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Benny Andersson. Göran Bror Benny Andersson KVO1kl ( Swedish: [ˈbɛ̌nːʏ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn] ⓘ; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! and its 2018 ...
ABBA[ a] were a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names arranged as a palindrome. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, [ 4] and are one of the ...
Benny Andersson discography. Benny Andersson has been active as a recording artist since 1964, when he joined Swedish rock band The Hep Stars. With them, and more recently as a member of ABBA and Benny Anderssons Orkester, he became one of the most successful Swedish composers and artists. He also wrote the musicals Chess, Kristina från ...
Hep Stars. Hep Stars in 1965. Left to right: Janne Frisk, Benny Andersson, Lennart Hegland, Svenne Hedlund, Christer Pettersson. The Hep Stars are a Swedish rock band formed in Stockholm in 1963. During 1965–1966 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in the English language.
Chess. (musical) Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice. The story involves a politically driven, Cold War -era chess tournament between two grandmasters, one American and the other Soviet, and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls ...
The album also includes nine instrumental tunes, all of which being old recordings from the band's previous albums as well as Benny's 1987 solo album Klinga mina klockor. To fit into the album concept, also the titles of those tracks were (directly) translated into the English language. "Story of a Heart" was released in the UK on July 9, 2009.
Following the November 1981 release of ABBA's eighth album The Visitors, the four ABBA members took some time away from the group to focus on individual priorities. Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson both became fathers again in January 1982, and wanted to spend some time with their wives and new born children; at the same time, they were beginning to develop ideas for their first musical ...
Album information. Benny Anderssons orkester, a folk music group founded in 2001 by former ABBA member Benny Andersson, follows the style of Andersson's two solo albums from the 1980s, Klinga mina klockor and November 1989. The album combines traditional Swedish folk music with classical, pop und jazz influences.