Naturröstens hemlighet) (2008) documentary film Alice Babs förlorade rättigheter (Alice Babs' Lost Rights) (2013) documentary film.Deathīabs died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on 11 February 2014. In her later years, Babs resided in Sweden, where she was active in the Lutheran church. Their three children are Lilleba Sjöblom Lagerbäck (born 1945), Lars-Ivar (Lasse) Sjöblom (born 1948), and Titti Sjöblom (born 1949), the latter appearing with her mother in early-1960s advertising for Toy Chewing Gum (see inset). Her voice had a range of more than three octaves Ellington said that when she did not sing the parts that he wrote for her, he had to use three different singers.įrom 1943 until his death, Babs was married to Nils Ivar Sjöblom (1919–2011). A long and productive period of collaboration with Duke Ellington began in 1963. Among other works, Alice Babs participated in performances of Ellington's second and thirdSacred Concerts which the he had originally written for her. The group would later tour the United States together, before dissolving in 1965. The same year, she formed Swe-Danes with guitarist Ulrik Neumann and violinist Svend Asmussen. In 1958, she was the first artist to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 4th place with the song "Lilla stjärna" ("Little Star"). A vicar called the Babs cult the "foot and mouth disease to cultural life". Despite playing the well-behaved, good-hearted, cheerful girl, the youth culture forming with Babs as its icon caused outrage among members of the older generation. Early careerĪfter making her breakthrough in Swing it magistern (Swing It, Teacher!) (1940), she appeared in more than a dozen Swedish language-films. She was best known internationally as a jazz singer, and for being Swedens first entrant at Eurovision singing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. While she worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. In 1972 Babs became the first non-opera singer to be named the Royal Court Singer, and she was also named a member of the Royal Academy of Music.Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilsson 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a singer and actress from Kalmar, Sweden. Her popularity continued unabated in Sweden until her death. tour and an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.īabs first performed with Ellington in Europe in 1963 and five years later sang with Ellington during his first Sacred Concert in New York. The trio gained enough recognition to earn a U.S. She finished in fourth place and then started a band, the Swe-Danes, with Danish musicians Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neuman. The Eurovision appearance in 1958 gave Babs a heightened presence on the European continent. She ultimately appeared in more than 20 films. She sang as a child and gravitated toward jazz, getting her break when she appeared in a 1940 Swedish film, Swing it, Magistern. Revered in her homeland as its first entrant into the annual Eurovision Song Contest, Babs was born Hildur Alice Nilsson on Januin Västervik, Sweden. 11 in Stockholm from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Alice Babs, a Swedish vocalist who sang with the Duke Ellington Orchestra during the 1960s, and was particularly acclaimed for her contributions to the composer’s Sacred Concerts, died Feb.
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