Abba Date - 20th February 1982

Today in 1982 Abba's single "Head Over Heels" entered the charts in the Netherlands - the single reached number 4 staying in the charts for 6 weeks...

Abba Date - 20th February 1980

On the 20th February 1980 Abba's "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" entered the album charts in Canada where it stayed for 16 weeks including two at number 1 ; this was the groups only number 1 album in Canada whilst they were together...

Hazell Dean Vinyl

Whilst waiting for Hazell's new album which is released on the 24th I have been listening to her album "Heart First" on vinyl. I will be publishing my interview with her in the next couple of days...

Abba Date - 19th February 1979

Today in 1979 Abba's single "Chiquitita" entered the Australian charts where it spent 19 weeks peaking at number 4. This was the groups first Top 10 single in Australia since "The Name Of The Game" in 1977 and would be one of their last hit singles in Australia with only "Does Your Mother Know", "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!", "The Winner Takes It All" and "On And On And On" reaching the top 10.

Abba Date - 19th February 1982

Abba's single "One Of Us" entered the charts in New Zealand today in 1982 where it stayed for 2 weeks reaching number 43.

Of all the groups singles in New Zealand which charted this was the lowest position with "Summer Night City" (no.37) and "Does Your Mother Know" (no. 27) being two others which didn't reach the Top 20.

Abba Date - 19th February 1979

On the 19th February 1979 Abba were in Bremen, Germany where they appeared on the TV show Musikladen where they performed "Chiquitita". Also performing on the show were were Blondie ("Heart Of Glass"), Gloria Gaynor ("I Will Survive"), Tina Turner ("Viva La Money") and Boney M ("Holiday").

8-Track Abba Album

The picture below shows an 8-track tape release of "Abba - The Album" from America...