Boris Lindqvist
Karl Boris Lennart Lindqvist was a Swedish singer and musician.Biography
Lindqvist was born in Stockholm. In the late 1950s, as Rock-Boris, he gained fame as one of Sweden's first rock and roll performers. In the 1960s, Lindqvist also started performing jazz and schlager. He was the lead singer of the group The Telstars who had a hit with the song "Håll dig till höger, Svensson" in connection with Dagen H in 1967. Later, Lindqvist started focusing on jazz and formed his own jazz group, called Boris Jazz 'n' Roll Band. In the early 2000s, Lindqvist moved to Cyprus, and in 2005 he embarked on a farewell tour.
Lindqvist died in October 2017 at the age of 76.
