Sylvia Vrethammar
| Sylvia Vrethammar | |
|---|---|
 Vrethammar in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eva Sylvia Vrethammar |
| Born |
August 22, 1945 Uddevalla, Sweden |
| Genres | Traditional pop, jazz, Schlager |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Labels | Polydor, Sonet, Pid Records |
Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born August 22, 1945,[1] Uddevalla, Sweden), is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education teacher, specializing in the piano.
In 1969, she released a Swedish-language cover version of Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man, entitled En lärling på våran gård.[2] Vrethammar is also fluent in English.
In the 1970s, she occasionally appeared as guest singer with the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, singing in English.[3] After a series of tribute concerts in Germany in 2006 and 2008, where she returned to the bandleader's music with ex-Kaempfert trombonist Jiggs Whigham and other former orchestra members (playing as the HR Big Band),[4] in 2012 she recorded numbers from the tours.[5]
She is perhaps best known for the 1974 song, "Y Viva España". It reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1974, spending over six months in that listing. She was known in the UK simply as Sylvia[6] Globally her version alone sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[7]
She took part in Melodifestivalen 2002, singing "Hon är en annan nu".[8] She participated again in Melodifestivalen 2013 in the hope of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which was held in Malmö. She sang her song "Trivialitet"[9] in the fourth semifinal, which was also held in Malmö. She came seventh and was therefore eliminated from the contest.
Discography
- 1969 – Tycker om dej
- 1970 – Sylvia
- 1971 – Dansa samba med mej
- 1972 – Gamla stan
- 1973 – Jag sjunger för dej
- 1973 – Eviva España
- 1974 – Sylvia & Göran på Nya Bacchi (with Göran Fristorp)
- 1975 – Stardust & Sunshine
- 1976 – Somebody loves you
- 1977 – Mach das nochmal
- 1977 – Leenden i regn
- 1979 – Chateau Sylvia
- 1980 – In Goodmansland
- 1985 – Rio de Janeiro blue
- 1990 – Öppna dina ögon
- 1992 – Ricardo
- 1999 – Best of Sylvia
- 2002 – Faller för dig
- 2005 – Sommar! Samba! Sylvia!
- 2006 – Champagne
- 2009 - Te quiero (compilation album)
- 2013 - Trivialitet
References
- ↑ "Sök personer". Birthday.se. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3467.txt
- ↑ e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD1IJdle4q0
- ↑ http://www.stefankaempfert.com/the-history
- ↑ (Polydor) Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert - The Berlin Jazz Orchestra & Special Guests - VÖ 21.09.2012 - Bestellnr. 00602537073986
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 544. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 351. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sylvia-Vrethammar-Hon-%C3%84r-En-Annan-Nu/release/6628937
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Melodifestivalen-2013/release/4359440
External links
- Sylvia Vrethammar’s Official website
- Sylvia Vrethammar at the Internet Movie Database