Carli Tornehave

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Carli Tornehave
Born(1932-08-26)26 August 1932
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres Schlager
Occupation(s)Singer
actor
Years active1950s-

Carli Tornehave (born 26 August 1932, in Stockholm), is a Swedish/Danish singer and actor. [1]

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Tornehave was born in Stockholm, but grew up in Denmark, where he and his family moved when he was four years old. He started playing music at an early age, playing several instruments and becoming a member of the Copenhagen Boys' Choir and later the Tivoli Orchestra.

He returned to Sweden at the age of 18. In 1954 he won a vocal competition in Stockholm, where he came into contact with the Swedish musician and entertainer Charlie Norman and sang with his orchestra for a few years, which included several tours of the folk parks. He also appeared in a few feature films. As a singer he has been called "Sweden's Frank Sinatra".

Tornehave made his recording debut in 1958 with "Första gången", the Swedish version of the Italian smash hit Come Prima.

He has participated at Melodifestivalen six times; in 1962 he performed Anneli and När min vän, in 1963 he performed Twist till menuett and En gång i Stockholm . The song "En gång i Stockholm" won the contest, but Monica Zetterlund was appointed to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in London. [2] In 1966, he performed Monte Carlo and Härliga söndag ending on second and eighth place respectively.

Famous Carli Tornehave songs

Filmography

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  1. The Gramophone – 1960– 38 p273 "Tornehave is a singer of real quality, even if his work does reflect that of his idol, Frank Sinatra. Britain would be hard put to produce a vocalist of Carli's equal and I hope we may be allowed to hear more of this artist in the future"
  2. Ulf Lind (24 August 2012). "Carli Tornehave firar 80 och 60" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs dagblad. Retrieved 30 September 2017.