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...

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.

Photo Shoot

Abba photo shoot which took place whilst the group were in Germany during their 1979 Tour...

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

Abba pictured in Germany in 1979...

Pictures

One of the images from this Abba photo shoot was used as the cover for “Hasta Manana” in Portugal...

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

Abba In Japan

The DVD “Abba In Japan” was released on the 26th October 2009...

Collection

Earlier this week I added this sixteen track Agnetha remix CD to my collection...

Pictures

A few pictures of Abba taken in their offices in 1979...

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...

Pictures

On the 24th October 1982 Agnetha and Bjorn attended a peace rally in Stockholm...

Pictures

Abba (and Stig) pictured in 1979 making plaster moulds of their hands...

Concert

Advert for Abba’s concert in Paris as part of their 1979 Tour which took place on the 23rd October...

Concert

On the 23rd October 1979 Abba were in concert in Paris...

Frida

Frida pictures taken in 1971...

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....

Poster

This poster of Bjorn was included in issue 23 of the International Abba Magazine...

Concert

On the 20th October 1979 Abba performed in concert in Stockholm...

Pictures

More pictures of Abba which were taken during a photo shoot on the 20th October 1976...

Pictures

Abba photo shoot which took place on the 20th October 1976...

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...

Compilation

Abba compilation which was released in Hong Kong in 2006...

Pictures

Abba photo shoot which took place in Stockholm in 1979...

Spain

These pictures of Abba were taken whilst the group were in Spain in 1974...

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...

Pictures

More pictures of Abba taken during the rehearsals for their 1979 tour...

Pictures

A few pictures of Abba taken during the rehearsals for their 1979 tour...

Mamma Mia

Benny and Bjorn on stage in New York following the premier of “Mamma Mia” the musical on the 18th October 2001...

Mamma Mia

On the 18th October 2001 the musical “Mamma Mia” opened on Broadway in New York...

Photo Shoot

Infamous Abba photo shoot from 1979 where Frida’s foot (in some of the pictures) is the wrong way round...

Agnetha

Agnetha pictures taken in 1979 whilst Abba were filming the video for their single “Voulez-Vous”...

Russia

On the 14th October 2006 Frida and Bjorn attended the premier of the Russian version of “Mamma Mia”...

Agnetha

Agnetha pictures taken during the filming of Abba’s “Does Your Mother Know” video in 1979...