Alice Babs
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Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilsson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a Swedish singer and actress from Kalmar, Sweden. While she worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. She was best known internationally as a jazz singer, and for being Swedens first entrant in Eurovision singing the song Lilla stjärna in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958.
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Birth name | Hildur Alice Nilson |
Born | (1924-01-26)26 January 1924 Västervik, Sweden |
Died | 11 February 2014(2014-02-11) (aged 90) |
Genres | jazz schlager |
Occupation(s) | singer |
Years active | 1939-2014 |
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Babs died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on 11 February 2014. She was 90.[1][2]