Abba

The ABBA story began in June 1966 when Bjrn Ulvaeus (born 1945) met Benny Andersson (born 1946) for the first time. Bjrn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers, a very popular folk music group, while Benny played keyboards in Swedens biggest pop group of the 1960s, The Hep Stars.

The pair wrote their first song together later that year, and by the end of the decade they had established a regular partnership as composers. By that time, Benny had left The Hep Stars, while the Hootenanny Singers only existed in the recording studio. The Hootenanny Singers released their records on the Polar Music record label, owned by Stig Anderson (19311997), who was to become ABBAs manager. Stig...

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