Abba Date - 12th March 1988

Agnetha's solo album "I Stand Alone" entered the UK album chart today in 1988...

Abba Date - 12th March 1983

Abba's single "One Of Us" entered the Billboard chart in America on the 12th March 1983 - the single stayed in the chart for 7 weeks reaching number 33.

Abba Date - 12th March 1976

On the 12th March 1976 Abba's single "Mamma Mia" (with the b-side "Hey Hey Helen") entered the charts in South Africa where it spent 9 weeks reaching number 5...

Abba Date - 12th March 1974

Today in 1974 the Swedish and English versions of Abba's single "Waterloo" entered the charts in Sweden - the Swedish version stayed in the charts for 15 weeks reaching number 2 with the English version peacking one place higher at number 3 spending 10 weeks in the charts.

Abba Posters

Here are two of the posters which were included in issue 16 of the International Abba Magazine...

International Abba Magazine 16

The 16th issue of the International Abba Magazine was first published during March 1983 and featured a picture of Abba with Kenny Evertt on the front cover. The editorial section included the following updates -

• Benny and Bjorn confirmed that they were collaborating with Tim Rice to write a new musical
• Frida was looking to re-locate to London
• Agnetha was in the studio with Mike Chapman recording her solo album

The magazine included two major articles the first covering the 1982 Polar Music Awards where Agnetha, Frida and Abba all received awards. The second article continued from issue #15 detailing Abba's last visit to London to promote "Abba The Singles - The First 10 Years" which included -

• Frida and Kenny Everett having a drink and a cuddle
• The group received a presentation containing 23 gold singles
• Agnetha and Benny were guests on the Saturday Superstore TV program
• The group appeared with Noel Edmonds on "The Late, Late Breakfast Show" where the video for "The Day Before You Came" is shown for the first time

Bjorn And Benny Track

It seems that Steps aren't the only ones covering Bjorn and Benny's song "Story Of A Heart" - I have just noticed that the track is also included on the new album by Queen's Brian May and Kerry Ellis "Golden Days" which is released in the UK on the 7th April.