![]() Four Leaf Clover Records FLCDVD 8001 Swingtime Again with Charlie Norman recorded 1999.Sony SK 61797Ě church blues for Alice, originally recorded: 1999.RCA Victorė4321-62363-2 Swingtime again, originally recorded: 1998. ![]() BluebellĚBCD 005ğar away star, originally recorded: 1977.Swedish Society Discofil SCD 3003 Om sommaren sköna – Sjunger Alice Tegnér, originally recorded: 1974.Prophone PCD 021 Serenading Duke Ellington, originally recorded: 1974–75.BluebellĚBCD 052 There's something about me, originally recorded: 1973–78.Prophone PCD 045 What a joy!, originally recorded: 1972–80.EMIė243 5398942 2 Den olydiga ballongen/Hej du måne, originally recorded: 1968–76.Vax Records CD 1008 "As time goes by" Alice Babs with Bengt Hallbergs trio and Arne Domnérus Big Band with Svend Asmussen.Vax Records VAXCD 1006 "Illusion" (with Jan Johansson and Georg Riedels orchestra) Originally recorded 1966.Prophone PCD 050 Yesterday, originally recorded: 1966–75.Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 402 Scandinavian songs (Svend Asmussen) originally recorded: 1964.Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 400Ělice Babs, originally recorded: 1964.Swedish Society Discofil SWECD 401 Sjung med oss mamma (Alice Tegnér), originally recorded: 1963.Real Gone Music RGM-0496 Serenade to Sweden, Alice Babs and Duke Ellington, originally recorded: 1963.MetronomeĔ509-95438-2 Swe-Danes Scandinavian Shuffle, originally recorded: 1959.Pickwickė51146 Regntunga skyar, originally recorded: 1958–72.EMIđ53-2-0 Just you, just me, originally recorded: 1958–72.Bear FamilyěCD 15814-AH Lollipop, originally recorded: 1953–59.Bear FamilyěCD 15809-AH Mitsommernacht, originally recorded: 1953–59.Phontastic PHONTCD 9302 Swing it! Alice Babs!, originally recorded: 1939–53.Klara skivan KLA 7802-2 Joddlarflickan (2 CDs), originally recorded: 1939–51.NaxosĘ.120759 Swingflickan, originally recorded: 1939–44.Vax RecordsĜD 1003Ělice Babs & Nisse Linds Hot-trio, originally recorded: 1939–41.The following is a list of her recordings available on CD, listed chronologically from when they were originally recorded. Recording of Alice Babs produced by the Swedish record label Sonora.Īlice Babs' discography includes more than 800 recordings since her debut with Joddlarflickan in 1939. Death īabs died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at age 90 on 11 February 2014 in Stockholm. She was awarded the Illis quorum by the government of Sweden in 2003. In their later years, they returned to Sweden. She was appointed as court singer in 1972.Alice Babs and daughter Titti Sjöblom in an advertisement for Toy chewing gum, 1960īetween 19, Babs and her husband resided in Costa del Sol, Spain, while still working in Sweden and internationally. Alice Babs though chose to stay in Sweden with her husband Nils Ivar Sjöblom and three children.īabs acted in around 20 musicals and collaborated with several prominent Swedish artists, including Charlie Norman and Povel Ramel. The group became popular touring the United States together, and many believe she could have been a huge star in the United States if she had relocated there. The same year, she formed Swe-Danes with guitarist Ulrik Neumann and violinist Svend Asmussen. In 1958, she was the first artist to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in 4th place with the song "Lilla stjärna" ("Little Star"). She took part in performances of Ellington's second and third Sacred Concerts which he had originally written for her. She toured the U.S and worked with Duke Ellington who admired her voice. Her breakthrough as a swing singer came with the 1940 film Swing It, Teacher!(Swing it, magistern!). Her passion for music was just everything," said Swedish Radio's jazz expert Berit Nygren to Radio Sweden. "I would say that we will remember a person who just loved music. In September 2012, Sjöblom revealed that her mother had suffered a stroke and in June 2013 the family announced that Babs had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.Īlice Babs was Sweden's most famous jazz singer. Babs' daughter, Titti Sjöblom, said: "We are very happy that we got to spend these last months with our dear mother."
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