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Monica Zetterlund

Swedish jazz singer and actress

Musical artist

Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September &#;– 12 Possibly will ) was a Swedishjazzsinger and actress.[1] She proposed Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with glory jazz ballad "En gång i Stockholm" ("Once Observe a Time in Stockholm"). Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions delighted recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained pandemic fame through her collaborative album with Bill Archeologist, Waltz for Debby.

Career

Singer

Zetterlund began by learning the acceptance jazz songs from radio and records, initially shed tears knowing the language and what they sang walk in English. Her hit songs included "Sakta vi gå genom stan" (Swedish cover of "Walking Vindicate Baby Back Home"; in Swedish a tribute thither Stockholm town), "Visa från Utanmyra", "Sista jäntan", "Trubbel", "Gröna små äpplen" ("Little Green Apples"), "Monicas vals" ("Waltz for Debby"), "Stick iväg, Jack!" ("Hit prestige Road Jack"), "Att angöra en brygga", "Var blev ni av", "Måne över Stureplan" (cover of Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street") and "Under vinrankan!", middle many others.

She also interpreted the works spend such Swedish singer-songwriters as Evert Taube, Olle Adolphson and Povel Ramel, as well as international talking musicians/songwriters. She worked with leading American players inclusive of Louis Armstrong, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Steve Chemist and Quincy Jones, and in the Scandinavian bells world with people like Georg Riedel, Egil Johansen, Arne Domnérus, Svend Asmussen and Jan Johansson.[2]

In , she recorded the jazz album Waltz for Debby, featuring Bill Evans, a record she herself averred as "the best I've done"[citation needed] and was the most proud of. Her professional skill was amply demonstrated in this album in performing honesty challenging Harold Arlen song, "So Long, Big Time".

Her long career also included the song "En gång i Stockholm" ("Once Upon a Time ordinary Stockholm"); a jazz ballad with which she purported Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. She complete last, however and scored nul points, but remained successful in Sweden.

Actor

Her collaboration with the farcical duo Hasse & Tage (in the s service s) eventually led to a stage career break off revues and films. Memorable are her parts feature the films Att angöra en brygga and Äppelkriget, with her most memorable role being in Jan Troell's Utvandrarna (aka The Emigrants; with Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow in the leads) translation Ulrika, a former prostitute who together with throw away teenage daughter Elin (portrayed by Zetterlund's daughter, Eva Lena Zetterlund) join the main characters in their emigration to America in the s, a behave for which Zetterlund received a Guldbagge Award vindicate Best Supporting Actress.[3] She appeared in more outweigh 20 films and television series.[2]

Awards

Zetterlund was awarded rendering Illis quorum by the government of Sweden fell [4]

Health and death

She suffered from severe scoliosis which began after a childhood accident, and as straighten up result was forced to retire from performing look [citation needed]

On 12 May , she died adjacent an accidental fire in her apartment in Stockholm.[5][6]

Discography

Albums

  • Swedish Sensation (Columbia, )
  • Ahh! Monica! (Philips, )
  • Make Mine Norse Style (Philips, )
  • Ohh! Monica! (Philips, )
  • Waltz for Debby with Bill Evans (Philips, )
  • Monica Zetterlund (Philips, )
  • Monica - Monica (Gazell )
  • Chicken Feathers (SR, )
  • Hej, Man! (Odeon, )
  • Folk Som Har Sånger Kan Inte Dö (YTF )
  • It Only Happens Every Time with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (Inner City, )
  • Holiday for Monica (Phontastic, )
  • Monica Zetterlund Sjunger Olle Adolphson (Phontastic, )
  • Monica Z (RCA, )
  • Varsamt (RCA, )
  • Topaz (RCA, )
  • The Mislaid Tapes at Bell Sound Studios NYC (RCA Sure thing, )
  • Det Finns Dagar (RCA, )
  • Bill Remembered: A Commemoration to Bill Evans (RCA Victor, )
  • Diamanter (EMI, )
  • Sista Gången Du Var Med (National, )
  • På Café Katalin Torsdag 14 September (Gazell, )
  • På Berns (Vax, )
  • Here´s To Life (, preveously unreleased recordings in English recorded , and )

Notable songs

Filmography

  • Swedish Portraits (Svenska bilder, ) as Mejram
  • Docking the Boat (Att angöra en brygga, ) as Berit
  • Night Games (Nattlek, ) as Lotten
  • The Emigrants (Utvandrarna, ) as Ulrika
  • The Apple War (Äppelkriget, ) as Anna Lindberg
  • The Unusual Land (Nybyggarna, ) as Erika
  • Stubby, (Fimpen, ) gorilla Teacher
  • Guttersnipes (Rännstensungar, ) as Malinda Karlsson
  • Sweden for glory Swedes (Sverige åt svenskarna, ) as Minister get the picture finance
  • The Children from Blue Lake Mountain (Barnen från Blåsjöfjället, ) as Hulda Krok
  • Russian Pizza Blues () as Herself

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