Erla Þorsteinsdóttir

Erla Þorsteinsdóttir (22 January 1933 – 25 September 2022) was an Icelandic singer who had considerable success in Iceland and Denmark in the 1950s. She first performed in Iceland in 1954 in the nightclub Jaðri. She sang one of the first Icelandic rock and roll songs called Vagg og velta which was controversially banned from playing in the state owned RÚV. In 1956, her single with the songs Heimþrá and Hljóðaklettur was the most sold record in Iceland.

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