Sonya Hedenbratt - Sonya Hedenbratt 1951-1956 (2CD) (2011)

Sonya Elisabet Hedenbratt Bolin (4 March 1931 - 5 April 2001) was a Swedish singer and actress. She was considered one of the foremost female jazz singers in Sweden. Hedenbratt's breakthrough as a jazz singer came when she performed at the Nalen jazz club in Stockholm in 1951. Throughout her career, she mainly worked in Gothenburg, where she was born and where she lived all her life. She was part of the cast for several of Hasse & Tage's variety shows, including Gröna hund and Gula Hund, and she also worked with musicians such as Jan Johansson, Gösta Bernhard, Putte Wickman, Charlie Norman and Beppe Wolgers.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Hedenbratt performed together with Sten-Åke Cederhök in the televised popular revues (buskis) Jubel i busken and Låt hjärtat va me.

Hedenbratt's other credits as an actress include Hasse & Tage's Svenska bilder from 1964, Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander from 1982 (where she played the part of Aunt Emma), and the TV production of My Mother Gets Married by Moa Martinson.

Hedenbratt has been honoured with a memorial plaque at Liseberg, and a street in Örgryte has been named after her.



Track List:
[3:24] 1. I can’t give you anything but love
[3:20] 2. He’s funny that way
[3:36] 3. The nearness of you
[3:03] 4. All of me
[2:33] 5. I only have eyes for you
[3:10] 6. Stranger in paradise
[2:41] 7. S:t Louis blues
[2:53] 8. Cry me a river
[2:23] 9. Somebody loves me
[3:09] 10. Tenderly
[3:13] 11. Wonder why
[2:57] 12. Lullaby of Broadway
[2:32] 13. Destination moon
[3:34] 14. Dedicated to you
[2:30] 15. Perdido
[2:47] 16. Mister and Mississippi
[2:15] 17. What is this thing called love
[2:45] 18. Stormy weather
[3:27] 19. Boogies blues
[2:47] 20. Alexander’s ragtime band
[2:57] 1. Kärlekens gåta (Love me or leave me)
[2:27] 2. Ta mej i famn (Take me away)
[2:40] 3. Jag blir kär för lätt (I Fall In Love Too Easily)
[3:16] 4. Lyckans tårar
[2:46] 5. För sent
[2:21] 6. Om du är min hjärtevän (Did You Know You Stole My Heart)
[2:41] 7. Om du trår mot en vår
[2:49] 8. Zing en liten zong
[2:49] 9. Botch a me (Ba-Ba Baciami Piccina)
[2:32] 10. Aba daba (Aba daba honeymoon)

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 recorded 5 November 1956.
Tracks 1-5 to 1-6 recorded at Liseberg, Göteborg, 6-7 September 1955.
Tracks 1-7 to 1-8 recorded at EuropaFilm, Bromma, March 1956.
Track 1-9 recorded 10 June 1953.
Tracks 1-10 to 1-13 recorded at Konserthuset Attiksalen, Stockholm, 11 February 1952.
Tracks 1-14 to 1-15 recorded 21 September 1951.
Tracks 1-16 to 1-17 recorded in Stockholm, 20 September 1951.
Tracks 1-18 to 1-20 recorded 15 August 1951.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-2 recorded at EuropaFilm, Bromma, March 1956.
Track 2-3 recorded at Europafilm, Stockholm, January 1956.
Tracks 2-4 to 2-7 recorded at Metronome's studio, Karlavägen, Stockholm, 21 March 1955.
Tracks 2-8 to 2-9 recorded at Konserthuset Attiksalen, Stockholm, 16 January 1953.
Track 2-10 recorded 15 August 1951.

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