Collection Update - "Look-In" Magazine From December 1980

I recently added two "Look-in" magazines to my collection both of which have Abba on the front cover. The issue below, from week ending 13th December 1980, is all about "Super Trouper" and includes a two page article, a pull out poster and a competition to win the album.

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Abba Date - 9th April 1977

On the 9th April 1977 Abba's "Dancing Queen" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in America. The top 5 selling singles in America that week were -

1. Abba "Dancing Queen"
2. David Soul "Don't Give Up On Us"
3. Thelma Houston "Don't Leave Me This Way"
4. Daryl Hall And John Oates "Rich Girl"
5. Glen Cambell "Southern Nights"

The single was replaced at the top of the chart the following week by David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us".

Collection - "The Name Of The Game" Sheet Music

The latest sheet music I have added to my collection is for Abba's single "The Name Of The Game"...

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Agnetha Fan Club Magazine #9

Issue 9 of the Agnetha Fan Club magazine was published in January 1986 and included the following news -

• The TV Special "A For Agnetha" had been shown over Christmas on some regional TV stations in the UK
• Elvis Costello wrote a song for "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" titled "Shatterproof" which was eventually recorded by a singer called Billy Bremner
• The readers letters section mostly covered reviews of "A For Agnetha"
• A two page special covering all of Agnetha's Swedish album and single releases

This issue also included a Top 20 chart of Abba songs (where Agnetha had the lead vocal) voted for by the magazine's readers the top five of which are shown below...

1. The Winner Takes It All
2. The Day Before You Came
3. One Of Us
4. Slipping Through My Fingers
5. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

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Abba Date - 2nd April 1977

On this day in 1977 Abba's latest single "Knowing Me, Knowing You" reached the number 1 spot in the UK singles chart. The top five selling singles that week were -

1. Abba "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
2. David Soul "Going In With My Eyes Open"
3. The Manhattan Transfer "Chanson D'Amour"
4. Showaddywaddy "When"
5. David Bowie "Sound And Vision"

"Knowing Me, Knowing You" remained at the number 1 spot for 5 weeks making the single the 6th biggest selling of 1977 in the UK. As well as reaching the top of the charts in the UK the single also reached number 1 in the following countries -

• Germany
• Ireland
• Mexico
• South Africa

The image below shows the single covers used by different record companies...

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Abba April Calendar Pictures #2

A few more Abba calendar pictures...

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Abba April Calendar Pictures #1

Here are some pictures from old Abba calendars for April...

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