Anni-frid lyngstad
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Benny Andersson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson was born December 16, 1946 in Stockholm, and spent much of his youth in the suburb of Vällingby. Music entered Benny’s life when he was very young. At the age of six he got his first accordion and started playing together with his father Gösta and his grandfather Efraim.
Benny started out in the band of singer Christina Grönvall, who later became his girlfriend and mother of his first two children. From there, he moved on to the group Elverkets Spelmanslag.
In October 1964, he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist, and they became one the most successful Swedish 1960s bands, the ‘Swedish Beatles’ with a huge fan base. Benny began to write his own songs, the first of which was ‘No Response’, followed by his first big hit, ‘Sunny Girl’, that attracted attention outside of Sweden as well.
While on the road, Benny met Björn in June 1966, and they started to write music together. Their first song, ‘Isn’t It Easy To Say’, was recorded by the Hep Stars, their friendship and desire to collaborate grew, and they formed their own publishing c
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Benny Andersson
Not to be confused with Benny Andersen.
Swedish musician and composer (born 1946)
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| Born | Göran Bror Benny Andersson (1946-12-16) 16 December 1946 (age 78) Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouses | Anni-Frid Lyngstad (m. 1978; div. 1981)Mona Nörklit (m. 1981) |
| Partner | Christina Grönvall (1961–1966) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Member of | Benny Anderssons orkester |
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Göran BrorBennyAndersson (Swedish:[ˈbɛ̌nːʏˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]ⓘ; 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
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BENNY ANDERSSON
Official Polar Music biography 1976:
Benny Andersson began his musical career in 1963 in the pop group HEP STARS which was by far the most popular group in Sweden between 1963-68.
He began writing songs in 1965 and almost all of these climbed up the lists with a little help from his friends the Hep Stars.
Gradually he came to spend more and more of his time composing. Especially after he met Bjorn Ulvaeus at the beginning of 1966. The two of them together have written more hits in the past five years than anyone in Scandinavia. Benny has previously taken part in the competition to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest three times. In each case the songs he has written in conjunction with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson have sold most of all the competing tunes.
In the summer of 1969 Benny met Frida at the same time as Bjorn Ulvaeus met Anna Faltskog. The personal relationships plus Bjorn and Benny’s composition has led quite naturally to the very close co-operation which the four friends have had during the past two years.
Full name: Benny Andersson
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