On the 16th April 1977 Abba's latest album "Arrival" hit the number 1 spot in the UK album chart where it stayed for 9 weeks. "Arrival" was the biggest selling album of 1977 in the UK and the 11th in terms of total album sales during the 1970s.
The album was also number one in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and West Germany.
Latest item added to my collection is one of the ABBA goodie bags which were provided during the event at the Tate Modern in London last week.
The latest addition to my collection is a 12" version of Agnetha's duet with Peter Cetera "I Wasn't The One (Who Said Goodbye)". The A side contains an extended mix of the single with the B side including a Spanish version together with "If You Need Somebody Tonight".
In the Culture section of today's Sunday Times newspaper in the UK there is a mention of Bjorn and Benny's attendance at the Oliver Awards (shown on ITV tonight) to celebrate 15 years of Mamma Mia...
In this months issue of "Classic Pop" magazine in the UK there is an article on the Top 40 Synthpop singles and at number 24 is Blancmange's cover of ABBA's "The Day Before You Came".
There is a slight typo in the piece as it states that the single reached number 2 in the UK charts however I believe it was actually number 22. I am not normally a fan of ABBA covers however this one is the exception to that - I especially love the 12" version.
In today's editions of the Times, Guardian and Telegraph newspapers Bjorn and Benny's appearance at the Olivier Awards to mark 15 years of "Mamma Mia" is mentioned.
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