Do the names Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog mean anything to you? If so, congratulations. You’re something of a pop music historian, and you’ll want to mark Saturday on your social calendar. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Ben

Chloe Tucker wasn’t even a gleam in her father’s eye when the Swedish pop group ABBA ruled the airwaves and disco dance floors in the 1970s and 1980s with hits like “Dancing Queen,” “Waterloo” and “Super Trouper.” But the Los Angeles native discovered th

Compiled by Stacy Fogarty Created: February 4, 2012 Last Updated: February 4, 2012 (Chris Jackson/ Getty Images Entertainment) Bruce Springsteen Plans Busy Month of March Rock icon Bruce Springsteen will drop his 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball , on Mar

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are shown. (AP Photo, file) The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recordi

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are shown. ABBA fans will soon again be saying "Thank you for the music" with the releas

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are shown. ABBA fans will soon again be saying "Thank you for the music" with the releas

Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad 10:59am UK, Sunday January 29, 2012 Abba are set to bring out a new song for the first time in almost two decades. The legendary Swedish group - made up of Agnetha Faltskog, Benny An

ABBA fans will be pleased to hear that the Swedish pop legends are going to release a previously unheard song in April. 1 of 1 ABBA - Thank you for more music The legendary group - made up of Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid

ABBA are set to release their first new song in 18 years. The legendary Swedish group - made up of Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - will unleash a previously unreleased track on the upcoming deluxe edition of thei

ABBA fans will have a little more music to be thankful for when the Swedish pop legends release a previously unheard song in April. The foursome will include the demo medley From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel on a reissue of their final album, The

The Seventies super band will bring out new track A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel in the Spring, their first since 1994. Creators Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have remixed the old tune from demos and made a medley of unheard material for a new C

"Mamma Mia!' runs through Jan. 29 at the Oriental Theatre. Only the most confirmed of “indie snobs” would deny the irresistible delight that comes with hearing the songs of ABBA, that mega-selling Swedish-bred group of the 1970s and ’80s. The band’s rhyt

On song: Judy Craymer is continuing to reap the rewards of her first musical, the global phenomenon Mamma Mia! She is hard at work on Viva Forever, the Spice Girls musical due to debut in London’s West End at the end of this year. Meanwhile, Judy Craymer

You don’t need to understand Swedish or even know where Sweden is on a map to fall in love with the ABBA inspired rock musical “Mamma Mia!” Even if your knowledge of the music group ABBA is non-existent, the show will surely win your heart and your joy

Chess has music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (founding members of Swedish pop group ABBA), and lyrics by Tim Rice. Chess, according to press notes, is "a rock opera that uses the game of chess - with all of its power plays, manipulations, and sac

In her native Sweden, Jenny Gustafsson said, people who attend concerts are fairly laid-back. When ABBA-loving crowds get together in the United States, it’s more fun.

Russell Watson and Helen Sjoholm star in Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' Carnegie Hall concert of the new musical Kristina Some of the most rapturous melodies ever heard in Carnegie Hall poured out of that grand old barn last night. The occasion was t

Graying rock legend Iggy Pop is fined by the Swiss city of Lucerne for performing his music too loud at the Blue Balls festival in July. Pop and The Stooges were clocked at 102.5 decibels. Iggy Pop The Stooges Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker becomes

Estimates of ABBA’s worldwide sales vary from 300 – 400 million, making them the second most successful band of all time, after The Beatles. They were the first mainland European act to become regulars on the British, American and Australian pop charts.