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Origins of ABBA

Complete the text with the words missing. Did you know the story behind the famous group ABBA?

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The ABBA began in Sweden , more than five ago . In June 1966 , Björn Ulvaeus Benny Andersson for the first time . Björn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers , a very popular folk music , while Benny played in Sweden ? s biggest pop group of the 1960s , The Hep Stars .

The pair their first song together just a few weeks later , and by the end of the decade they had established a regular partnership as composers . By that time , Benny had left The Hep Stars , while the Hootenanny Singers only existed in the recording . The Hootenanny Singers released their records on the Polar Music record label , owned by Stig Anderson , who was to become ABBA ? s .

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In the spring of 1969 , Björn and Benny met the two who were to become not only their fiancées but also the other half of ABBA .

Agnetha Fältskog had been a successful solo since releasing her first single in 1967 . She and Björn were in July 1971 .

Anni - Frid Lyngstad , also known as Frida , started her recording shortly before Agnetha . Frida was of Norwegian , but had moved to Sweden at a very early . Benny and Frida didn ? t get married until October 1978 .

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In the spring of 1972 the group recorded a called ? People Need Love ? , garnering a medium - sized hit in . At this time , they called themselves Björn & Benny , Agnetha & Anni - Frid . Encouraged by this success they entered the 1973 Melodifestivalen , the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song , with the song ? Ring Ring ? . They third , but the single and the album of the same name were the hits of the year in Sweden and several other European countries .

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The entered Melodifestivalen again in 1974 , time with ? Waterloo ? , which took them all the to the Eurovision finals in Brighton , England .

By this time they had changed their to ABBA , an of their first names . The Eurovision Song Contest on April 6 , 1974 turned out to be the most moment in ABBA history , when the group won the international juries over with ? Waterloo ? .

Soon after this , ? Waterloo ? was Number One on the all over Europe , even reaching the Top Ten in the US , where the Eurovision Song Contest had no impact . The album of the same name was also a huge hit in Sweden .

However , the ? stigma ? of being winners of the Eurovision Song Contest made it difficult for ABBA to be taken when they tried to follow this first success . It wasn ? t until some 18 later that they got a major hit again with ? SOS ? , taken off their third album , simply entitled ABBA .

? Mamma Mia ? , also from the ABBA album , returned the group to the UK Number One spot , which they occupied a total of nine times 1974 and 1980 . ? Mamma Mia ? was Number One for ten weeks in Australia , which was the first to release it as a single . Over the next couple of years , Australia would be caught up in a virtual ABBA fever , giving the group a of six Number One hits .