Doris (singer)

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Swedish pop singer (1947–2023)

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::summary Swedish pop singer (1947–2023) ::

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nameDoris
imageDoris_(singer)_non-free.png
birth_nameDoris Svensson
birth_date
birth_placeGothenburg, Sweden
death_date
genrePop, soul, funk, psychedelic
occupationSinger
years_active1960–1970
labelOdeon, Mr Bongo
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Doris Svensson (1 July 1947 – 15 January 2023), billed mononymously as Doris, was a Swedish pop singer. Doris was best known for her lone solo album of eclectic pop, rock and funk, Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby, recorded in 1970. The record was re-issued in 1996 to critical acclaim.

Biography

Doris Svensson was born on 1 July 1947 in Gothenburg. Her singing career began in 1962 by recording a 45 with the local band The Strangers. She went on recording with Plums, including the tracks "You Made a Fool of Me Last Night" and "Wouldn't That Be Groovy", and The Dandys, including "Go Back to Daddy".

In April 1970, Doris went to record in the EMI studios of Stockholm. Most of the lyrics of the songs were by Scottish writer Francis Cowan. The material was composed by TV producer, jazz-pianist, and composer Berndt Egerbladh. He also provided the big band brass arrangements for the tracks. The heavy drumming on the tracks was performed by Janne Carlsson from the duo Hansson & Karlsson, and the bass was played by Lucas Lindholm. The album Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby was issued by Odeon in Sweden, 1970.

Doris died on 15 January 2023, at the age of 75.

Reception

The promotional singles distributed in U.K. and France in 1970 The Montreal Mirror newsweekly reviewed it as:"A relic of epic Swedish pop from '70. Perfectly hilarious and hilariously perfect." Her psychedelic jazz song "You Never Come Closer" is featured on the compilation LPs The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! and Pregnant Rainbows for Colourblind Dreamers: The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967–1979. The Sunday Times reviewed the song's instrumental and vocal style as:"...Hendrix backing Björk." The Blaxploitation.com database listed Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby among the Forty Essential Funk Albums of the music history. East Village Radio, FBi Radio of Australia, Q Radio, Raadio 2 of Estonia, and Radio Fritz of Germany.

"You Never Come Closer" was sampled on "Closer" by influential hip-hop producer Madlib for Quasimoto. This has led to Doris' work becoming increasingly popular amongst underground hip-hop fans and record collectors. "You Never Come Closer" can be heard in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, on the fictional radio station called FlyLo FM. The TV comedy Toast of Tinseltown used a cover version of "Beatmaker" performed by Matt Berry and Emma Noble as its end theme.

References

References

  1. "Doris: Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby. CD liner notes". Odeon Records.
  2. (17 January 2023). "Artisten Doris Svensson är död – blev 75 år gammal".
  3. "Forty Essential Funk Albums". Blaxploitation.com.
  4. (16 April 1998). "Compact Discs". [[The Montreal Mirror]].
  5. link. (15 July 2011 Other Music digital music store)
  6. "Doris". discogs.
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192958/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article3127493.ece Various Artists: Pregnant Rainbows for Colourblind Dreamers: The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967–1979] [[The Sunday Times]], 6 January 2008
  8. Doris's tracks have received airplay in the [[retro#Retro music. retro music]] radio programs, including on [[BBC Radio 1]],[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20090122 Tracklisting 22 January 2009] BBC
  9. (December 2016)
  10. link. (5 February 2009 FBi.com)
  11. [http://qradio.qthemusic.com/qradio/2008/05/eddie_piller.shtml Show: Eddie Piller] {{webarchive. link. (30 April 2009 Q Radio)
  12. (December 2016)
  13. [http://www.pop-on-paper.de/03radio/playlist_1998.html “Soundgarden/Scandinavien-Special” auf Radio Fritz] Pop on paper
  14. (5 January 2022). "Listen to Matt Berry and Emma Noble's 'Beatmaker' from Toast of Tinseltown".

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