1987: The Tempo Toppers was formed in Oslo, Norway, by Svein Ihlen, drums - Esben Johnsen, electric bass and Dag Bøgeberg, guitar and vocal. Played the first gig at a party arranged by a norwegian newspaper called Friheten. The gig was videotaped.

1988: Played regularly in Oslo, among others at Sentrum Scene. A  local tv-station, Bootleg TV, taped a gig and it was broadcasted at TV-Norge. Recorded five songs at the rehearsal by Jørun Bøgeberg.

1989: The Tempo Toppers first message to the world was on the norwegian label That's Entertainment Records first sampler named "Rock 'n' Roll Stowaways". The band recorded a cover (see last year): "Big Sandy", an old Bobby Roberts rocker.  A great releaseparty were held at a venue called Strykejernet  in Oslo. The Tempo Toppers played a good set and got good reviews. This year The Tempo Toppers also released their first EP (That's Entertainment Records). It's called "Welcome to 7 minutes and 59 seconds together with The Tempo Toppers". The EP got good reviews and the band was interviewed at several radiostations.

1990: The Tempo Toppers continued to play small clubs in the Oslo area. Visited Warehouse Studio and recorded six songs. One of the songs can be heard on That's Entertainment Records second sampler, "Penguins and Bondage". Yet another cover: "All By Myself", a song composed by the genius Johnny Burnette. Interviewed by norwegian rock'n'roll icon Rune Halland at NRK radio (nationwide).

1991: The band released an MC, named "Snake Shake" which was the result of different studio sessions during some time. Only covers and released by The Tempo Toppers themselves.

1992: Rune Norman joined the band on guitar and vocal. He has written one song on the first EP and has been a friend of ours since the early 70's. Norman (we all call him by his second name) has written hundreds of songs throughout the years (why isn't he rich and famous?). Some of the songs has been recorded by a norwegian poet named Arild Nyquist. The Tempo Toppers released their second EP on That's Entertainment Records. It's called "Lover's Lane". Two originals from Norman and one cover instrumental named "Downhill Run" from the swedish garageband The Shoutless. Played two supportgigs with the american garageband The A-bones (Oslo and Bergen).

Throughout the 90's the band has played regularly. Supportgig for the english rockabillyband The Flying Sourcers at Gamla in Oslo. A  local tv-station, Bootleg TV, taped a gig and broadcasted two songs at TV-Norge. No new records being made.

1998: Svein (our drummer) "discovered" brushes. The result is that The Tempo Toppers now appears in two versions: One full electric version and one with brushes (not sticks) on the drums, acoustic bass and the guitars with the volume down. This we call The Tempo Toppers Light. Played full electric at Oslo Rockabilly festival.

1999: The Tempo Toppers visited Tempo Recording Studio in Oslo (the studio has nothing to do with our band) and recorded four songs with the Light version of the band and put together "The official 1999 Demo», where one side of the tape is a full electric version of the band and the flipside is The Tempo Toppers Light. Played the first gig as The Tempo Toppers Light at a venue called Munkeloftet on may 12th. Played full electric at Musikkens Dag and did a great gig. Played regularly both full electric and Light throughout the year.

2000: The Tempo Toppers visited Tempo Recording Studio again and recorded 16 songs. Played a great gig at Landbrukshøgskolen in Ås. The gig was videotaped. Arne Ringstad played bass on some gigs when Esben was busy on other things. Played together with legendary english punkgroup, The Vibrators, at Working Class Hero Festival in Drammen. Two gigs on the same day at Musikkens Dag. Played 96 songs at Håndverker’n Restauranthus in Horten in two days! Played regularly both full electric and Light throughout the year. It was a good year for The Tempo Toppers.

2001: The Tempo Toppers released their first full time album, Click Clack, on the norwegian indielabel, Flipside Records, in february and got good reviews. Played regularly in the greater Oslo area througout the year and had lot of great fun.

2002: Esben quit the band after 15 years and was replaced by our long time friend Arne Ringstad on bassguitar. The band played together with english group the Iain Terry Band at the Wild Bunch Rock'n'Roll Club in Kambo and did a live videoconcert at Gamla in Oslo together with upcoming bands, the Bazooka Boppers and Teddy Trigger & the Gatling Guns. The Tempo Toppers appeared on Musikkens Dag in Oslo and played regularly in the greater Oslo area througout the year.

2003: The Tempo Toppers visited Silvertone Studio in Fredrikstad and Juke Joint Studio in Notodden and recorded 16 songs. Hope to have a new album out in 2004. The band played outside Norway for the first time. Visited Finland in april and played two great gigs, Åbo and Salo. A great gig in Trysil and lots of fun in Bergen and in the greater Oslo area.

2004: Released our second full-time album, Snapshot (Flipside Records), in April and got good reviews. A great releaseparty was held at the Cave'n Club in Oslo (our best gig ever?) with special guests surf-spaghetti-punks, Los Plantronics. For the very first time, the Tempo Toppers appeared with a pianoplayer in the line-up. Øystein "Boogieman" Undem sat in with us in Fauske at the North Norwegian Swing Championship. 300 swing dancers got what they wanted and the dance floor went completely crazy. Øystein also joined us at the Rockin' All Dayer No 2 on August 13. A two-days festival at the Wild Bunch Rock'n'Roll Club in Kambo (80 kilometers south of Oslo). Also on the bill were, among others, Black Knights(S), Johnny and the Roccos(UK), Silver Bullets(FIN) and Black Raven(GER). In September the Norman song "Friday" from the Snapshot album, made it to the norwegian national radio hit-list "Norsktoppen". "Friday" held a third place at the peak, and stayed on the list for five weeks. 50 per cent of the band has now passed 50 years... There’s no fool like an old fool.

2005: Played 11 set á 45 minutes - 168 songs - in two days at the Riggen Pub in Drammen. Played one of our best shows ever at Gegges Pub in Båstad with a fanatic local audience. The evening ended with beer and broken glass all over the place. Two great trips to Lillehammer, the last one was at the Rhythm & Roots Festival in October. Also on the bill were (among others) Poco (US), Webb Wilder (US), Dale Watson (US) and Belgium rockers, Hetten Des - great fun. A great release party was held for the Boppin' Up North compilation album at the Wild Bunch Rock'n'Roll Club in April. The first ever rockabilly compilation with only Norwegian bands. A great thank you to American NBC Records for putting out the single Hot Guitars with Keith Anderson's original of the song from 1965 on the a-side and the Tempo Toppers' cover version on the b-side.

2006: Played live in lots and lots of pubs in the greater Oslo area. A great gig at Signalen a warm summer night by the fjord outside Oslo is maybe THE SHOW this year. But lots of fun throughout the year. German Dynamite! magazine released Cd #3 with issue no 48. A compilation album with 16 different rockabillybands from all over Europe. The Tempo Toppers shares with the song Herman The Hermit from the Snapshot album.