Doris & Plums - Mama Didn’t Lie, 1967

Posted by A big-voiced blue-eyed soul, jazz, and pop vocalist reminiscent of Lulu, Dusty Springfield, and Petula Clark, Sweden’s Doris Svensson is best known for her lone solo LP, 1970’s eclectic Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby, which made few waves on its initial release but became a favorite of rare groove crate-diggers as time went on. Born in Gothenburg in 1947, Svensson performed with several bands throughout the ’60s, making her debut with the Strangers in 1960 and going on to score hits in the groups Plums (“Mama Didn’t Lie,“ “Wouldn’t That Be Groovy“ -- the latter with a promo video directed by a young Lasse Hallström) and the Dandys (“Go Back to Daddy“) late in the decade. The clip is from the movie Susanne (1960) by Elsa Colfach and starring Susanne Ulfsäter.