se denne) i 1967. Hitmakers var ubetinget blandt pigtråds-epokens topgrupper, og spillede udover i Danmark også i Tyskland, Finland og Sverige. Optrådte flere gange i TV. Sardorf fortsatte med Sir Henry, og Krabbenhøft indspillede i 1969 en single, og forsøgte nostalgisk comeback i 1975 med 2 plader, hvor bl.a. Mogens Petersen medvirkede og Pete Quaife (ex-The Kinks) havde tegnet coveret. Hitmakers var gendannet for en enkelt aften ved rockspillestedet »Alexandra«'s åbning 13.11.83, og de medvirkede i 1994 live i tv-programserien Hit, hærg & hentehår. Ved denne lejlighed var truppen udvidet med Rudolph Hansen (lead-g). Krabbenhøft gik siden over i restaurationsbranchen, blev tjener og er i dag restauratør i Café Lindevang på Frederiksberg. 'Django' gled over i bag-landet som producer, studiemusiker og musikpædagog, men har også udgivet en håndfuld LP'er, fortrinsvis med instrumental guitarmusik uden egentlig rockrelevans, og døde i 1991. Steen Bergstrøm har siden drevet planteskole.
Stop The Music
The Hitmakers Lyrics
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And when we danced
I held her oh so tight
Then she wanted candy from the candy store
When I returned
I saw her on the dancing floor
Stop the music
Stop the music
There's something I've gotta do
I've gotta tell her
Just how much she means to me
So stop the music
And ask her what she sees
Stop the music
She's dancing with another guy
Stop the music
So I can ask her why
She couldn't wait for
Just another minute more
Before she stepped
With some other customer
He may be dancing
Or running from me
To let her go
What a fool I've been
His arms are holding her
Instead of mine
Stop the music
Before she breaks my heart in two
Stop the music
There's something I've gotta do
I've gotta tell her
Just how much she means to me
So stop the music
And ask her what she sees
Stop the music
Before she breaks my heart in two
Stop the music
There's something I've gotta do.
The Hitmakers' song Stop The Music is a love song that tells the story of a man who takes his loved one to a dance. In the beginning, the couple enjoys dancing together, but when the man goes to buy candy for his girlfriend, he returns only to find her dancing with someone else. The man's heart is broken, and he knows he must address the situation before it's too late. He asks for the music to stop, so he can talk to her and tell her how much she means to him. He realizes he must confront her about dancing with another guy and understand why she couldn't wait for him.
The song highlights the anxiety, fear, and insecurity of a man who is afraid of losing his girlfriend to another guy. He becomes desperate and asks the DJ to stop the music to address his fears. He wants to have a conversation with her and confront what he perceives as infidelity on her part. The lyrics suggest a theme of love and the lengths to which a man will go to preserve it. The chorus, "Stop the music" is repeated thrice, making it an important part of the song, serving to emphasize the man's fears and his desperation.
Line by Line Meaning
I took my baby to a dance tonight
I went with my significant other to a dance event.
And when we danced
We danced together.
I held her oh so tight
I held her close to me.
Then she wanted candy from the candy store
She desired candy and went to get some.
When I returned
After I came back from getting the candy.
I saw her on the dancing floor
I saw her on the dance floor and not in her original spot.
Stop the music
Requesting to pause the current song being played.
Before she breaks my heart in two
To prevent getting emotionally hurt.
There's something I've gotta do
There's something I need to address.
I've gotta tell her
I need to express my feelings to her.
Just how much she means to me
How important she is to me.
So stop the music
Asking again to pause the music.
And ask her what she sees
To find out what she's thinking about.
She's dancing with another guy
She's dancing with another person.
So I can ask her why
Asking to know the reason.
She couldn't wait for
She couldn't wait for a particular time.
Just another minute more
Just a bit longer.
Before she stepped
Before she decided to move on.
With some other customer
With someone else, a possible new romantic interest.
He may be dancing
He may still be dancing.
Or running from me
Or avoiding me.
To let her go
To allow her to leave or to end the relationship.
What a fool I've been
How foolish I've been.
His arms are holding her
He's embracing or holding the woman.
Instead of mine
Instead of me holding her.
Contributed by Caden K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@imailumailymail
Came here because of foreign minister of india (jaishankar) mentioned in his interview. 😁
@KUMARUJJWALSINGH
Haha buddy! Me as well. Same pinch 😌🤣
@vikashkumar-sz8tr
Same here
@capfonly8444
Same here
@manishganekar4109
Bro... 😂😅 ham bhi..
@medicostudy101
Haha same. I guess we all got curious :D His words made this song famous
@nightravenonline
it skidegodt nummer fra et godt dansk band, , sikke dage
@gerthypichler825
Best Version!
@vinniegognitti1355
No way! The best version is the swedish one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtvPV_VD3Q
@anitabellamysrensen5442
I much prefer this, the original version 😊