Doris

Doris Svensson (1 July 1947 – 15 January 2023), billed mononymously as Doris, was a Swedish pop singer. Doris was best known for her lone solo album of eclectic pop, rock and funk, Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby, recorded in 1970. The record was re-issued in 1996 to critical acclaim.

Biography Doris Svensson was born on 1 July 1947 in Gothenburg. Her singing career began in 1962 by recording a 45 with the local band The Strangers. She went on recording with Plums, including the tracks "You Made a Fool of Me Last Night" and "Wouldn't That Be Groovy", and The Dandys, including "Go Back to Daddy".

In April 1970, Doris went to record in the EMI studios of Stockholm. Most of the lyrics of the songs were by Scottish writer Francis Cowan. The material was composed by TV producer, jazz-pianist, and composer Berndt Egerbladh. He also provided the big band brass arrangements for the tracks. The heavy drumming on the tracks

Reception The promotional singles distributed in U.K. and France in 1970 The Montreal Mirror newsweekly reviewed it as:"A relic of epic Swedish pop from '70. Perfectly hilarious and hilariously perfect." Her psychedelic jazz song "You Never Come Closer" is featured on the compilation LPs The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! and Pregnant Rainbows for Colourblind Dreamers: The Essence of Swedish Progressive Music 1967–1979. The Sunday Times reviewed the song's instrumental and vocal style as:"...Hendrix backing Björk." The Blaxploitation.com database listed Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby among the Forty Essential Funk Albums of the music history. East Village Radio, FBi Radio of Australia, Q Radio, Raadio 2 of Estonia, and Radio Fritz of Germany.

"You Never Come Closer" was sampled on "Closer" by influential hip-hop producer Madlib for Quasimoto. This has led to Doris' work becoming increasingly popular amongst underground hip-hop fans and record collectors. "You Never Come Closer" can be heard in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, on the fictional radio station called FlyLo FM. The TV comedy Toast of Tinseltown used a cover version of "Beatmaker" performed by Matt Berry and Emma Noble as its end theme.