Alice Babs

    Alice Babs

    January 26, 1924 (101 years old) in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden

    Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationally as a jazz singer, Babs also competed as Sweden's first annual competition entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958. In 1972 she was named Sweden's Royal Court Singer, the first non-opera singer as such.

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    Så ska det låtaSå ska det låta
    Bitte recht freundlichBitte recht freundlich
    Det hopfällbara slottetDet hopfällbara slottet
    StjärnbilderStjärnbilder
    Swedish GirlSwedish Girl

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