Biography

Michael B Tretow was a sound engineer at the legendary Metronome Studio in the 1960s.

During the pop era in the mid-1960s, Tretow was a member of several pop groups, including recording a single with Mikael Ramel as Mikael & Michael in 1966.

When SVT reorganized its two TV channels in the fall of 1987, Tretow was commissioned to create the new signature for Kanal 1. In the early years, it was played between almost all programs and later played at the beginning and end of broadcasts. This jingle remained well into the 1990s.

In the winter of 1975-1976, Tretow recorded his own album at Glennstudio, Stockholm, together with Abba and their surrounding group of musicians; the result was the humorous English-language album "Let's Boogie" with lyrics by Thomas H. Minor.

As part of the marketing of the theme park Tomteland in Mora municipality, Tretow was commissioned in 1985 to make a children's album. The result was the album Tomteland . One song was about the Professor, a Santa Claus who demonstrates a fantastic invention to the narrator. This song received some airtime on Sveriges Radio P3 , and Den makalösa manicken became a Swedish top hit and became one of the most popular songs of 1986.