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Jerry Williams
Erik Sven Fernström, better known as Jerry Williams, was born in 1942 in Solna,
Sweden, and became a Swedish rock singer with a long solo career. Raised in a
working‑class family, he worked as a plumber in his youth and did his mandatory
military service in 1966. In 1962 he joined The Violents, the band that had been
formed in 1959 and was influenced by The Shadows, and he became their frontman;
the group’s single "Darling Nelly Grey" became a major hit in Sweden, and in
1963 they were the opening act for The Beatles’ Sweden tour, having also been
among the opening acts when Litt...
