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Evert Taube

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Aliases
Evert Taube med ork.
Evert Taube med ork. ackomp.
Evert Taube med orkester
Real name
Axel Evert Taube
Born
March 12, 1890
Died
January 31, 1976
Country
Sweden
IPI
00030265227 61 works
Affiliation
STIM
Comments
Poet, singer/songwriter, composer, lute player and painter. Considered the foremost 20th century troubadour in the Swedish ballad tradition. which is also reflected by his portrait since 2015 being on the Swedish 50 kronor banknote. Many of Taube's more than 200 songs - some he recorded many times - deal with his years as a sailor and in Latin America in a romantic way, but he also wrote some anti-fascist poems and songs. Taube is one Sweden's most covered songwriters and there are lots of tribute albums.
Family
Sven-Bertil Taube Son
Gösta Taube brother
Ellinor Taube Daughter
Carl-Otto Taube Brother
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
June 1928 Olle Adolphson
January 1938 (5 artists)
1938 (29 artists)
1932 (83 artists)
April 27, 1953 (46 artists)
December 1937 (12 artists)
1953 (22 artists)
October 1921 (37 artists)
1945 (18 artists)
January 1938 (19 artists)
January 1937 (44 artists)
March 1940 (22 artists)
1938 (32 artists)
1928 (19 artists)
1953 (14 artists)
1924 (41 artists)
September 1943 (18 artists)
September 1943 (64 artists)
1936 (20 artists)
 BRD (98 artists)
Originally by Sven-Bertil Taube REC,REL
December 1949 (28 artists)
1961 (110 artists)
1958 (140 artists)
1945 (24 artists)
December 1921 (22 artists)
1933 (24 artists)
December 1937 (24 artists)
November 1928 (4 artists)
1921 (9 artists)
1923 (7 artists)
October 1921 (14 artists)
September 1943 (21 artists)