"The song has gained a small cult following among ABBA fans. ""ABBA: Uncensored on the road"" explains the song ""was also the flip side of the Super Trouper single"". ""From Abba to Mamma Mia!: The Official Book"" explains ""After a two-week break in March for the concluding tour of Japan, by the end of April ABBA had completed the songs ""Andante, Andante"", ""On And On And On"", ""Happy New Year"", ""Elaine"" and ""The Piper""."" The Piper (ABBA song) ""The Piper"" is a 1980 track off the ""Super Trouper"" album by Swedish pop group ABBA. The song is loosely based on"
"ABBA, Ulvaeus and Andersson created the musicals ""Chess"", a collaboration with lyricist Tim Rice, ""Kristina från Duvemåla"" (based on ""The Emigrants"" novels by Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg), and ""Mamma Mia!"" (based on ABBA songs). Together with Andersson, Ulvaeus was nominated for the Drama Desk Award in the category ""Outstanding Music"" (for the musical ""Chess""), and for a Tony Award in a category ""Best Orchestrations"" (for the musical ""Mamma Mia!""). Original cast recordings of both musicals were nominated for a Grammy Award. For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, thirty years after ABBA had won the 1974"
"Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper ""Mamma Mia"". Ulvaeus and Andersson, who composed the original music for ABBA, were involved in the development of the show from the beginning. Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad has been involved financially in the production and she has also been present at many of the premieres around the world."
"Portugal. ""Mamma Mia!"", another musical based on the songs of ABBA Abbacadabra ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA. It was originally produced for French television in 1983 by Alain and Daniel Boublil, but which was later also transferred to an English stage version and two other television programs. The story was not always the same as the selection of the chosen songs varied by productions. The French television production consisted of 12 ABBA songs with new French lyrics by Alain & Daniel Boublil, and the story was based on classic fairy tales"
"Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (credited as Björn Ulvæus ; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, producer, a member of the Swedish musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals ""Chess"", ""Kristina från Duvemåla"", and ""Mamma Mia!"". He co-produced the film ""Mamma Mia!"" with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson. Björn Kristian Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg, but as a child he moved with his family to Västervik. His parents were Aina (1909–2005) and Erik Gunnar Ulvaeus (1912–1999). Ulvaeus studied business and law at Lund University after doing his military service with comedian Magnus Holmström. Before"
"In April/May 2007, Andersson worked on the film soundtrack, re-recording the ABBA songs with musicians from the original ABBA recording sessions. ""Mamma Mia! The Movie"" has become the most successful film musical of all time, and the biggest-selling DVD ever in the UK. Andersson currently performs with his own band of 16 musicians, Benny Anderssons Orkester (""Benny Andersson's orchestra"", BAO), with fellow Swedes Helen Sjöholm (of ""Kristina from Duvemåla"") and Tommy Körberg (of ""Chess""), with lyrics to new material sometimes written by Björn Ulvaeus. BAO has released five albums to huge success in Sweden, all containing hit singles. BAO recently"
"Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music 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 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001, he has been active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester. Göran Bror Benny Andersson was born in the Vasastan district of Stockholm, to civil engineer Gösta Andersson (1912–1973) and his wife Laila (1920–1971). His sister Eva-Lis Andersson"
"his father's footsteps in forming his own band. Andersson was an alcoholic through much of his adult life. He has remained a teetotaler since 2001. Andersson did not disclose the extent of his substance abuse problems until a 2011 interview, at which point he had maintained nearly a decade of sobriety. Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music 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 sequel, Mamma Mia!"
"features performances by the original London cast of the musical including Lisa Stokke, Siobhán McCarthy and Hilton McRae. The album was produced by the two male members of ABBA, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus The album featured a number of ABBA's best known songs, including the title track, ""Dancing Queen"", ""Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"" and ""Thank You for the Music"". The album was re-released in 2004, five years after its initial release to commemorate the musical's 5th anniversary. The new edition contained the original 24 tracks as well as three bonus tracks: the encore versions of ""Dancing"
"The Girl with the Golden Hair The Girl with the Golden Hair was a mini-musical that ABBA created, and performed during each of their 1977 European and Australian concert tour shows. Benny and Björn wanted to offer more than ""a run through of their hits and assorted album tracks"", and this new path ""symbolised the boys' departure from the pop mainstream"". Although the songs received a ""less-than-tumultuous"" reception during the first performances of the mini-musical, three of the tracks (""Thank You for the Music"", ""I'm a Marionette"", and ""I Wonder (Departure)"" were featured as the final tracks on """" in"
"in New York City for two nights in September 2009, yielding a live recording, and at the Royal Albert Hall for one night in April 2010. Andersson's next project was ""Mamma Mia!"", a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster, with versions in several languages being played in many countries, including the UK (West End premiere in April 1999), Canada (Toronto premiere in 2000), the USA (Broadway premiere in 2001), and Sweden (Swedish language premiere in 2005). For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Istanbul thirty years after ABBA"
"Abbacadabra ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA. It was originally produced for French television in 1983 by Alain and Daniel Boublil, but which was later also transferred to an English stage version and two other television programs. The story was not always the same as the selection of the chosen songs varied by productions. The French television production consisted of 12 ABBA songs with new French lyrics by Alain & Daniel Boublil, and the story was based on classic fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Snow White and others. The cast"
