CAROLA STANDERDTKJÖLD

From a very young age Carola was interested in learning foreing languages. Later her family moved to Spain where her first jazz perfomance took place. She also played the french chansons, which performed at school parties and small occasions, accompanying herself on the acoustic guitar.

Her Jazz career was betwen 1962 to 1966. Carola returned to Finland, where she was spotted by the Pethman's brothers who led a jazz quartet that was popular in Finland and Sweden in 1962. As the lead singer of Esa Pethman's quartet , Carola gained fame in Sweden, Poland and Czechoslovakia in 1963 and released her first track in Finland.

Her Pop career was betwen 1967 to 1975. Carola's popularity in Finland peaked with a lot of interpretarions. Utilizing her international experience, Carola performed in nine languages, including Finish, Swedish, German, French, Italian, English and Spanish. She interpreted chançon, jazz, blues, soul, and folk music.

On stage, Carola used to devote herself totally to singing and living within the music, usually oblivious of her audience. The Finnish public usually reacted to her concentrated act, accusing her of being drunk. Carola enjoyed being on stage, but after her shows, she usually felt depressed by and unsatisfied with her voice and performance,

Personal life: Carola felt exausted by the attention on the Finnish press at her private life. Her favourite activities were physical exercice, including walking, yachting, and driving. Her kilometrage was ususally 5,000 km/month.

Carola admitted consuming a good amount of alcoholic beverages in her youth, and she smoked 2/3 pakages of cigarrettes per day.

In the mid 1970, tired of living in the public eye, Carola retired from the music industry and concentrated on work in her husband's grocery store.

She died in the 1997, at the age of 56.

Charo Baruquer

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