The group we now know as ABBA began with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson meeting and then collaberating their songwriting talents back in the 1960's. Later the girls joined and the rest is history.
The creative force that was ABBA, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus were both influenced early on by American Folk Music that was very popular in the 1960's. As time went on they developed their own style.
The band ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 on the basis of their "influence and significance" to the music industry. They were influential in several ways:
The Beatles and The Beach Boys
Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulaevus who are the songwriters for the group were influenced by American folkmusic that was popular in the 1960's.
The band's manager, Stig Anderson, suggested it and the band adopted it in the summer of 1972.
They came from Sweden
the band abba came successful in which decade
ABBA is a Swedish group. I come from Sweden!
The Day Before You Came in late 1983.
ABBA
They came from sweden!
They came from Sweden
the band abba came successful in which decade
The Abba Seafood Company cans fish. They used the name Abba before the band did.
They came from Sweden, Europe.
Abba Eban's birth name is Aubrey Solomon Meir.
A palindrome for the Aramaic name for father could be "Abba".
There is no ABBA anymore. They broke up in 1982.
ABBA is a Swedish group. I come from Sweden!
In the New Testament Abba is another name for God.
It is the name of a Swedish fish cannery. ABBA had to ask their permission to use the name.
who came up with the name creators