Alice Babs(1924-2014)
- Actress
- Composer
- Additional Crew
Her parents sang and played in amateur theatre. Growing up, she sang
with her mother. Her father took her to Stockholm when she was 13 and
got an offer to sing at a nightclub but had to reject the offer. But on
the train back home she met a voice coach who promised to give her
singing lessons. The lessons couldn't destroy her natural talent and
she She got more and more attention and in 1939 she sang at nightclubs
like Berns or China and got a record contract. She has performed with
all the big names in Swedish music, people like Charlie Norman, Putte Wickman and
Arne Domnérus. Together with Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann she formed the group
SweDanes who even went on tour to the U.S. In the 1960s she performed
together with Duke Ellington. After having been retired for 18 years she
released a new album in 1998.
