Alice Babs
Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilsson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a Sweedish singer and actress from Kalmar, Sweden. While she worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. She was best known internationally as a jazz singer, and for being Swedens first entrant in Eurovision singing the song Lilla stjärna in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958.
Alice Babs | |
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 Alice Babs, circa 1940 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hildur Alice Nilson |
| Born | 26 January 1924 Västervik, Sweden |
| Died | 11 February 2014 (aged 90) |
| Genres | jazz schlager |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Years active | 1939-2014 |
| Associated acts | Nils Lindberg Duke Ellington Bengt Hallberg Charlie Norman Swe-Danes |
Babs died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on 11 February 2014. She was 90.[1][2]
Alice Babs Media
Nilson (centre) with the rest of the Swe-Danes in 1961
Alice Babs and daughter Titti Sjöblom in an advertisement for Toy chewing gum, 1960
Recording of Alice Babs produced by the Swedish record label Sonora.
References
- ↑ "Swedish singer Alice Babs dies aged 90", The Local (Sweden), 11 February 2014
- ↑ Alice Babs död, Dagens Nyheter 11 February 2014 (in Swedish)
Other websites
Media related to Alice Babs at Wikimedia Commons
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