Bertil Boo grew up as the youngest of 15 siblings on a farm, which he took over after the death of his father. It was not until 1946, at the age of 32, that Boo became popular as a singer, when he sang the sentimental song Violer till mor (Violets for Mother) in the Swedish radio show Frukostklubben.[2] Boo had already recorded the song on the Sonora label, which at the time was one of the leading Swedish record labels, and after the performance on Frukostklubben, Violer till mor sold 250,000 copies, which in 1946 was an extraordinarily high number.[1] Boo became known for singing this kind of popular ballad, and made a large number of recordings. His sobriquet was Den sjungande bonden (the singing farmer).[2]
As the "singing farmer", Boo appeared in ten of the Åsa-Nisse films between 1949 and 1966. Boo did not consider himself an actor, but would sing one or more songs in the films.[2]
bertil, john, january, 1914, askersund, july, 1996, sundbyberg, swedish, singer, photo, record, sleeve, 1959background, informationbirth, namejohn, born, 1914, january, 1914askersund, swedendied20, july, 1996, 1996, aged, sundbyberg, swedengenresballadsoccupat. John Bertil Boo 16 January 1914 in Askersund 20 July 1996 in Sundbyberg was a Swedish singer 1 Bertil BooPhoto on record sleeve 1959Background informationBirth nameJohn Bertil BooBorn 1914 01 16 16 January 1914Askersund SwedenDied20 July 1996 1996 07 20 aged 82 Sundbyberg SwedenGenresBalladsOccupation s Singer actor farmerLabelsSonora Bertil Boo grew up as the youngest of 15 siblings on a farm which he took over after the death of his father It was not until 1946 at the age of 32 that Boo became popular as a singer when he sang the sentimental song Violer till mor Violets for Mother in the Swedish radio show Frukostklubben 2 Boo had already recorded the song on the Sonora label which at the time was one of the leading Swedish record labels and after the performance on Frukostklubben Violer till mor sold 250 000 copies which in 1946 was an extraordinarily high number 1 Boo became known for singing this kind of popular ballad and made a large number of recordings His sobriquet was Den sjungande bonden the singing farmer 2 As the singing farmer Boo appeared in ten of the Asa Nisse films between 1949 and 1966 Boo did not consider himself an actor but would sing one or more songs in the films 2 Bertil Boo died of leukemia in 1996 2 References Edit a b Nationalencyclopedin biographical entry about Bertil Boo a b c d Bertil Boo den sjungande bonden in Swedish Sundbyberg City Museum Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 External links EditBertil Boo at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bertil Boo amp oldid 1064300105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
