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Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer and actress.[1] 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.

Alice Babs
Nilson in 1940
Background information
Birth name	Hildur Alice Nilson
Born	(1924-01-26)26 January 1924 Västervik, Sweden
Died	11 February 2014(2014-02-11) (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)	Singer actress
Years active	1939–2004
Musical career
Genres	Jazz schlager
Instrument(s)	Vocals

Career

After making her breakthrough in the film Swing it, magistern! ('Swing It, Teacher!', 1940),[2] she appeared in more than a dozen Swedish-language films. Despite being cast as the well-behaved, good-hearted, cheerful girl, the youth culture forming with Babs as its icon caused outrage among members of the older generation. A vicar called the Babs cult the "foot and mouth disease of cultural life".[3]

A long and productive period of collaboration with Duke Ellington began in 1963.[2] Among other works, Babs participated in performances of Ellington's second and third Sacred Concerts which he had written originally for her. Her voice had a range of more than three octaves; Ellington said that when she was not available to sing the parts that he had written for her, he had to use three different singers.[4]

In 1963, her recording of "After You've Gone" (Fontana) reached No. 29 on the British New Musical Express charts.[5]

In 1972, she contributed to the recording of "Auntie", a Dutch song commemorating the beginning of British Broadcasting Corporation's radio broadcasts 50 years before.

Personal life

In 1943, Babs married Nils Ivar Sjöblom (1919–2011). Their three children are Lilleba Sjöblom Lagerbäck (born 1945), Lars-Ivar (Lasse) Sjöblom (born 1948), and Titti Sjöblom (born 1949).[6][7]

Between 1973 and 2004, Babs and her husband resided in Costa del Sol, Spain, while still working in Sweden and internationally. In their later years, they returned to Sweden.

Awards

She was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 2003.[8]

Death

Babs died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 90 on 11 February 2014 in Stockholm.[4][6][7][9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1938	Thunder and Lightning	Flower Girl	Uncredited
1940	Swing it, magistern!	Inga Danell
1941	Magistrarna på sommarlov
1941	Sjung och le		Short
1942	Vårat gäng	Alice, Bergendals dotter
1942	En trallande jänta	Inger 'Babs' Jansson
1944	Eaglets	Marianne Hedvall
1945	Skådetennis		Short
1946	Det glada kalaset	Anita
1947	Song of Stockholm	Britt
1952	Drömsemestern	Herself
1952	H.C. Andersens sagor	Storyteller
1953	Kungen av Dalarna	Herself
1953	I dur och skur	Greta Norman
1953	Resan till dej	Gun Karlsson
1955	Swedish Girl [de]	Karin Pettersson
1956	Symphonie in Gold	Singer
1956	Swing it, fröken	Alice Lind
1958	Musik ombord	Ulla Wickström / Ulla Winther
1959	Swinging at the Castle	Inga 'Trollet' Larsson	(final film role)
2008	Alice Babs – Swing´it		(orig. Naturröstens hemlighet, Documentary
2013	Alice Babs förlorade rättigheter		(Alice Babs' Lost Rights, Documentary

Discography

Alice Babs' discography includes more than 800 recordings since her debut with Joddlarflickan in 1939. The following is a list of her recordings available on CD, listed chronologically from when they were originally recorded.

