Lill-Babs

Barbro Svensson (Barbro Margareta Svensson, Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson) was born 9 march 1938 in Järvsö, Sweden. She was the first daughter of Britta and Ragnar Svensson.

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Barbro Svensson (Barbro Margareta Svensson, Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson) was born 9 march 1938 in Järvsö, Sweden. She was the first daughter of Britta and Ragnar Svensson.

At the age of fifteen, she sang on the radioshow Morgonkvisten as a "young talent". The swedish conductor Simon Brehm listened to the show, and contacted her that very evening. He wanted her to audition in his studio in Stockholm. The audition went well, and she stayed in Stockholm.