Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Review
The latest issue of Mojo magazine includes a review of the vinyl re-issue of “Abba - The Album”...
Charts
Abba’s single “The Name Of The Game” entered the charts in Germany on the 31st October 1977 where it reached number 7 breaking a run of six number ones in a row from “S.O.S.” to “Knowing Me, Knowing You”...
Abba Book
On the 31st October 2009 Simon Sheridan’s book “The Complete Abba” was published in the UK...
Monday, 30 October 2017
Charts
On the 30th October 1982 Abba’s single “The Day Before You Came” entered the charts in the Netherlands where it reached number 3...
Art Gallery
Abba purchased an art gallery in Sweden at the end of October 1977 - Bjorn, Benny, Frida and Stig all attended the opening - Agnetha was pregnant so she missed the event.
Sunday, 29 October 2017
Photo Shoot
Abba photo shoot which took place whilst the group were in Germany during their 1979 Tour...
Friday, 27 October 2017
Compilation
On the 28th October 1989 the Abba compilation album “Love Songs” entered the charts in the Netherlands where it reached number 38, staying in the charts for 11 weeks.
Classic Pop
The latest version of Classic Pop magazine in the UK includes brief review of the vinyl re-issue of “Abba The Album”...
Pictures
One of the images from this Abba photo shoot was used as the cover for “Hasta Manana” in Portugal...
Thursday, 26 October 2017
Release
On the 26th October 1992 Abba’s “Voulez-Vous” was re-released in the UK - the CD single version included the following tracks -
- Voulez-Vous
- Summer Night City
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Charts
Abba’s single “S.O.S.” reached number 6 on the UK charts on the 25th October 1975...
The top six selling singles in the UK that week were as follows -
Compilation
A compilation album titled “Grand Prix” was released in Sweden in 1982 containing Abba’s “I Let The Music Speak” and Frida’s “Baby Don’t You Cry No More” along with tracks from a number of other artists...
Charts
On the 24th October 1992 Bjorn Again’s EP “Erasure-ish” entered the UK singles chart where it reached number 25...
Monday, 23 October 2017
Concert
Advert for Abba’s concert in Paris as part of their 1979 Tour which took place on the 23rd October...
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Frida
Frida appeared in a show called “My Favourites”, where she performed three songs, which premiered in Stockholm on the 22nd October 1971...
Charts
The table below shows the worldwide chart positions for Abba’s single “The Name Of The Game”...
- Number 1 - UK
- Number 2 - Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden
- Number 3 - Norway, South Africa
- Number 4 - New Zealand, Rhodesian
- Number 5 - Finland
- Number 6 - Australia, Switzerland
- Number 7 - Germany
- Number 10 - Mexica
- Number 12 - Austria, France, USA
- Number 15 - Canada
Charts
On the 22nd October 1977 Abba’s “The Name Of The Game” entered the UK charts where it went on to spend 4 weeks at number 1....
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Friday, 20 October 2017
Charts
Chart positions from around the world for Abba’s 1979 single “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)”...
Charts
On the 20th October 1979 Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” entered the UK charts where it spent 12 weeks peaking at number 3...
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Charts
Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” entered the French singles chart in October 1979 where it spent 5 weeks at number one - this was the groups biggest hit in France since “Money, Money, Money” spent 3 weeks at the top of the charts in 1976...
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Photo Shoot
Infamous Abba photo shoot from 1979 where Frida’s foot (in some of the pictures) is the wrong way round...
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Friday, 13 October 2017
Agnetha
Agnetha pictures taken during the filming of Abba’s “Does Your Mother Know” video in 1979...
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