1. Barbro Margareta Svensson, known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host.
20 Facts About Lill-Babs
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Lill-Babs represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, april".
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Lill-Babs lived with her parents, Ragnar and Britta Svensson, for nine years in a small cottage without running water.
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Lill-Babs was "discovered" when she sang on the radio program Morgonkvisten in 1954.
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Lill-Babs gave Svensson her stage name "Lill-Babs", a play on words as a connection to the older, and at that time better known, singer Alice Babs.
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Lill-Babs released her first music album in 1954, a gramophone record with two songs: "Min mammas boogie" and "Svar till 'Ung och kar'".
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Lill-Babs made her television debut in 1957 and her first folkpark show using her birth name in 1958.
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Lill-Babs visited every folk park in Sweden during her long career.
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Lill-Babs made her theater debut in 1958 in the play Fly mig en greve at Nojeskatten theater.
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Lill-Babs appeared in the films Svenska Floyd and En nolla for mycket.
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Lill-Babs represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "April, april".
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Lill-Babs participated in Melodifestivalen three times in 1960,1961 and in 1973 without winning.
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Lill-Babs released two English-language solo singles for the United States market.
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Lill-Babs met The Beatles in 1963 when she was the main guest star on the teen music show Drop-In broadcast on Sveriges Television.
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Lill-Babs performed several shows in bars at Berns in Stockholm, Tradgar'n in Gothenburg and Kronprinsen in Malmo.
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Lill-Babs was the main guest on Har ar ditt liv on 26 December 1983 when the host Lasse Holmqvist surprised her in the studio with a long line of ex-boyfriends.
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Lill-Babs was the presenter on several TV shows like Hemma hos Lill-Babs, Morgonlust, Vem tar vem, and Cocktail all on SVT.
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In 2012, Lill-Babs appeared on Stjarnorna pa slottet, broadcast on SVT, where she spoke about her career.
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Lill-Babs died on 3 April 2018, following cancer and heart failure.
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Lill-Babs released her autobiography Hon ar jag in 1996.