In the beginning, the upcoming Swedish band called themselves Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid, and their first collaborated cabaret act Festfolk in 1970 failed. Then in the spring of 1972, their song ‘people need love’ became a medium-sized hit in Sweden. Encouraged by this, they went on to participating in the Eurovision song contest [...]
The history of one of the most famous groups began in 1966 when Bjorn Ulvaeus met Benny Andersson. Though they came from different music genres, they became great partners in composing songs. Bjorn was a member of the Hootenanny singers and their records were on the Polar Music record label owned by Stig Anderson. Stig [...]
Invited to A theme party on the 70s? The best bet is to dress up as one of the band members of ABBA. Even if you simply wear long sleeved loose shirts with added fringes over bootlegs with three or four flares below the knee, everybody would know you are the ABBAs.
The heightened popularity of [...]