Towa Carson

She debuted in 1954 and had the most success in the 1950s and 1960s like De tre klockorna, Swedish version of The three bells, which peaked at #4, Spara sista dansen för mig (Save the last dance for me), which peaked at #5 and her biggest hit Jag måste ge mig av (Billy Grammer's Gotta travel on), peaked at #3. She recorded many duets with Lasse Lönndahl, the most successful one was Visa mig hur man går hem (Irving King's Show me the way to go home) peaked at #12. The Swedish national radiochart Svensktoppen contains 25 "Towa-hits". She participated in the Swedish song contest Melodifestivalen (which serves as a national preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest) in 1967 (Du vet var jag finns, third place) and 1968 (two songs: Alla har glömt took fourth place, while Vem frågar vinden took the fifth). Unlike many other Scandinavian schlager-singing stars, she never sought international career, despite allegedly receiving offers from the US and West Germany. In 2004, at the age of 68,...