Benny Andersson

Swedish musician and songwriter

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Benny Andersson is a Swedish musician and songwriter, best known as a member of the globally successful Europop group ABBA. Born in Stockholm on December 16, 1946, Andersson was a key songwriter and keyboard player for the band. Alongside fellow member Björn Ulvaeus, he was responsible for many of ABBA's catchy pop hits that dominated European charts in the 1970s, including "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen," and "Mamma Mia". After ABBA disbanded in the early 1980s, Andersson and Ulvaeus continued their successful songwriting partnership, creating the musical Chess and later producing the hit musical Mamma Mia! based on ABBA's songs.12

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…included songwriter and keyboard player Benny Andersson, songwriter and guitarist Björn Ulvaeus, and vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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…included songwriter and keyboard player Benny Andersson, songwriter and guitarist Björn Ulvaeus, and vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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Later career: Chess, Disney, and Elton John
…production Blondel (1983) and with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, both veterans of the pop group ABBA, on the musical Chess (1984, first staged in 1986). The latter show yielded the pop hits “I Know Him So Well” and “One Night in Bangkok.” In the 1990s he worked primarily on…
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…production Blondel (1983) and with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, both veterans of the pop group ABBA, on the musical Chess (1984, first staged in 1986). The latter show yielded the pop hits “I Know Him So Well” and “One Night in Bangkok.” In the 1990s he worked primarily on…
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