Towa Carson

Towa Carson (born Birgit Carlsson on 31 March 1936 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Swedish schlager singer. She debuted in 1954 and had the most success in the 1950s and 1960s, when she recorded many duets with Lasse Lönndahl. She participated in the Swedish song contest Melodifestivalen in 1967 with Du vet var jag finns (third place) and in 1968 with two songs, Alla har glömt, which took fourth place, and Vem frågar vinden, which took fifth. In 2004, at the age of 68, she teamed up with fellow veteran Melodifestivalen participants Siw Malmkvist and Ann-Louise Hanson to enter the contest again. The trio, under the name Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist, gained media attention due to the average age of the ladies far exceeding 60. Their song, C'est la vie, written by the prolific Swedish composer Thomas G:son, was a typical schlager tune with an uptempo dance beat. The ladies advanced from their semifinal round thanks to their popularity with televoters and took the tenth place on the final night. They also appeared at one of that year's Allsång på Skansen events. In 2006, Towa Carson celebrated her 70th birthday. She is married to Bengt Anlert, a former football player for Allmänna Idrottsklubben. The unusual first name she uses on stage stems from her father calling her "Min lilla Tova" when she was a little girl, with reference to her tangled hair ("tova" means "tangle" in Swedish). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.