Birth name Eva Sylvia Vrethammar Movies Ein Sommernachtsball Partner Alex Gietz | Name Sylvia Vrethammar Years active 1962–present | |
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Role Singer · sylvia-vrethammar.de Spouse Rune Ofwerman (m. 1980–1990) Albums Sommar! Samba! Sylvia!, Sylviva - De basta klassikerna Similar People Kristian Anttila, Rune Ofwerman, Georgie Fame, Heinz Gietz | ||
Toots Thielemans, Sylvia Vrethammar & Sivuca present "Rendez-vous In Rio" (1985)
Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born August 22, 1945, 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.
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- Toots Thielemans Sylvia Vrethammar Sivuca present Rendez vous In Rio 1985
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In 1969, she released a Swedish-language cover version of Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man, entitled En lärling på våran gård. Vrethammar is also fluent in English.
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.
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 Globally her version alone sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
She took part in Melodifestivalen 2002, singing "Hon är en annan nu". 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" in the fourth semifinal, which was also held in Malmö. She came seventh and was therefore eliminated from the contest.