Abba singers biography

In June , two of the biggest bands in Sweden, The Hootenanny Singers and The Hep Stars, crossed paths for the first time with gigs at the same venue.

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As the night's partying stretched to dawn, Björn Ulvaeus and his new Hep Stars friend, Benny Andersson, sang together in a park and agreed to meet for future collaborations.

As recalled in Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA, they joined up again a few weeks later and with Andersson on his organ and Ulvaeus on guitar, they worked out the melody for their first song.

Later that year, The Hep Stars' self-titled album featured the fruits of their labor, the track "It Isn't Easy to Say," as well as a recording of the Ulvaeus-penned "No Time."

The convergence of the musical minds came as each was realizing the limitations of his current act.

Ulvaeus, who came of age with the traditional Swedish folk ballads of The Hootenanny