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	ABBA
		Björn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers, a popular folk music group, while Benny was a member of the Hep Stars, Sweden's number one pop band at the time.
		The Hootenanny Singers were planning a party that night and invited the Hep Stars to come along.
		Agnetha, a successful solo singer since her breakthrough in early 1968, had met and fallen in love with Björn in May 1969 when the two of them appeared in the same TV special.
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	Bjorn and the Hootenanny Singers (1963-1974)
		Hootenanny Singers-Civila 1967 Out of print Swedish Lp The title means "civilians", a reference to the the fact that three of the Hootz had just recently completed their tour of duty in the Swedish army.
		Hootenanny Singers and Björn Ulvaeus-Du Baste Hootenanny Singers and Björn Ulvaeus Out of print Lp 1969 Released in tandem with BASTA on 1992 Swedish Cd This is the Hootenanny Singers Second hit collection which includes tracks from 1966-1969.
		Hootenanny Singers-Dan Andersson Pa Svart 1973 Available on Swedish CD This one features a river on the cover, This album was recorded in late spring and released in August.
	felpin80.tripod.com /ata/hootz64-75.html (4309 words)

	ABBA - Björn
		Hootenanny was, as most people know now, a big thing in the United States and it was natural the group should be called Hootenanny Singers.
		The group was heavily into the music of Kingston Trio and Brothers Four; Anderson renamed the group The Hootenanny Singers, and suddenly Sweden had a folk pop wave of generous proportions.
		Sweden was humming new songs, the Hootenanny gang giving their audience a fresh balance of oldies from the national treasury of old folklore in combination with new, Bjorn-penned material.
	www.abba-world.net /facts/bjorn.htm (2355 words)

	Björn Kristian Ulvaeus
		One of the Hootenanny Singers' main attractions seemed to be the fact that their well-mannered image was the complete opposite of the long-haired rebellious Beatles style, but almost immediately after their breakthrough Björn started dreaming of being a part of the pop scene instead.
		The second album of 1968, Fem år ("Five Years"), and På tre man hand ("A Group Of Three") in 1969 were the last Hootenanny Singers albums of contemporary popular music material, although modern MOR songs continued to appear on the group's singles.
		This did not stop the group from fulfilling the close to 100 dates of their 1969 Folkpark summer tour, but it was to be the last Hootenanny Singers tour for three years.
	koti.mbnet.fi /~abba/bjorn.htm (1868 words)

	ABBA Super Trouper Pages
		The Hootenanny Singers toured Sweden's folk parks on and off in between recording and promoting their new material via television and radio.
		More and more Björn would put his own compositions as b-sides to the Hootenanny Singers singles and soon he was recognised as more of a solo artist than a member of the Hootenanny Singers.
		It was not long after this that the Hootenanny Singers disbanded and Björn began writing songs with a new friend Benny Andersson.
	www.xs4all.nl /~hansvdh/abba/bio_bjorn_before.htm (332 words)

	ABBA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meanwhile Björn Ulvaeus was fronting a skiffle group called the Hootenanny Singers whose sound was softer and more easy-listening than the Hep Stars.
		Stig Anderson, manager of the Hootenanny Singers and founder of Polar Music, saw more potential in Benny and Björn working together and encouraged them to write more songs and create an album which was eventually called Lycka ("Happiness") when released on the Polar label.
		Agnetha was noted by critics and songwriters as an accomplished composer but she considered it hard work, writing and performing light pop songs in the Schlager style, recording covers of hit songs and touring Swedish folkparks, the main "live circuit" at that time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ABBA (4597 words)

	Björn in the Hootenanny Singers
		In 1965 their album 'Hootenanny Singer sjunger Evert Taube' was released, which was a tribute to the Swedish songwriter Evert Taube.
		Released in the autumn of 1966 the album Många ansikten/Many faces was a final attempt to present the Hootenanny Singers as a pop band.
		The last album he released with the Hootenanny Singers was called 'Evert Taube på vårt sätt'; yet another tribute to the Swedish songwriter Evert Taube.
	members.home.nl /union.songs/html/hootenanny.html (1243 words)

