"Peggy Lee Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and performer. During her career, she wrote music for films, acted, and recorded conceptual record albums that combined poetry and music. Lee was born Norma Deloris Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, the seventh of eight children to parents Marvin"
"Olof Egstrom, a station agent for the Midland Continental Railroad, and his wife, Selma Amelia (née Anderson) Egstrom, on May 26, 1920. She and her family were Lutherans. Her father was Swedish-American and her mother was Norwegian-American. After her mother died when Lee was four, her father married Min Schaumber. Lee first sang professionally over KOVC radio in Valley City, North Dakota. She later had her own series on a radio show sponsored by a local restaurant that paid her a salary in food. Both during and after her high school years, Lee sang for small sums on local radio"
"Alma Fohström Alma Evelina Fohström-von Rode (1856–1936) was a Finnish operatic soprano who gained international fame as she performed in the world's most famous opera houses and for a number of monarchs and emperors. Born on 2 January 1856 in Helsinki, Fohström was the daughter of August Fridolf Fohström (1828–93), a rich Swedish-speaking Finnish merchant, and his wife Henriette Sofia Stenqvist (1834–1918). One of seven children, she was the sister of the cellist Ossian Fohström and the opera singer Elin Fohström. From an early age, she was recognized as being musically talented, soon attending Anna Blomqvist's music school. From 1873"
"six months rehab in Annapolis, Maryland. She returned to the city and held several large parties, but her mobility limited her increasingly and in 1980 she moved in with ""adopted"" nephew, David McJonathan-Swarm and his family, in Jefferson, Maryland. She died on Christmas Eve 1980, was cremated and interred with a memorial to both sisters at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick County, Maryland. Siggie Nordstrom Sigfred Ann ""Siggie"" Nordstrom (June 14, 1893 – December 24, 1980) was an American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters. Born in Chicago in 1893 and nicknamed ""Siggie"", she was the"
"Siggie Nordstrom Sigfred Ann ""Siggie"" Nordstrom (June 14, 1893 – December 24, 1980) was an American model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters. Born in Chicago in 1893 and nicknamed ""Siggie"", she was the elder daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. She started out as a hat model in Chicago. First coming to New York City to take a part in ""Very Good Eddie"" on Broadway, she retired from show business during her marriage. The AP picked up on a photograph of her on the ice of Lake Michigan, naming her 'Queen of the Polar Bears'."
"with the Eskilstuna Music Prize for her ""pioneering career"" and significant contribution to popular music as an ""icon"" who had ""left an indelible imprint in musical history"". Anni-Frid Lyngstad Anni-Frid Synni, Dowager Princess Reuss of Plauen (; née Lyngstad, born 15 November 1945) is a Norwegian-Swedish singer, songwriter, and environmentalist. She is best known as one of the lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA. Born in Ballangen to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, and started her first solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called"
"Maria Kristina Kiellström Maria Kristina Kiellström (15 June 1744 – 20 January 1798), known as Maja Stina, was a Swedish silk worker and alleged prostitute. She inspired the songwriter and performer Carl Michael Bellman to create a major character in his ""Fredman's Epistles"" (songs), the demimonde prostitute or Rococo ""nymph"" Ulla Winblad. Kiellström was born into a poor family in what was then the poor area of Ladugårdslandet in Stockholm. Her mother died when she was five years old. Her father, Johan Kiellström, was originally in the artillery, but he was forced to resign from the military because of epilepsy,"
"Nina Stemme Nina Maria Stemme (born Nina Maria Thöldte on May 11, 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer. Stemme ""is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano"". In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in Richard Wagner's opera ""Die Walküre"", ""As for Brünnhilde, Nina Stemme sang gloriously. It's hard to recall anyone's sounding more commanding or at ease in the part, and that includes Kirsten Flagstad"". Born in Stockholm, the young Stemme played piano and viola. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School (Swedish: Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser), a high-profile song-and-chorus school in"
"Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), also known as Carola Søgaard for a period, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, ""Främling"" (Stranger), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her 30-year-long career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's most prominent female singer. Some"
"Joakim Thåström Sven Joachim Eriksson Thåström (born 20 March 1957), better known as Thåström, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet. He has moved between a number of genres, from punk to rock, industrial and autobiographical singer-songwriter music. Thåström grew up on Skebokvarnsvägen in Högdalen, south of Stockholm. He formed his first band ""Helt sonika"" with Thomas Svanljung, Lars Elffors, Lennart ""Elton"" Hellgren, Bosse Steinholtz and Lars Bremer. The band played around Stockholm in youth centers, clubs and outdoor festivals. Lennart Eriksson (or Fjodor as he was known) lived in Rågsved. Together"
"Ulf Ekberg, songwriter for and co-founder of Ace of Base, from 1994 to 2000. She began her acting career in 1995, and with the four ""Taxi"" movies (1998–2007), she became a popular actress in France. In her native Sweden, she is known as a TV-hostess and a regular in the fashion world. On 12 February 2003, she married Hans Wiklund and they have two children, daughter Tyra and son Elis. She sat on the board for Swedish fashion retailer Lindex in 2007. She also appears in their advertisements. Wiklund speaks German fluently. Emma Wiklund Emma Wiklund (born Sjöberg, September 13,"
"the Blues"", which starred Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Barney Kessel, Harry Edison, Jo Jones, Sidney Catlett, Marlowe Morris, and Marie Bryant, and was nominated for an Academy Award. It was in 1956 that the popular singer Ella Fitzgerald finally joined Norman Granz's label. Granz had been her manager for some time, and unified his activities under the common label of Verve Records. Granz became Fitzgerald's manager, and remained so until the end of her career. Fitzgerald's memorable series of eight ""Songbooks"", together with the duet series (notably Armstrong-Peterson, Fitzgerald-Basie, Fitzgerald-Pass and Getz-Peterson) achieved wide popularity and brought acclaim to the"
"on 53rd Street, just east of Park Avenue. When that building was demolished for a new Chemical Bank building they, as Siggie used to say, moved to 'Albany' as the new apartment was on the north west corner of 79th Street at Third Avenue. Nordstrom Sisters The Nordstrom Sisters were an American cabaret act which performed internationally from 1931 to 1976. Dagmar Nordstrom (1903 – 1976) the younger of the two sisters was a composer, arranger and the pianist of the duo. She wrote the music of ""Remembering You"", a fox trot popular in the 1940s and released on records."
"permanent place in the TV program's choir. She married Anders Engberg and took his surname in her recordings recording. She also became main vocalist for the dansband Lotta $ Anders Engbergs orkester that continued until 1994 when the couple divorced. She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 after winning the Melodifestivalen of that year with ""Fyra bugg & en Coca Cola"". The song was renamed ""Boogaloo"" for the Eurovision competition. She also tried in Melodifestivalen many other times but did not win to go on to the Eurovision finals. Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester was a dansband in Skara,"
"was enrolled into the company in 1 January 1857. In 1858 she married Adalbert Dustmann, a Vienna book seller. In 1860 she became an imperial ""Hofkammersängerin"" (""literally, ""court chamber singer""""), an important but largely honorific appointment. Her voice had developed into a powerful precise soprano one, with a good range and a particular pleasing euphony in the middle register. Her intonation was accurate and confident. Her natural gifts, backed by diligent and intense study, matched with a deep sensitivity to the true artistic potential of her various stage roles, made her well suited to portray leading characters, including Norma, Jessonda,"
"I've had a stroke."""" She died that night, aged 72. Following services at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, she was cremated and interred with her mother in the mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery, Westchester County, New York. Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married"
"Dagmar Nordstrom Dagmar Nordstrom (December 12, 1903 – April 9, 1976) was an American composer, pianist and singer. She performed together with her sister Siggie as a cabaret singing duo known as The Nordstrom Sisters. Dagmar Nordstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was the second daughter of Anna and Alexander Nordstrom. The family were of Swedish and Norwegian extraction. Dagmar was married briefly to a society playboy, but lived most of her life with her older sister after the death of Siggie's husband, Samuel Ferebee Williams (1883-1931). Dagmar and Siggie had a flat in London for a year in"
