![]() In 2002 she was awarded a Swedish Jazz Prize. ![]() In 1975 she performed at the Newport Jazz Festival. She recorded an album with Duke Ellington and toured Sweden with him in 1973. Her trademark: onomatopoeic imitations of instruments. Better remembered than her German hits are the recordings she made with Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann as the'Swe-Danes'. In 1958 she took part in the Grand Prix for Sweden and reached the fourth place. Together with Paul Kuhn she even revived the old Fred Raymond title In a small pastry shop. Erste Aufnahmen entstanden mit dem Nisse Lind’s Hot Trio (FDR Jones und Star Dust) auf dem Label Sonora. 1938 trat sie erstmals in einer Radiosendung auf. Alice Babs' discography also contains the typical cover versions of American songs like Lollipop, Nur du, du allein (To Know Him Is To Love Him) and Darling, you know! (You Send Me). Als junges Mädchen sang Alice Babs in ihrer Heimat auf Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltungen. In the first part of the song she sings about Nils and Ulla, who, like the lyricist Hans Bradtke put in her mouth, dance through Stockholm - and find: "Oh, life is beautiful", and in the second part she performs her scat singing, which has become famous in Sweden. Ole Dole Dei shows the two sides of the Alice Babs: the German pop singer and the Swedish jazz entertainer. Another parallel with Bibi Johns, who worked with Lehn for a long time. Already as a teenager she played a role in the movie'Swing it magistern' (1940), and despite her cheerful, girlish image she turned the older generation against her with her jazz singing.Īlice was welcomed with open arms in Germany, an economic wonderland, when she made her first appearance with Erwin Lehns Südfunk Dance Orchestra in Stuttgart in 1954. The first name Alice, which also sounds like a pseudonym, is real: Hildur Alice Nilsson was born on Januin Kalmar (Sweden). When Alice Babs came to Germany, she had already established herself at home as a jazz singer. In 2002 she was awarded a Swedish Jazz Prize.Bibi and Babs - only from the names one could confuse the two'Swedish girls' of the 50s hit, but not in vocal style. Déjà adolescente, elle a joué un rôle dans le filmSwing it magistern (1940), et malgré son image joyeuse et féminine. Alice Babs' discography also contains the typical cover versions of American songs like Lollipop, Nur du, du allein (To Know Him Is To Love Him) and Darling, you know! (You Send Me). Bibi et Babs - seulement daprès les noms, on pourrait confondre les deuxSuédoises des années 50, mais pas dans le style vocal. It does however, of course, throw errors and cant actually be run. After a quick find & replace, Jaguar could be compiled and run with JAmiga. Written in 1998 it uses the deprecated imports '', instead of 'newer' 'javax.swing'. Det var en sensation och inte illa för 'slynan' som sjöng swing. Hardly the killer app AmigaOS needs, but it starts, and has a GUI. 1972 utnämndes hon till hovsångerska, en titel som tidigare enbart utdelats till artister vid operan. Already as a teenager she played a role in the movie'Swing it magistern' (1940), and despite her cheerful, girlish image she turned the older generation against her with her jazz singing.Īlice was welcomed with open arms in Germany, an economic wonderland, when she made her first appearance with Erwin Lehns Südfunk Dance Orchestra in Stuttgart in 1954. Hon fick de flesta utmärkelser, hon hyllades på alla sätt, och hon var den första som sjöng för Sverige i Eurovision 1968. Bibi and Babs - only from the names one could confuse the two'Swedish girls' of the 50s hit, but not in vocal style.
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