ANNUAL 1970
 Stockholm
1966
1966-06 07 08 Björn
Ulvaeus of the 'Hootenanny Singers' and Benny of the 'Hep Stars'
meet at a party and start their musical friendship.
  Björn
and Benny around the time they started composing together
1968-10/11
Benny and Björn write their first Andersson/Ulvaeus
composition: 'Isn't It
Easy To Say' for the Hep Stars.
1967
1967-09-11 Frida's
first recording session: 'En Ledig Dag', 'Du Ar Sa Underbart Rar'
and 'Peter, Kom Tillbaka'.
1967-10/11/12
Frida records 'Din'.
 
1967-10-16 Agnetha
first recording session: 'Jag Var Så Kär', 'Föli
Med Mig', 'Utan Dej, Mitt LIv Går Vidare' and 'Slutet Gott
Allting Gott'.
 
1967-10/11
Björn continues his study law and economics at the University
of Lund for a short period.
1967-10/11
Björn's Hootenanny
Singers hire Benny for sessions of the song 'Blommar'. He plays
the organ.
1967-12-26
Björn
joins Benny's Hep Stars on stage, standing in for guitarist Janne
Frisck, who was held up in Spain.
1968
1968-01-10
Both Frida and Agnetha appear on TV show 'Studio 8'. Frida
sings 'En Ledig Dag' and Agnetha sings 'Jag Var Så
Kär'.
1968-02 Björn
and his Hootenanny Singers are in Austria to finish recordings for
their new album 'Bellman På Vårt Sätt'. Björn
has a romance with Swedish girl Marianne Åkerman.
1968 Frida
records the singles 'Simsalabim' / 'Vi Möts Igen' and
'Mycket Kär' / 'När Du Blir Min'.
 
1968-04
Björn records his first solo
single: 'Raring'.
1968-04/05
Agnetha (19 years old) lives in Stockholm with
her executive producer Lars-Johan Rundqvist, his wife and their children.
In May, Rundqvist and Agnetha go to West-Berlin for her first
German recording sessions: 'Robinson Crusoe' / 'Sunny Boy' and
'Señor Gonzales'/ 'Mein Schönster Tag'. In West-Berlin
Agnetha falls in love with arranger Dieter Zimmerman.
 
In Spring
1968 Agnetha records more songs in Sweden and West-Berlin: 'Försonade',
'En Sommar Med Dig' (written by Agnetha's father), 'Jag Har Förlarat
Dej', 'Tack Sverige', 'Snövit Och De Sju Dvärgarna' and
'Min Farbror Jonathan'.
1968-05-22
Frida and Lars Lönndahl give their folkpark concert.
The last concert takes place on 30 June.
1968-07/08
Agnetha returns to Stockholm for her first folkpark tour
with Bernt Enghardt. She also records the following songs: 'Alting
Har Förändrat Sej' and 'Den Jag Väntat På'.
1968-07-23 Agnetha
and Dieter Zimmermann get engaged.
1968-08-19
Agnetha records the duets 'Sjung Denna Sång' and
'Någonting Händer Med Mig' with Jörgen Edman.
1968-10/11
Agnetha records 'Borsta Tandtrollen Bort'.
1968-10-29
Björn and Benny records their second Andersson/Ulvaeus
compostion for the Hep Stars: 'A Flower in my garden'.
1968late
Agnetha's first album 'Agnetha Fältskog'
is released.
 
1968-12-21
Björn and his Hootenanny Singers leave Gothenburg
for the Caribbean to perform on a cruiseship during one month.
1969
1969-early Agnetha lives in
West-Germany with her fiancé Dieter Zimmermann. The following
German records, produced by Dieter Zimmermann are released on the Metronome
Records GMBH label: 'Concerto D' Amore' / 'Wie Der Wind', 'Wer
Schreibt Heut' Noch LIebesbriefe / Des Fest Der Pompadour', Fragezeichen
Mag' Ich Nicht / Wie Der Nächste Autobus' and 'Ein Kleiner
Mann In Einer Flasche / Ich Suche Liebe Bei Dir'.
Agnetha and Dieter separates in Spring 1969 and Agnetha moves back to
Sweden.
 
1969-02-01 Benny's Hep Stars
open their show at the Hamburger Börs in Stockholm.
1969-02-01 Benny and Frida meet each other for
the first time.
1969-02end Björn joins Benny's Hep Stars for
ten days as a temporary guitarist for Janne Frisck.
1969-03-01 Frida
performs 'Härlig Är Vår Jord' at the Melodifestivalen
and Jan Malmsjö performs the Björn/Benny/ Berghagen
production 'Hej Clown'.
 
1968-03-04 The
Hep Stars (with temporary guitarist Björn Ulvaeus) are in Malmö
for the next three days. On one of these days Benny sees Frida again.
1969-03-05 Benny and Björn write and
produce their 3rd Andersson/Ulvaeus recording 'Ljuva Sextital'
for Brita Borg.
1969-03-14 Agnetha performs her German single 'Concert
D'Amore' on a TV show in West-Berlin.
1969-03-21 The Hep Stars
record Benny and Björn's composition 'Speleman'
and 'Precis Som Alla Andra'.
1969-03-31 Benny and Frida meet again while
recording the radio show 'Midnight Hour' where they appeared in 'Flip
Eller Flop'
1969-05-04 Björn
and Agnetha meet each other for the first time.
  The
two couples in 1969
1969-08 Benny
and Frida get engaged in the restaurant 'Hamburgers Bors' in
Stockholm, where she performed as soloist.
1969-09-10 Björn, Benny and Frida
record 'Peter Pan'. The very first recording
with 3 future ABBA members working on one record.
1969-09-12 Björn
and Benny produce the single 'Det Var En Gång' / 'