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  Göran Bror Benny Andersson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson was born 16th December 1946 in Stockholm, and was raised in the suburb of Vällingby.
Benny, Svenne and Lotta felt that light entertainment was the right direction to head in, while the rest of the Hep Stars wanted to return to the straight rock'n'roll of their early days.
It was decided that Benny and the two lead singers would leave the group when their summer Folkpark tour ended in August 1969.
koti.mbnet.fi /~abba/benny.htm   (1499 words)

  
 Benny Andersson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and a member of the Swedish musical group, ABBA.
Benny was born to 34-year-old constructional engineer Göran Andersson and his 26-year-old wife Laila.
During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis Awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the Special International Ivor Novello Award from The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the Music Export Prize from the Swedish Government, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association (SMFF).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benny_Andersson   (506 words)

  
 ABBA - Benny
Benny Andersson began his musical career in 1963 in the pop group HEP STARS which was by far the most popular group in Sweden between 1963-68.
Benny was given an instrument of his own on his sixth birthday, and proceeded to push its knobs and buttons until he could copy some of the Swedish folksongs he always heard around the house.
Göran Bror Benny Andersson was born December 16, 1946 in Stockholm, and spent much of his youth in the suburb of Vällingby.
www.abba-world.net /facts/benny.htm   (2303 words)

  
 Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Benny Andersson was born in Stockholm on the 16th of December 1946.
Benny left the band 1969 and he and Björn continued to write and perform songs together during the years 1969-1972.
After Benny Andersson had left his band 1969 Björn Ulvaeus and he continued to write music and perform together for three years.
hem.passagen.se /musicals/bio_bob.html   (489 words)

  
 Benny Andersson - Psalm
Benny Andersson's psalm is in a minor key
Benny Andersson has written the music to a new psalm.
Kjell says that Benny Andersson didn't hesitate when he was asked to write a new psalm.
www.abbamail.com /news/bennyhym.htm   (345 words)

  
 icethesite | benny andersson
Andersson was in Minneapolis last week, leading his 16-piece Benny Andersson Orkester at a benefit dinner/concert in honor of the 75th anniversary of the American Swedish Institute.
It looks as if the Benny Anderssons Orkester Live CD will now be released on the 19th April and not in early April according to one Swedish online music store that have just updated their listing details for the release.
Benny Andersson was quoted in Minneapolis as saying that an April release date might be too optimistic and that May is a better bet right now.
www.icethesite.com /benny.htm   (5722 words)

  
 Benny Andersson - Moviefone
Benny was born to 34-year-old constructional engineer Göran Andersson and his 26-year-old...
Benny Andersson was a member of the immensely popular in the mid- to late 1960s...
Benny aged six Benny Bror Göran Andersson was born in the suburb Vällingby in Stockholm Sweden on December 16th 1946.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/benny-andersson/224061/main   (125 words)

  
 About Benny Andersson
Benny Bror Göran Andersson was born in the suburb Vällingby in Stockholm Sweden on December 16th 1946.
During the summer the Andersson family often stays at their country house by the lake just outside Trosa, south of Stockholm.
This is also where Benny has his own studio where he can usually be found between 9 and 5, composing.
members.home.nl /union.songs/html/benny.html   (569 words)

  
 Benny Andersson-The Albums
Benny ANDERSSON keyboardist,occasional backing vocalist,producer-songwriter of ABBA, was also member of The Hep Stars(from 1964-1969) and Bjorn and Benny(1969-1972) prior to the founding of ABBA.
The fact that Benny found yet another quirky project to be involved with reminds us that he tends to be the more artisitic half of the Bjorn and Benny creative combine.
Benny Andersson wrote some music for the film-two tracks of which were released on a promotional CD Teater Krokodil' is a choral piece which has lyrics by
felpin80.tripod.com /bennyanderssonthealbums/index.html   (3056 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/bennyandersson
Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and a member of the Swedish musical group, ABBA.
Benny's musical background came from his father and grandfather; both enjoyed playing the accordion.
Hi Benny, Thanks so much for the add, your music has and always will be an inspiration to me and im sure many other musicians.
www.myspace.com /bennyandersson   (1021 words)

  
 Benny Andersson's Solo albums
Benny Andersson, The legendary Swedish keyboardist,occasional backing vocalist,producer-songwriter of ABBA, was also member of The Hep Stars(from 1964-1969) and Bjorn and Benny(1969-1972) prior to the founding of ABBA.
Benny really only started having a solo career in the Fall of 1987, and his solo albums amd work with the BAO only represent about a third of Benny's post ABBA career.
A boy, Benny's son and future musician, Ludvig, states each of the birds names on the CD in between the birdsongs.There were two editions of this recording.
felpin80.tripod.com /ata/bennysolo.html   (3441 words)

  
 Biography for Benny Andersson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Benny Andersson was born in 1946 outside of Stockholm, Sweden.
His father and grandfather both being musicians, Benny was introduced to the accordian at an early age.
The name ABBA was comprised of the first letters of the first names of the group's members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0027630/bio   (488 words)

  
 Benny in the Hep Stars
Benny joined them in October and at the end of that year the Hep Stars went into the recording studio.
Several years later Benny would play his self-written song 'Wedding' on the church orchan while Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog were walking to the altar to be married.
Benny, Svenne and Charlotte left the group in August 1969.
members.home.nl /union.songs/html/hep.html   (766 words)

  
 A MIDSOMMAR NIGHT'S DREAM WITH BENNY ANDERSSON
This is a rare opportunity to hear Benny Andersson, one of Sweden’s most well known musical figures, with his 14-piece band.
Andersson is a Swedish musician and composer and is best remembered as a member of ABBA.
Andersson is now composing music that BAO plays all over Sweden at that most Swedish of summer institutions, dansbanan i Folkets Park (the dance floor in the local park).
www.abba-world.net /news/bao.htm   (716 words)

  
 Benny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benny, a derogatory term used by residents of Jersey Shore towns for tourists that visit each summer.
Benny Andersson, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA.
Benny Yau, a Chinese Canadian television presenter and actor, most recently affiliated with Fairchild Television.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benny   (242 words)

  
 disneymike: Benny Anderssons Orkester
He left Friday for a 3 day trip to see the Benny Anderssons Orkester perform at an event sponsored by the American Swedish Institute.
Benny Andersson is best known as a member of the Swedish pop group, ABBA.
After the concert, he met Benny and lead singer Helen Sjoholm who both graciously autographed my dad's CDs.
www.disneymike.com /blog/archives/2006/03/benny_andersson.html   (266 words)

  
 VH1.com : ABBA : ABBA's Benny Andersson - Urge Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Last year, the Swedish government appointed Benny Andersson, former singer/songwriter and keyboardist with Swedish pop sensations Abba, to the Board of the Royal Swedish Opera.
Benny Bror Göran Andersson was born 52 years ago today in Stockholm, Sweden, to a musical family -- both his father and grandfather were musicians.
Andersson, who played accordion and guitar as a child, joined the Hep Stars, the Swedish equivalent of the Beatles, in 1964.
www.vh1.com /artists/news/510166/12151998/abba.jhtml   (641 words)

  
 Benny_Anderrson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Benny Anderssons Father and Grandfather both enjoyed making music and when Benny was 6 years old he received his first instrument, an accordion.
Benny left in 1969, and he formed a songwriting partnership with Bjorn Ulvaeus (vocals, guitar) and they continued to write and perform songs together during the years 1969-1972.
In October 1995 it was the grand opening of Bennys and Bjorns new musical, "Kristina fran Duvemala", which became very popular.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/jamestown/493/benny_anderrson.htm   (269 words)

  
 Benny Andersson
To use ABBA as a part of their name and also turning one of the B's so their leaning against each other makes Benny Andersson see red.
One of the brains behind the songs on which ABBA Teens career is built upon, Benny Andersson, has had enough.
He thinks that their version of "Mamma Mia" is completely ok. But when the four youths use ABBA in their group-name and also turn one of the B's leaning against the other, they've gone too far.
www.abbamail.com /ateens/teensname.htm   (366 words)

