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ABBA Biography, Filmography, Trivia

ABBA Movies
  • ABBA: The Movie (1977) [Themselves]
  • Dansin Chiki Chiki (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • Eurofestival (2010) (archive footage)
  • Europasión (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2010) (TV) [Themselves] <2>
  • The Eurovision Song Contest (1974) (TV) (as ABBA) [Swedish entry (1st place)] <9>
  • When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat (2007) (TV) (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "20 to 1" (2005) {Party Songs (#4.7)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "20 to 1" (2005) {Scene-Stealing Songs (#8.12)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "50 años de" (2009) {Eurovisión (#1.6)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "50 años de" (2009) {Una periodista de a pie (#1.4)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Banda sonora" (2007) {(#3.15)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Die ProSieben Märchenstunde" (2006) {Des Kaisers neue Kleider - Mode, Mob und Monarchie (#4.2)} (archive sound) (uncredited) [Themselves]
  • "Die ProSieben Märchenstunde" (2006) {Schneewittchen - 7 Zipfel und ein Horst (#4.1)} (archive sound) (uncredited) [Themselves]
  • "Get It Together" (1977) {(#3.15)} [Themselves - Guests]
  • "Get It Together" (1977) {(#3.4)} [Themselves - Guests]
  • "Kult am Sonntag" (2006) {ABBA (2009)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Kult am Sonntag" (2006) {ABBA} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Les grands du rire" (2005) {(2007-02-03)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Pour le meilleur et pour le rire: La croisière du rire" (2007) {(#1.4)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Rock Concert" (1973) {(#2.15)} [Themselves]
  • "Rock Concert" (1973) {(#3.16)} [Themselves]
  • "Rock Concert" (1973) {(#4.13)} [Themselves]
  • "Saturday Night Live" (1975) {Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III (#1.5)} (as ABBA) [Themselves - Musical Guest] <2>
  • "Spede show" (1968) {(1974-09-19)}
  • "The Tommy Cooper Hour" (1973) {(1974-11-27)} [Themselves - Guests]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1974-04-11)} [Guest.]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1974-05-02)} [Themselves]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1974-05-09)} [Guest.]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1976-05-06)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1976-05-13)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1976-11-25)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1976-12-09)} (archive footage) [Themselves]
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(1976-12-25)} (archive footage) [Themselves] <13>
  • "Top of the Pops" (1964) {(2005-11-20)} [Themselves]
  • "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" (1999) {Disco Kings and Queens (#3.19)} [Themselves]

ABBA Articles
  • "The Times Magazine" (UK), 22 November 2008, pg. 36-37+39-40, by: Janice Turner, "Thank You For the Music"

ABBA Pictorials
  • "Het Nieuwsblad" (Belgium), 18 May 2005, pg. 40, by: Dirk Musschoot, "Belgium... two points"

ABBA Cover Photos
  • "Mojo" (UK), May 1999, Iss. 66

ABBA Available Biographies
  • Robert Scott. _ABBA - Thank You for the Music._ London: Carlton Books, 2002. ISBN 1842227939

ABBA Other Works
  • CD: "Abba Gold: Greatest Hits", 1993 (PolyGram)
  • CD: "On and On" (USP)

ABBA Trademarks
  • Flamboyant on-stage gear / knee-high platform-soled boots / tinsel headgear

ABBA Trivia
  • Members have included 'Benny Andersson' (qv), 'Agnetha Fältskog' (qv), 'Björn Ulvaeus' (qv), 'Anni-Frid Lyngstad' (qv).
  • 6th April 1974: Won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, in 1974 with the song "Waterloo".
  • 'Anni-Frid Lyngstad' (qv) was the only non-Swedish member of the group. She is Norwegian.
  • In 1975, "SOS" became the first song with a palindromic title recorded by a group with a palindromic name - Abba - to score a Top 20 hit on the pop charts.
  • Created the band's name ABBA by taking the first letter of the first name of each band member and flanking the males' initials with the females' initials.
  • Artists who have requested permission to use samples of ABBA songs include: 'The Fugees' (qv) ("The Name of the Game" for "Rumble in the Jungle"), 'Madonna' (qv) ("Gimme Gimme Gimme" for "Hung Up"), etc.
  • Their popular songs were mostly composed by 'Bjorn Ulvaeus' (lyrics) and 'Benny Andersson' (qv) (music).
  • Not only were ABBA the most successful Swedish band in pop history, they were the most successful pop act to emerge from a Eurovision Song Contest victory (1974).
  • At the Swedish premiere of _Mamma Mia! (2008)_ (qv), the foursome were seen together, in public, for the first time in 22 years.
  • As of 2008, more than 30 million fans worldwide have seen the stage production "Mamma Mia!" When adapted for the screen, _Mamma Mia! (2008)_ (qv) went on to become the most successful movie in the UK's box office history, outstripping the record heretofore held by the Harry Potter series.
  • In addition to "Mamma Mia" (2005), an earlier film that also features the music of ABBA is the highly acclaimed "Muriel's Wedding" (1994).
Source: IMDB.com // Buy ABBA Movies
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