Artist: Benny Andersson
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Klinga mina klockor
Year: 1987
Tracks: 11
Producer/songwriter/keyboardist Benny Andersson co-produced the mega-hits of '70s Swedish pop grouping ABBA along with colleague ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus. Listening to ABBA, one canful see a definite Phil Spector/Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys influence (the thick vocal harmonies) on their records, understandable since Andersson cites the grouping as a favorite.
Benjamin Kubelsky Andersson was born on December 16, 1946, in Stockholm and comes from an accordion-playing family, which spawned his interest in picking up the instrument as a child. After discovering Elvis Presley, he began playing in rock bands. Choosing non to follow his don into the construction business, Andersson resign his tutelar job to play piano with the Hep Stars. The grouping had 15 chart records in Sweden, including Andersson's song "Sunny Girl." After being uncovered to the recording studio apartment, Andersson's interest was piqued.
Later he met Björn Ulvaeus and they began collaborating. The duette decided to use their girlfriends, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faltskog, on "People Need Love," which became a hit single. They decided to turn the chemical group Bjorn, Benny, Anna and Frida in 1974. The quartette performed their "Waterloo" at the televised Eurovision Song Contest and won number 1 pillage. Because of the brobdingnagian exposure, "Waterloo," an Atlantic Records single, became an outside hit, exit to number six-spot on Billboard's pop charts in summer 1974.
ABBA's other charting singles were "S.O.S.," "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," "Mamma Mia," "Fernando" (identification number one adult contemporary), the shimmering million-selling "Terpsichore Queen" (identification number one drink down), "Knowing Me Knowing You," "Money,Money,Money," "The Name of the Game," the gold "Take a Chance on Me" (identification number three drink down), and "Does Your Mother Know"; the group's utmost big hit was "The Winner Takes It All" (identification number eight drink down, number one adult present-day). Their biggest albums were the gold LP Reaching (early 1977), the atomic number 78 LP The Album ("Get hold of a Chance on Me") from 1978, the gold Voulez-Vous (summer 1979), the amber Super Trouper (late 1980), and The Visitors (early 1982).
ABBA, which disbanded in 1982, was profiled on a 1999 segment of VH1's Where Are They Now.