  
 ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson in court dispute over musical script
Benny Andersson, right, and Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swedish musicians and former members of the pop group Abba attend the Court House in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Oct. 17, 2005 to prepare a trial about the rights of the musical Kristina from Duvemala.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Former ABBA members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson went to court Monday in a failed attempt to settle a dispute about who wrote the script to one of their musicals, Swedish media reported.
Ulvaeus and Andersson appeared at Stockholm District Court to try to solve a decade-long feud about the script to the musical "Kristina from Duvemala," which has been seen by more than 1 million people in Sweden and is expected to move to Broadway in the coming years.
www.freenewmexican.com /news/33797.html   (517 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Benny Anderssons Orkester: Music: Benny Andersson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Benny Andersson Music — Sheet music for Benny andersson at Sheet Music Plus.
I am convinced that Benny is one of the best (if not THE best) composer of the 20th century.
Benny has remained true to his Scandinavian folk music heritage throughout his career (yes, even with ABBA).
www.amazon.com /Benny-Anderssons-Orkester-Andersson/dp/B000062WRF   (622 words)

  
 ABBA Takes All-Time Eurovision Crown, Interview with Benny Andersson @ Blogcritics.org
That Abba's "Waterloo" represents the gritty, rocking edge of this material is perhaps all one needs to know, but at least the voting — split between the public and the "national juries" of the 31 participating nations — recognized this and gave the Swedish superstars of the '70s and '80s the victory.
The group's lyrics ranged from silly to touching, many reflecting the real-life romantic complications within the group, a la Fleetwood Mac: songwriter/producer/guitarist Bjorn Ulvaeus was married to and divorced from singer Agnetha Faltskog, and songwriter/producer/keyboardist Benny Andersson was married to and divorced from singer Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad during the life of the group.
Benny admits that "the girls sounded 600 hundred percent better than we did," and the seed of ABBA was planted.
blogcritics.org /archives/2005/10/23/130259.php   (1815 words)

  
 Benny Andersson - Wikipedia
Als Autodidakt brachte sich Andersson auch darauf das Spielen selbst bei.
Als Teenager spielte Andersson in der Band Elverkets spelmanslag, wo er während eines Konzertes Svenne Hedlund kennenlernte.
Andersson ist Inhaber der schwedischen Plattenfirma Mono Music AB und des Stockholmer Hotels "Rival", sowie eines Reitstalles in der Nähe der schwedischen Hauptstadt.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benny_Andersson   (479 words)

  
 ABBA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Benny Andersson was a member of the immensely popular in the mid- to late 1960s Swedish rock/pop group Hep Stars.
He encouraged Ulvaeus and Andersson to write a song for the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest, which was performed by Lena Anderson.
Ulvaeus and Andersson persevered with their songwriting and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements, which brought some success in Japan.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/ABBA   (8932 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - benny Search Results
Benny Goodman's Clarinet Method Written by Benny Goodman.
Benny Goodman: Benny Goodman - Composer/Artist Performed by Benny Goodman.
Benny Goodman: Benny Goodman Performed by Benny Goodman, edited by Stan Ayeroff.
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/phrase.html?id=71680&phrase=benny   (415 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Chess (1988 Original Broadway Cast): Music: Benny Andersson,David Carroll,Judy Kuhn,Marcia Mitzman,Paul ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Composed by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson
Rice corraborated on the project with half of ABBA (Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus): they wrote the music and what beautiful music it is. The show was only on Broadway for about 3 months (Apr-June) in 1988 before being cancelled.
Other songs make you wonder if the gents who wrote the music (Benny and Bjorn, the male members of ABBA) were in some altered state of consciousness.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002WBG/pageturners0c   (2048 words)

  
 Billboard.com - Biography - Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson was born on December 16, 1946, in Stockholm and comes from an accordion-playing family, which spawned his interest in picking up the instrument as a child.
Choosing not to follow his father into the construction business, Andersson quit his custodial job to play piano with the Hep Stars.
The group had 15 chart records in Sweden, including Andersson's song "Sunny Girl." After being exposed to the recording studio, Andersson's interest was piqued.
billboard.com /bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=38662   (374 words)

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