Sylvia Vrethammar

Swedish jazz and schlager singer

Born: 22 August 1945
Uddevalla
Country: Sweden
Active: 1967–
Record labels: Polydor Records
Discography: 26 albums

Biography

Sylvia Vrethammar is a jazz musician who plays voice. Sylvia Vrethammar was born on 22 August 1945 in Uddevalla. The music is usually filed under jazz and pop music. Record labels: Polydor Records. The discography here lists 26 albums, from “Tycker om dej” (1969) to “VORTEX” (2019).

Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945) is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. Vrethammar was born in Uddevalla, Sweden. 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". In the 1970s, she occasionally appeared as guest singer with the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, singing in English. 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), in 2012, she recorded numbers from the tours.

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