ABBA IN CONCERT,Before combining their destinies in the famous art pop group that dominated the '70s, each of the four components is asserted in the musical life: the Hootenanny Singers Björn in the early '60s, as leader Benny The Hep Stars, Agnetha record 1967, having already actively few hits, and Anni-Frid had built a solo career, partly with the help of Benny, who was next in 1970.
In 1967 Björn and Benny have made their first song and have to end a partnership as composers. Around this time, The Hep Stars Benny leaves the group while the Hootenanny Singers only become a studio band. Who was to become ABBA manager Stig Anderson was, that contributed to writing the lyrics of many ABBA hits during the early years of career. In spring 1969, Bjorn and Benny have met Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. With the advent of Benny and Bjorn as a duo on disk and in performances with the two girls appeared as backup vocal quartet idea begins to come alive. ABBA was a Swedish pop band active from 1972 to 1982. The quartet was formed by musicians Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, which joined the 2 friends of them, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog. The four have dominated the music charts worldwide from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Band name is an acronym from the initials of the surnames of the four protagonists.