• Vax Records CD 1003 Alice Babs & Nisse Linds Hot-trio, originally recorded: 1939–41
• Naxos 8.120759 Swingflickan, originally recorded: 1939–44
• Vax Records CD 1000 Early recordings 1939–1949
• Klara skivan KLA 7802-2 Joddlarflickan (2 CDs), originally recorded: 1939–51
• Phontastic PHONTCD 9302 Swing it! Alice Babs!, originally recorded: 1939–53
• Sonora 548493-2 Swing it, Alice! (2 CDs), originally recorded: 1939–63
• Sonora 529315-2 Ett glatt humör, originally recorded: 1940–42
• Odeon 7C138-35971/2 Alice Babs, originally recorded: 1942–1947
• Metronome 8573-84676-2 Guldkorn, originally recorded: 1951–58
• Metronome 4509-93189-2 Metronomeåren, originally recorded: 1951–58
• Metronome 5050467-1616-2-7 Alice Babs bästa (2 CDs), originally recorded: 1951–61
• Bear Family BCD 15809-AH Mitsommernacht, originally recorded: 1953–59
• Bear Family BCD 15814-AH Lollipop, originally recorded: 1953–59
• EMI 7243-5-96148-2-3 Diamanter (2 CDs), originally recorded: 1958–60
• EMI 7243-5-20153-2-0 Just you, just me, originally recorded: 1958–72
• Pickwick 751146 Regntunga skyar, originally recorded: 1958–72
• Metronome 4509-95438-2 Swe-Danes Scandinavian Shuffle, originally recorded: 1959
• RCA 74321-12719-2 Alice and Wonderband, originally recorded: 1959
• Real Gone Music RGM-0496 Serenade to Sweden, Alice Babs and Duke Ellington, originally recorded: 1963
• Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 401 Sjung med oss mamma (Alice Tegnér), originally recorded: 1963
• Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 400 Alice Babs, originally recorded: 1964
• Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 402 Scandinavian songs (Svend Asmussen) originally recorded: 1964
• Prophone PCD 050 Yesterday, originally recorded: 1966–75
• Vax Records VAXCD 1006 "Illusion" (with Jan Johansson and Georg Riedels orchestra) Originally recorded 1966
• Vax Records CD 1008 "As time goes by" Alice Babs with Bengt Hallbergs trio and Arne Domnérus Big Band with Svend Asmussen. Originally recorded 1960–1969
• EMI 7243 5398942 2 Den olydiga ballongen/Hej du måne, originally recorded: 1968–76
• Prophone PCD 045 What a joy!, originally recorded: 1972–80
• Bluebell ABCD 052 There's something about me, originally recorded: 1973–78
• Prophone PCD 021 Serenading Duke Ellington, originally recorded: 1974–75
• Swedish Society Discofil SCD 3003 Om sommaren sköna – Sjunger Alice Tegnér, originally recorded: 1974
• Bluebell ABCD 005 Far away star, originally recorded: 1977
• RCA Victor 74321-62363-2 Swingtime again, originally recorded: 1998
• Sony SK 61797 A church blues for Alice, originally recorded: 1999
• Four Leaf Clover Records FLCDVD 8001 Swingtime Again with Charlie Norman recorded 1999
• Prophone PCD 062 Don't be blue, originally recorded: 2001
• Vax Records Vi Minns Alice Babs released: 2014[4]

Citations

Sources

Further reading

• Alice Babs at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

External links

• Alice Babs discography at Discogs
• Alice Babs at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Debut entry	Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958	Succeeded by Brita Borg with "Augustin"

На других языках

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[de] Alice Babs

Alice Babs (* 26. Januar 1924 in Kalmar, Schweden, als Hildur Alice Nilson; † 11. Februar 2014 in Stockholm) war eine international bekannte schwedische Schlager- und Jazzsängerin, die in den 1950er Jahren auch im deutschsprachigen Raum Erfolge feierte. Neben ihrer Karriere als Sängerin war sie vor allem in den 1940er und 1950er Jahren auch als Schauspielerin aktiv. Ab dem 15. April 1944 war sie mit Nils Ivar Sjöblom († 2011) verheiratet, mit dem sie drei Kinder hatte.

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- [en] Alice Babs

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[es] Alice Babs

Alice Babs, nacida Hildur Alice Nilsson (Kalmar, 26 de enero de 1924 — 11 de febrero de 2014),[1] fue una cantante y actriz sueca. Como cantante, incursionó en varios géneros, como el folklore, la música renacentista y la ópera. En 1958 fue la primera representante de su país en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión.

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[ru] Бабс, Алис

Хильдур Алис Шеблум (швед. Hildur Alice Babs Sjöblom), более известная как Алис Бабс (швед. Alice Babs), урождённая Нильсон (26 января 1924, Кальмар — 11 февраля 2014 года, Стокгольм) — шведская джазовая певица и актриса.

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