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This Prophone double disc, covering most of the late Alice Babs career, reacquaints fans with this fantastic voice of Swedish jazz. Disc 1 focuses on songs sung in Swedish, disc 2 containing songs sung in English. One of Alice's many collaborators, Duke Ellington, composed several works in a sacred style especially for her. When these same works were performed without Ms. Babs, it took three different singers to cover the entire register. Alice Babs was named singer to the royal court in 1972, the first who had not come from an operatic background. Her final retreat from the stage came in 1980. Album Tracks 1. Swing It, Magistem 2. Jag Har en Liten Radiola 3. Stigbergsgatan 8 4. Adress Rosenhill 5. Tva Hjartan I Swing 6. Regntunga Skyar 7. En Gang Jag Seglar I Hamn 8. Pa Sondag 9. How Do You Do, Mr Swing 10. Varat Gang 11. Killen Ar 'Crazy' 12. Puck, Muck, Mack, Jack, Pim, Tim, Tom 13. Lille Prins Sol 14. Hey Diddle-Diddle 15. Jag Undrar Vem 16. Ha Ha Ha 17. Sjung Och Le 18. Ett Glatt Humor 19. Jitterbug Fran Soder 20. Ga Opp Och Prova Dina Vingar 1. God Bless the Child 2. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 3. What a Joy 4. Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit 5. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 6. Yesterday 7. Close to You 8. Said the Willow Tree 9. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 10. In a Mellow Tone 11. Vocalise 12. Freedom I 13. There's Something About Me 14. Warm Valley 15. It Don't Mean a Thing
