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Dancing Queen by ABBA and the Swedish Music Scene

By Martin Reynolds


If there's one particular track that will explain Sweden it must be Dancing Queen - ABBA. ABBA like a well-known travel host and chef would describe is one kind of Sweden's most widely used export. With all due regard to the music group and its participants, Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, I will have to understand that assertion not really considering that the band has become so commercial but simply because the band has described the country as well as its way of life. They have built Sweden well-known around the globe because of ABBA's songs.

The band is one of he most popular groups in the 70's and has redefined an era with their music. There dance inducing songs and electronic rich melody has influenced many of the artists today and their songs has even inspired a musical which was also released as a full length feature film.

Just before ABBA, Benny Anderson has been a part of the Hep Stars which in turn at that time was dubbed as Sweden's Beatles. They cover a lot of well-liked pop and rock and roll tracks at that time. At the age of 18 he's definitely writing songs and also launching huge success songs for his group. The group first met in Sweden when the 2 partners went to Cyprus. What started off as an impromptu jam at the sea became a full performance for the United Nations troops stationed from the area. This approach has been the start of an extremely unforgettable profession to the four vocalists. On November 1, 1970 Festfolk was developed which was the predecessor for ABBA. The work they do together had been on an album named Lycka, which had been initially just participation among Anderson, and Ulvaeus but Lyngstad and Faltskog added the back-up lines on most tunes. Their particular first record together was a music about a salvation army soldier called 'Hej, gamle man' The quartet continued working and visiting together and has slowly being extremely famous as a group.

In 1972, the group finally broke through as a quartet. They introduced their very first hit, People Need Love and the women from the group loved matched popularity with the guys playing various guitars and vocals. The track achieved number 17 in the Swedish chart, which is sufficient to be able to encourage the group to carry on playing as one. It has also been the first single that was released by the group to attain the US charts. However, despite of that achievement, the group does not have a genuine title yet.

In 1973, the group was officially known as ABBA. The group finally got their best year in 1976 when they released the album greatest hits, this despite of the fact they only have six official UK and US hits. The album however peaked in many International charts and gave ABBA its best years. It included a new single Fernando, which gave ABBA some new followers. However, Dancing Queen - ABBA remained the bands only US number one hit in the US. Despite of that, ABBA's popularity cannot be doubted, as their songs are still a favorite among many people today.




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