Carli Tornehave Explained
| Carli Tornehave |
| Birth Date: | 1932 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genre: | Schlager |
| Occupation: | Singer
actor |
| Years Active: | 1950s- |
Carli Tornehave (born 26 August 1932, in Stockholm), is a Swedish singer and actor.[1]
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
- Hård stad (Rough Road by Lee Hazlewood) – 1961
- Angelique
- Den enda i världen
- En natt i Moskva
- Lykkeliten
- Gotländsk sommarnatt
- Monte Carlo
- När min vän kommer tillbaka (with Monica Zetterlund)
- Under ekars djupa grönska
- Mexican Shuffle
Filmography
- 1961 – Åsa-Nisse bland grevar och baroner
- 1962 – Raggargänget
- 1964 – Wild West Story
- 1965 – För vänskaps skull as the singer
- 1968 – Sarons ros och gubbarna i Knohult
- 1978 – Dante - akta're för Hajen!
Notes and References
- 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"
- News: Carli Tornehave firar 80 och 60. Helsingborgs dagblad. Swedish. Ulf Lind. 24 August 2012. 30 September 2017.
