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Alice BabsAlice Babs Alice Babs Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1924–2014) Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer.[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. Quick facts Background information, Born ... Alice Babs Nilson in 1940 Background information Born Hildur Alice Nilson (1924-01-26)26 January 1924 Kalmar, Sweden Died 11 February 2014(2014-02-11) (aged 90) Stockholm, Sweden Genres Jazz schlager Occupation(s)… (Source: Wikipedia)
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