5th June 1978 - ABBA’s Single “Eagle” Enters The Australian Charts

On the 5th June 1978 Abba's single "Eagle / Thank You For The Music" entered the Australian chart where it would stay for six weeks peaking at number 82.

This low chart position does seem a little strange especially as the groups previous single "Take A Chance On Me" reached number 12 and the group's next single "Summer Night City" reached number 13.

Although this wild variation in chart positions continued into 1979 / early 1980 with the next five Abba singles having varying chart success -

• "Chiquitita" - Number 4
• "Does Your Mother Know" - Number 7
• "Voulez-Vous" - Number 79
• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" - Number 8
• "I Have A Dream" - Number 64

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Collection - "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" Single

The picture below shows Abba's single "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" from my collection ; this particular version was originally released in Portugal on the Polydor record label in 1975 and included "Rock Me" on the b-side.

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Complete Studio Recordings Review

As a follow on from my post earlier today I recently found this review of "Abba - The Complete Studio Recordings" which is very positive - in fact it ends with the following text "...unparalleled pop legacy. One of the greatest bands of all time"

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Collection - "Abba - The Complete Studio Recordings" Box Set

Here are some pictures of the box-set "Abba The Complete Studio Recordings" from my collection which includes 9 CD's (one for each original album and one containing additional rare tracks) and two DVDs.

The two DVDs feature all of the band's music videos (except "When I Kissed The Teacher"), plus a documentary (The History) and concert footage from the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA featuring the following tracks -

• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
• "Super Trouper"
• "Two for the Price of One"
• "Slipping Through My Fingers"
• "On and On and On"

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Abba's Mexican No 1 Singles

The picture below shows the eight Abba singles which reached number 1 in Mexico's English language chart...

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Collection - Mexican Release Of ABBA’s Single “Fernando”

The image below a shows a 7" Mexican release of Abba's "Fernando" (with "Mamma Mia" on the b-side which seems like a very odd choice) from my collection.

The single was released in Mexico in May 1976 where it reached number 1 in the English chart - a position it kept for 5 weeks. The single was part of a run of five number one singles in a row for Abba on the chart ; "S.O.S", "Fernando", "Dancing Queen", "Money, Money, Money" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You".

Although the next single they released in Mexico "The Name Of The Game" only managed to reach number 10 ; however the following single "Take A Chance On Me" returned the group to the top of the charts.

You would imagine that if the record company had released "Mamma Mia" as a single on its own rather than as a b-side it would also have reached the top of the charts.

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More June Abba Calendar Pictures

Here are a few more pictures for June from Abba calendars from previous years...

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