Syng lille laerke / En smule - Raquel Rastenni

The Danish singer Raquel Rastenni was born in Copenhagen on 21 August 1915. She started her career as a dancer in the Helsingør Revue in 1936. She debuted as a singer in 1938 by being broadcast on radio. As a Jew, she fled Denmark in October 1943 along with her family, as the country had come under Nazi occupation. She spent the rest of the war years in Sweden where she continued having great success with her career, performing with orchestras and in cabarets and varieties.

In 1958 she represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog' (a single I am still searching for, actually). She kept in touch with the Contest after that, because a lot of her singles are actually cover versions of Eurovision songs. This single, for instance, presents her Danish versions of the number 1 and 2 of the 1959 edition. 'Syng lille laerke' is a version of 'Sing little birdie', and 'En smule' is Raquel's take on ''n Beetje'. It sounds rather good actually!

My collection: 7" single no. 7616
Found: Discogs.com, received 18 March 2025
Tracks: 'Syng lille laerke' / 'En smule'