	Hootenanny
		A "hootenanny" is a casual gathering of singers and instrumentalists celebrating the art of music; the word is slang and comes from American folk music in the 1940s.
		Hootenanny Magazine a leftover croquet ball forgotten a morbid funk the cool night air a slow motion take in the garden of creepy-crawlies a warm..
		Hootenanny Magazine an exhausted laugh the impression of his face undaunted expression red polka dots red polka dots an exhausted laugh a creased...
	www.partyguideonline.com /occasions/hootenanny.html (1451 words)

	Björn & Benny - The Team
		Björn, 21 years old, is on tour with the Hootenanny Singers.The next day he and groupmembers Tony and Johan will start their military service.
		But finally they arrived at the party the Hootenanny Singers had arranged, and this was the first time Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who was the Hep Stars' organist, really met.
		As the Hep Stars no longer existed and the Hootenanny Singers virtually only existed in the studio, co-writing songs was Björn and Benny's main activity at this point of their careers.
	members.home.nl /union.songs/html/team.html (2099 words)

	ABBA SOLO album releases -The 1960's
		It may surprise one a little that the Hootenanny Singers were actually one of only a few Polar Music's acts in the 1960's indeed the label was actually rather small and only issued five or ten albums a year..A large part of Stig's repuatation as MR.
		Hootenanny Singers-Hootenanny Singers (2nd album)November 1964 Swedish Lp This includes the single "Gabrille" which was #5 on the Swedishsales charts..
		Hootenanny Singers-Civila -Mid to Late 1967 Swedish Lp The title means civilians, a reference to the the fact that three of the Hootz had to do a their tour of duty in the Swedish army between June 1966 and June 1967...
	felpin80.tripod.com /ata/1960s.html (5163 words)

	About, pg 2
		The day before reporting for duty, The Hootenanny' Singers were on their way to perform at a venue near Falköping.
		The Hootenanny's were having a party that night as a send off for their military service the next day.
		All the members of The Hootenanny Singers were ready to slow down and make something of their lives through education and "real" jobs.
	members.fortunecity.com /thenandnow2/id57.htm (2204 words)

	Rafaels and Stefans pictures
		Björn (Hootenanny Singers) and Benny (Hep Stars) met each other in 1966 on a party in Västervik during a tour in Sweden.
		The both singers participated in the "Chess"-project and both were close friends to the ABBA family.
		The singer was not allowed to participate in "Chess" but she was allowed to shine in the company of the two ABBA-members Björn and Benny.
	www.raffem.com /BjornOBenny.htm (4007 words)

	EUROVISION SONG CONTEST \| OIKOTIMES.COM \| 1974 ABBA (Sweden) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Björn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers, a very popular folk music group, while Benny played keyboards in Sweden’s biggest pop group of the 1960s, The Hep Stars.
		The pair wrote their first song together later that year, and by the end of the decade they had established a regular partnership as composers.
		The Hootenanny Singers released their records on the Polar Music record label, owned by Stig Anderson (1931-1997), who was to become ABBA’s manager.
	www.oikotimes.com /site/index.php?id=2116 (1841 words)

	ABBA - History
		Agnetha took piano lessons at the age of 6, she had her first public appearances as a singer when she was 13.
		The Hootenanny Singers won a newcomer contest, signed the first record contract at Polar and had lots of hits after finishing school, the greatest being "En sång en gång för längesen".
		Björn, Hansi Schwarz and Tony Roth of the Hootenanny Singers surprised the audience with the song "Marianne" at the Visfestival in Västervik.
	www.abba-intermezzo.de /estory.htm (4184 words)

	The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree at Buttermilk, last Thurs of every month
		The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree is an acoustic classic country jam session for beginners and pros alike.
		The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree is designed so that even beginning players can join in the circle and strum and/or sing along.
		The CasHank Hootenanny Jamboree is designed to nurture players who are just starting out as well as showcasing more established talents.
	www.brooklyncountrymusic.com /cashank.html (941 words)

	ABBA Gold DVD - Liner notes
		At that time, Björn was a member of the Hootenanny Singers, a very popular folk music group, while Benny played the electric organ in Sweden's biggest pop group of the 1960s, The Hep Stars.
		This initial meeting soon led to their first songwriting collaboration, and at the end of the decade they established a regular partnership as composers.
		The Hootenanny Singers released their records on the Polar Music record label, owned by the dynamic Stig Anderson who was to become ABBA's manager.
	www.carlmagnuspalm.com /abba/ovrigt/golddvdliner.html (2564 words)

	Abba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The one non-Swede in the line-up was the solo singer Anni-Frid Synni-Lyngstad (b.
		Meanwhile, Ulvaeus continued to work with the Hootenanny Singers in the studio only.
		The marriage of Ulvaeus and Fältskog, followed later by that of Andersson and Lyngstad, had laid the romantic and musical foundations of the Abba concept.
	musicstore.mymmode.com /artist.do?artistID=5958486 (895 words)

	Björn Ulvaeus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In school he and three friends started a band, which they called West Bay Singers and toured in Europe.
		When they came back they got a record contract from Polar Music and they changed the name of the band to Hootenanny Singers.
		Björn studied law at Stockholm's university but when he met Benny Andersson in 1966 he took a break from the studies.
	users2.ev1.net /~smyth/linernotes/personel/UluaeusBjorn.htm (246 words)

	ABBA - The Lovers Who Conquered the World - Part 1
		I bought the "Pa Sondag" 45 by Agnetha and Christian, a 4 song 7" single by the Hootenanny Singers.
		Björn now says, "It is a constant source of surprise to me that we were together as a foursome, going out together, spending a lot of time together in each other's company, before we realized the natural answer.
		An historic milestone which was indelibly to affect their careers came from Björn and Benny when they met up with Michael Tretow, the youngest of the technicians at the Metronome Studios in Stockholm.
	www.abbamail.com /feature/booktran_edgingto_pt1.htm (1707 words)

	Paul Carter - February 2004
		Of course there is only one story in the ABBA fan world at the moment, but in amongst all the excitement of Agnetha's forthcoming album has come one other report of an ABBA member's comeback.
		Although there have been both confirmations and denials on the subject from different sources, it seems quite possible that The Hootenanny Singers are to perform on stage at this year's Västervik Festival, and that Björn will sing live.
		Maybe if Björn' is in Västervik this summer he could invite Benny along and they could pay a return visit to that paper mill where they wrote their first song on that summer night in June 1966 and get some inspiration...
	www.abbamail.com /columnis/paulc_feb2004.htm (718 words)

	"Dancing Queen"
		Later, they were to change their name to the Hootenanny Singers.
		The pair wrote and produced a number of records in the early seventies, including several of which were credited to "Bjorn and Benny." The girls sang background vocals at first, but as time went on, they began to take over more and more of the leads.
		Their manager got tired of repeating all those names in interviews, so one day, as a joke, he strung the initials of their first names together to form the name Abba.
	www.superseventies.com /1977_6singles.html (820 words)

	HOOTENANNY : Hootenanny TV Show
		To fill time, "Hootenanny" went beyond folk music to include stars of jazz and country, and each show featured a young stand-up comic such as Bill Cosby or Woody Allen.
		In a last-ditch effort to bolster "Hootenanny's" falling rating, the producers signed two groups that had recently scored pop chart success, The New Christy Minstrels ("Green, Green") and The Serendipity Singers ("Crooked Little Man") to alternate each week as the headline act.
		Sadly, it appears to be no longer possible to enjoy these vintage rock icon performances; ABC wiped their "Hootenanny" tapes years ago.
	www.tvparty.com /rechootenany.html (1288 words)

	ABBA Biography - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The band was modeled after various US and UK groups of the time, such as Herman's Hermits, The Who and the Rolling Stones, and had a huge following, particularly among teenage girls.
		At the same time, Björn Ulvaeus fronted a skiffle group, the Hootenanny Singers, with an altogether softer and more easy-listening sound than the Hep Stars.
		Nevertheless, the singers' paths crossed on a number of occasions, and eventually the two found a lot in common and decided to write songs together.
	www.abba-story.com /bio.html (1952 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Originally called The West Bay Singers, they were discovered by music publisher Stig Anderson - a man who would play an essential role in ABBA's future success.
		The West Bay Singers evolved into The Hootenanny Singers and challenged The Hep Stars for the title of Sweden's best band.
		As Bj rn grew more confident as a songwriter, he began to write songs for himself, and eventually paired up with Benny Andersson.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A3163033?s_id=2 (190 words)

	ABBA Annual 1970
		Björn's Hootenanny Singers hire Benny for sessions of the song 'Blommar'.
		1968-02 Björn and his Hootenanny Singers are in Austria to finish recordings for their new album 'Bellman På Vårt Sätt'.
		1968-12-21 Björn and his Hootenanny Singers leave Gothenburg for the Caribbean to perform on a cruiseship during one month.
	www.abbaannual.com /1970.htm (1457 words)

	ABBA Gold liner notes
		For it was from Sweden they hailed: Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were barely out of their teens when they met in the Summer of 1966 (Benny was still only 19).
		This initial meeting soon led to their first songwriting collaboration, and by the end of the decade they had established a regular partnership as composers, Benny having left The Hep Stars, and the Hootenanny Singers virtually existing only in the recording studio.
		Stig recognized the talents of Björn and Benny as songwriters and producers, assuring them that they would eventually conquer the world, in the meantime hiring them as house producers from the Autumn of 1971 onwards.
	www.carlmagnuspalm.com /abba/ovrigt/goldliner.html (2505 words)

	Tangled Up in Jews - Chapter 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		When Dylan first came to New York in 1961, he was a hungry kid trying to make a name for himself as a new Woodie Guthrie.
		Other hootenanny singers were combing newspapers to write topical songs on poverty, war and injustice, but Dylan, like Maggies' Ma, was already "telling all the servants about man and God and law." Those first months of his apprenticeship produced forgettable topical songs like "Who Killed Davy Moore".
		This did not please the activist Left, who still hadn't forgiven the Voice of Their Generation for abandoning politics, and which since the 1967 war had increasingly supported Arafat's Fatah.
	www.well.com /user/yudel/Talking3.html (534 words)

	Music by Abba @ SmasHitsUSA.com
		ABBA's roots go back to Stockholm, Sweden in the early 1970s, where Bjorn Ulvaeus sang and played guitar for the Hootenanny Singers, a popular folk-rock group, and his friend Benny Andersson played keyboard for The Hep Stars, a pop band.
		Both Ulvaeus and Andersson were involved with talented female singers -- Ulvaeus with top-charting pop vocalist Agnetha Faltskog and Andersson with Norwegian-born jazz singer Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad.
		After working on new material and changing their name to the palindromic, universal acronym "ABBA, the group entered the 1974 Eurovision contest with the song "Waterloo." Over the next three years ABBA refined their pop sound and released numerous hits, such as "Mamma Mia," and "Fernando”.
	www.smashitsusa.com /index.cfm?Page=Audio&SubPage=ArtistDetails&ArtistID=18 (272 words)

	SantaSearch - [ Abba ]
		Nevertheless, the singers' paths crossed and eventually the two found a lot in common and decided to write songs together.
		The final piece of what was to become Abba was Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, a housewife and part-time cabaret singer.
		She won a talent competition on the night Sweden changed over from driving on the left side of the road to the right, and with the TV companies' big shows encouraging people to stay at home, the TV exposure brought her to the attention of a wide public.
	www.santasearch.org /music.asp?PID=6&ArtistID=9 (2217 words)

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