"distinguish her personal life from her life as an artist, and because her real name ""Anna"" is a more common name. In the autumn of 2003, she released her first single, ""The Way I Am"". It became a radio hit in Sweden and Germany, and garnered her a nomination for the 2004 NRJ Awards. Further singles from her 2004 solo debut ""Cuz I Can"" were ""Life"" and ""Cuz I Can"". This album was only released in Sweden. Johnsson was approached by the head of Columbia Tristar during a cruise and was invited to contribute a song to the soundtrack of"
"Anni-Frid Lyngstad Anni-Frid Synni, Dowager Princess Reuss of Plauen (; née Lyngstad, born 15 November 1945) is a Norwegian-Swedish singer, songwriter, and environmentalist. She is best known as one of the lead singers of the Swedish pop band ABBA. Born in Ballangen to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, and started her first solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called ""New Faces"". She won the competition with her song, ""En ledig dag"", leading to a television appearance on ""Hylands Hörna"" on Dagen-H; as a result, she was"
"Lotta Hedlund Charlotte Jean ""Lotta"" Hedlund (born Charlotte Jean Butler; March 10, 1944, later ""Charlotte Walker"") is an African-American singer who has been living in Sweden since the late 1960s. She started her career in the girl-group Sherrys. The Sherrys toured Sweden with Swedish rock singer Jerry Williams, and after one of the gigs they met up with Hep Stars, Sweden's most successful group of the 1960s. One of the members was Benny Andersson (later of ABBA fame), another was Sven ""Svenne"" Hedlund - and they later wed. She joined her husband by becoming a member of Hep Stars and"
"Anna-Kajsa Norman Anna-Kajsa Norman (1820–1903), known as Spel-Stina or Spelstina (Playing Stina), was a Swedish folk musician, a spelman (violinist), and a composer. Norman was born in Dalarna and lived her adult life in Torsåker. Originally working as servant, she came to be regarded as one of the best spelmans in Gästrikland for her skill as a violinist within folk music. Female spelmans were a rarity, and she is also one of the few female spelmans which are sufficiently documented. Norman was unmarried but lived with Erik Hellström i Berg, with whom she had five children, among them her son"
"Lapp-Lisa Anna-Lisa Öst (1889-1974) was a Swedish gospel singer and recording artist, who was popular with both Swedish and Swedish-American audiences in the 1940s and 1950s. She performed in folk costume and was better known as Lapp-Lisa, a name reflecting the Sami heritage of her home district. Anna-Lisa Vikström was born October 8, 1889 in the village of Mark, about 20 miles northwest of Vilhelmina, Västerbotten. In 1924 she married postal worker Johan “Jonte” Öst of Hedemora, with whom she had two daughters: Gun, whom they adopted in 1927, and Siw, who was born in 1935. Anna-Lisa Öst died April"
"Fame participant Jessica Andersson. The duo was called Fame. Fame was formed in 2003 and under that banner, he took part in 2003 in Melodifestivalen under the name Fame, with the ""Give Me Your Love"" that earned favour with the Swedish public and the jury winning in a landslide victory in Melodifestivalen 2003 at the Stockholm Globe Arena. They went on to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, eventually garnering 107 points, which put them in fifth place. With Eurovision success, Fame put up a full studio album also titled ""Give Me Your Love"". It included 14 tracks, 11 in"
"for the music and I have no wacky opinions. And I feel love from many homosexuals too."" Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), also known as Carola Søgaard for a period, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Her debut album, ""Främling"" (Stranger), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her 30-year-long career, she has"
"Norma Eberhardt Norma Eberhardt (July 8, 1929 – September 16, 2011) was an American actress who began her career as a fashion model. Her film credits included ""Live Fast, Die Young"" and ""The Return of Dracula"", both released in 1958. Eberhardt was born and raised in Oakhurst, New Jersey. She was discovered by fashion photographer as a teenager while attending an Easter Parade on the Asbury Park boardwalk with her mother. Reportedly, the photographer was struck by her two different colored eyes, one brown eye and one blue eye. The photographer, who was based in nearby New York City, assumed"
"Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir (pronounced ; born 28 July 1982) is an Icelandic singer and actress. She was a member of the bands Kritikal Mazz and Ske, and in 2005 began her solo career. She is best known for her portrayal of the controversial character Silvía Night. She studied acting in École Philippe Gaulier theatre school, Paris and got the Edda Award 2005 for best TV personality of the year and for the best TV show """"Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt"""" or """"See ya with Silvia Night"""" in English. Ágústa Eva was voted the sexiest woman in Iceland as"
"Nordstrom Sisters The Nordstrom Sisters were an American cabaret act which performed internationally from 1931 to 1976. Dagmar Nordstrom (1903 – 1976) the younger of the two sisters was a composer, arranger and the pianist of the duo. She wrote the music of ""Remembering You"", a fox trot popular in the 1940s and released on records. Sigfred Nordstrom (1893 – 1980), the elder sister, sang the lead and was the widow of Samuel Ferebee Williams (1883–1931), a confectionery executive who was the originator of the Tootsie Roll. They were married in 1919. Williams died in October 1931. Originally from Chicago,"
"Inger Wikström Inger Wikstrom (born 11 December 1939) is a Swedish pianist, composer and conductor. Inger Wikstrom began studying piano in Stockholm at the age of six, and at sixteen played as soloist with the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She made successful debuts as a concert pianist in Stockholm, Berlin, London and New York City. Later concert tours included the United States, Latin America, Russia, Israel, Africa, China, Japan and Australia. She married David Bartov and the couple moved with their three children to Österskär, where they opened the Nordic Music Conservatory in 1977, which became the Nordic Chamber Opera in"
"a 2016 production featuring 3-D virtual effects. Norma Tanega Norma Cecilia Tanega (born January 30, 1939) is an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. In the 1960s she had a hit with the single ""Walkin' My Cat Named Dog"" and wrote songs for Dusty Springfield and other prominent musicians. In recent decades Tanega has worked mostly as a percussionist, playing various styles of music in the bands Baboonz, hybridVigor and Ceramic Ensemble. Norma Tanega was born in Vallejo, California, near San Francisco, and moved to Long Beach at the age of two. Her mother, Otilda Tanega, was"
"Lotta Engberg Known as the most popular singer in Scandinavia. Anna Charlotte ""Lotta"" Engberg (née Pedersen; 5 March 1963 in Överkalix, Norrbotten County, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer and later in life a successful television host, notably with music show ""Lotta på Liseberg"" and the game show ""Bingolotto"". She represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with ""Boogaloo"" after winning Melodifestivalen 1987. She also tried many times in Melodifestivalen in 1984, 1988, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2012. She was also a singer in a number of formations including ""Trioala"" early on, and in dansbands Lotta & Anders Engbergs orkester"
"Elma Ström Elma Charlotta Ström (3 April 1822, Bro-14 July 1889, Stockholm), was a Swedish opera singer. Elma Ström was born in Bro in Uppland as the daughter of a farmer, and was raised in the home of a relative, the parish vicar Ekström on Mörkö. Ekström socialized with the local aristocracy and Elma Ström entertained his guests with singing. She attracted attention for her ability as a singer, and it was suggested that she perform for an expert. In 1836, she was accepted as a student in the operatic class of the ""Dramatens elevskola"" after having demonstrated her ability"
"Naima Wifstrand Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. Internationally, she was most notable for strong supporting parts in her later years in a number of Ingmar Bergman-films. Born Siri Naima Matilda Wifstrand in Stockholm in 1890, she was raised by her mother in Fleminggatan. Wifstrand never trained acting but learned the art thoroughly when she in 1905 joined the Anna Lundberg Theatre Company, a well reputed and respected theatre company in Sweden at the time. She travelled with them for a number of years, appearing"
"Norma Jean (singer) Norma Jean Beasler (born January 30, 1938), better known as Norma Jean, is an American country music singer who was a member of ""The Porter Wagoner Show"" from 1961–1967. She had 13 country singles in ""Billboard""s Country Top 40 between 1963 and 1968, recorded twenty albums for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1973, received two Grammy nominations, and was a Grand Ole Opry member for a number of years. Norma Jean Beasler was born January 30, 1938 in Wellston, Oklahoma, and grew up admiring country singer Kitty Wells, whom she considers her biggest influence. She got her"