Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a Swedish singer and actress. 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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Hildur Alice Nilsson 26 January 1924 Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden
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Died |
11 February 2014 (aged 90) Sweden
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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