ArtistInfo

Birgit Brüel

voc, 1927-1996 DK, Copenhagen
Singer of Pop and Jazz
A.k.a. Birgit Thora Marie-Louise Brüel

Birgit Brüel (born 6 October 1927, Copenhagen - died 23 February 1996, Gentofte) was a Danish singer and actress, known internationally for her participation in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.Brüel's professional career began in 1950 when she joined the Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and began training at the Danish Royal drama school. She married Brüel in 1951 and gave birth to twin daughters the following year (she also had one daughter from her first marriage, which had ended in divorce in 1949). During the 1950s she became well known as a theatre and screen actress, and between 1961 and 1966 she sang with the Danish Radio Jazz Group.

Instruments

• Vocals
• Backing Vocals

Genres

• Pop
• Jazz
• Soundtrack
• Folk
• World