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4 unusual facts about Raquel Rastenni


I Really Don't Want to Know

Raquel Rastenni with Harry Felbert's sixtet and chorus recorded it in Copenhagen in 1954.

Little Things Mean a Lot

Otto Leisner wrote lyrics for a Danish rendering entitled "Småting kan sige alt" recorded by Raquel Rastenni, acc.

Raquel Rastenni

As a Jew, she fled Denmark in October 1943 along with her family, as the country had come under Nazi occupation.

Her jazz singing style has been compared to that of Ella Fitzgerald.


Lilla stjärna

Dressed in the Leksand national costume, Babs performed 5th in the running order on the night of the contest, following Luxembourg's Solange Berry with "Un grand amour" and preceding Denmark's Raquel Rastenni with "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog".


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