"women should prioritise following their goals and enjoying their youths over marriage. It also celebrates female friendship, and undermines the importance of fathers in women’s lives, prioritising self-actualisation and the role of the mother instead. Librettist Catherine Johnson manages to express these themes through her transformation of ABBA’s music, as she turns these somewhat stereotypical songs into empowering ones by having characters of different genders sing them. Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA composed by Benny Andersson"
"Mamma Mia! (film series) Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again are an American musical film series based on the 1999 musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. An international co-production between Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the first two films were directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Ol Parker, respectively, distributed by Universal Pictures in partnership with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's Playtone and Littlestar, and the title originates from ABBA's 1975 chart-topper ""Mamma Mia"". Meryl Streep and Amanda"
"the seventh longest-running show in West End history, as well as various international productions. Its Broadway incarnation closed in September 2015 after a 14-year run, making it the ninth longest-running show in Broadway history. ""Mamma Mia!"" is based on the songs of ABBA, a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972 to 1982 and one of the most popular international pop groups of all time, topping the charts again and again in Europe, North and South America and Australia. Following the premiere of the musical in London in 1999, topped the charts in the United Kingdom again. This musical was the"
"adapted as an orchestral piece. Additional ABBA songs included are ""Mamma Mia"", ""Waterloo"", ""Fernando"", and ""I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"". Also included are ""Sugar Baby Love"" by The Rubettes, ""The Tide Is High"" by Blondie, ""I Go to Rio"" by Peter Allen, ""Happy Together"" by The Turtles, and Schubert's ""Ave Maria"". In September 2016, it was announced that Sydney Theatre Company would produce a musical adaptation of ""Muriel's Wedding"". ""Muriel's Wedding The Musical"" incorporates songs by ABBA as well as original music by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall. P. J. Hogan wrote the musical's book,"
"ABBA ABBA () are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's name is an acronym of the first letters of their first names. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at The Dome in Brighton, UK, giving Sweden its first triumph in the contest. They are the most successful group to have taken part in the competition. Estimates of ABBA's total record sales"
"Mamma Mia! (film) Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson based on the 1999 musical of the same name, also written by Johnson, which itself is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, including the title song, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features an ensemble cast, including Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, Meryl Streep and Julie Walters. The plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to"
"It was written and directed by Ol Parker. It was announced that Seyfried, Cooper, Streep, Firth and Brosnan would be returning. In July 2017, Lily James was confirmed to portray young Donna. Mamma Mia! (film) Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson based on the 1999 musical of the same name, also written by Johnson, which itself is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, including the title song, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson. The film features"
"artists, but soon discovered the qualities of Lyngstad's and Fältskog's voices combined; thus, the band was formed initially as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, later renamed ABBA. Possessing a wide mezzo-soprano vocal range, according to both Ulvaeus and herself, Lyngstad sang solo parts in the following ABBA songs: ""Andante, Andante"", ""Cassandra"", ""Fernando"", ""Get On the Carousel"", ""Gonna Sing You My Lovesong"", ""I Am the City"", ""I Have a Dream"", ""I Let The Music Speak"", ""On Top of Old Smokey"", ""I Wonder (Departure)"", ""The King Has Lost His Crown"", ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Like an Angel Passing Through My Room"","
"TV musical for children based on songs of ABBA). Bonnie played the role of Sleeping Beauty and José had the role of Snow White. Other Dutch celebrities took part in this music show: Marga Scheide of Luv' (as ""Carabosse/the Bad Fairy""), Ron Brandsteder (Patty Brard's first husband) and Benny Neyman. In 1985, Bonnie & José recorded a whole LP (entitled ""Herinnering"") with ABBA's standards. This opus contained another Top 40 hit: ""Zoals Vrienden Doen"" (""The Way Old Friends Do""). In 1986, the duet recorded a TV special in Sweden: ""Bonnie en José in Zweden"" aired on the NCRV channel. The"
"of the 1994 Australian film ""Muriel's Wedding"", songwriters Ulvaeus and Andersson allowed the use of ""Dancing Queen"" and other ABBA hits. ""Dancing Queen"" was among the ABBA songs included in ""Mamma Mia!"", the jukebox musical first produced in 1999 and adapted in 2008 as movie: ""Mamma Mia!"". It is also featured in the film's sequel, ""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"". The first International Standard Musical Work Code was assigned in 1995 to ""Dancing Queen""; the code is T-000.000.001-0. ""Dancing Queen"" was a worldwide hit, topping the charts in more than a dozen countries including ABBA's native Sweden (where it"
"appearances in the musical ""Mamma Mia!"". Samples from the song appear in scrambled ""nightmare"" form during the ent'racte, and is also scene change music between the songs ""The Winner Takes It All"" and ""Take a Chance on Me"". Summer Night City ""Summer Night City"" is a song recorded by the Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as a tribute to their hometown of Stockholm. It is the group's second non-album single, released on 6 September 1978. It was originally intended as the lead single from the group's upcoming ""Voulez-Vous"" album, but was eventually not included."
"musical and movie. In 2008, the song was covered in a jazz/lounge style by American group BNB on its album ""Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA"". Tribute group Abbacadabra released numerous dance cover remixes of the song through Almighty Records in the late 1990s. Mixes of the group's cover version were most recently included on the its 2008 compilation ""We Love ABBA: The Mamma Mia Dance Compilation"". Audio samples can be heard on the official Almighty Records website. The British sitcom comedy ""Gimme Gimme Gimme"" used this song as its title theme. The Unix/Linux computer operating system command line utility ""man"""
"Thank You for the Music (box set) Thank You for the Music is the title of a box set by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released in 1994. It has 66 tracks (separated onto four discs), including songs from the early ABBA days, such as ""People Need Love"" and ""He Is Your Brother"", as well as their most popular and recognisable songs (""Dancing Queen"" and ""Mamma Mia"" etc.). Many (but not all) non-album B-sides appear on the box set, many appearing on CD for the first time. The fourth CD includes a host of rarities, most notable being the ""ABBA"
"Musical ""Abbacadabra"", alongside ABBA brunette Frida Lyngstad. They performed the song ""Belle"" together. When a bombing in Beirut happened, Balavoine, whose brother, Yves, was stationed, created a polemic by insulting the French Veterans and the government who were pushing the war. Two weeks later, he made a public apology for the disorder he created. In 1984, Balavoine went again on the road for a yearlong tour across France. For this new tour, Balavoine introduced new technologies like Vari-Lite lights and HF tech. Balavoine looked for the perfect sound and the perfect ambience rather than the set, which was furnished sparsely."
"ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute is an upcoming American-British television special tribute to the Swedish band ABBA set to air in 2019 on NBC and BBC. It will feature appearances by Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and a performance of their new song ""I Still Have Faith in You” by their digital avatars. It will also include appearances by a variety of musical artists performing ABBA songs such as ""Dancing Queen,"" ""Mamma Mia,"" ""The Winner Takes It All,"" and ""Take a Chance on"
"Abe (musical) Abe is a musical in two acts based on the life of President Abraham Lincoln with book & lyrics by Lee Goldsmith, music by Roger Anderson and orchestration by Greg Anthony. The musical covers the life of Abraham Lincoln from his earliest attempts at self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him the 16th president of an already fracturing United States. Also explored is Lincoln's youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father"
"In the Playbill for the concert the song ""Summer Rose"" was listed as a reprise at the end of Act Two but was not performed at either of the two concerts. The cast featured: American Theatre Orchestra Music director and conductor: Paul Gemignani Director: Lars Rudolfsson The song titles are the original Swedish ones. The titles in parenthesis are the titles directly translated into English. Kristina från Duvemåla Kristina från Duvemåla ""(""Kristina from Duvemåla"")"" is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music). It's based on a series of four novels by Swedish"
"Swedish pop band ABBA. The piece was commissioned by the Migros Museum in Zurich, and was one of the museum's inaugural exhibits. The premiere of the piece marked Kjartansson's first solo show in Switzerland. ""The Visitors"" constitutes the performance of a song written by Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Kjartansson's ex-wife. The piece is displayed across nine different screens, each featuring musicians or artists either by themselves or in groups in different rooms of a house, or outside, performing simultaneously but separately. One screen features Kjartansson by himself. Others featured in the piece include friends of Kjartansson, both from the artist's native"
"Kristina från Duvemåla Kristina från Duvemåla ""(""Kristina from Duvemåla"")"" is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music). It's based on a series of four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century: ""The Emigrants"", ""Unto a Good Land"", ""The Settlers"", and ""The Last Letter Home"". The show premiered at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre in Malmö, Sweden, on 7 October 1995 and received a rapturous welcome. The audience gave it a 10-minute standing ovation, while the critics unanimously praised it."
"Have Faith in You"" and ""Don't Shut Me Down"". ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute ABBA: Thank You for the Music, An All-Star Tribute is an upcoming American-British television special tribute to the Swedish band ABBA set to air in 2019 on NBC and BBC. It will feature appearances by Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and a performance of their new song ""I Still Have Faith in You” by their digital avatars. It will also include appearances by a variety of musical artists performing ABBA songs such as ""Dancing Queen,"" ""Mamma Mia,"" ""The"
"musicals mentioned above as well as albums, which rely heavily on Andersson as composer and producer. ""( * denotes that the album is still charting)"" Benny Andersson discography Benny Andersson has been active as a recording artist since 1964, when he joined Swedish rock-band The Hep Stars. With them, and more recently as a member of ABBA and Benny Anderssons Orkester, he became one of the most successful Swedish composers and artists. He also wrote the musicals ""Chess"", ""Kristina från Duvemåla"" and ""Mamma Mia!"". This album-discography provides a comprehensive chronological summary of the work of Benny Andersson. For this reason,"