Sylvia Vrethammar

Sylvia Vrethammar
Vrethammar in 2012
Background information
Birth name Eva Sylvia Vrethammar
Born (1945-08-22) 22 August 1945
Uddevalla, Sweden
Genres Traditional pop, jazz, Schlager
Years active 1962–present
Labels Polydor, Sonet, Pid Records

Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945,[1] Uddevalla, Sweden), is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. 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".[2] Vrethammar is also fluent in English.

In the 1970s, she occasionally appeared as guest singer with the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, singing in English.[3] 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),[4] in 2012 she recorded numbers from the tours.[5]

She is perhaps best known for the 1974 song, "Y Viva España". It reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1974, spending over six months in that listing. She was known in the UK simply as Sylvia[6] Globally her version alone sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[7]

She took part in Melodifestivalen 2002, singing "Hon är en annan nu".[8] She participated again in Melodifestivalen 2013 in the hope of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which was held in Malmö. She sang her song "Trivialitet"[9] in the fourth semifinal, which was also held in Malmö. She came seventh and was therefore eliminated from the contest.

Discography

  • 1969 – Tycker om dej
  • 1970 – Sylvia
  • 1971 – Dansa samba med mej
  • 1972 – Gamla stan
  • 1973 – Jag sjunger för dej
  • 1973 – Eviva España
  • 1974 – Sylvia & Göran på Nya Bacchi (with Göran Fristorp)
  • 1975 – Stardust & Sunshine
  • 1976 – Somebody loves you
  • 1977 – Mach das nochmal
  • 1977 – Leenden i regn
  • 1979 – Chateau Sylvia
  • 1980 – In Goodmansland
  • 1985 – Rio de Janeiro blue
  • 1990 – Öppna dina ögon
  • 1992 – Ricardo
  • 1999 – Best of Sylvia
  • 2002 – Faller för dig
  • 2005 – Sommar! Samba! Sylvia!
  • 2006 – Champagne
  • 2009 - Te quiero (compilation album)
  • 2013 - Trivialitet

References

  1. ↑ "Sök personer". Birthday.se. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "SVENSKTOPPEN" (TXT). Sverigesradio.se. 1969-01-05. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bert Kaempfert - Sylvia Vrethammar - Strangers in the night". YouTube. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "The History - Kaempfert Plays Kaempfert". Stefankaempfert.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ↑ (Polydor) Strangers In Night - The Music Of Bert Kaempfert - The Berlin Jazz Orchestra & Special Guests - VÖ 21.09.2012 - Bestellnr. 00602537073986
  6. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 544. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 351. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  8. ↑ "Sylvia Vrethammar - Hon Är En Annan Nu". Discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Various - Melodifestivalen 2013". Discogs. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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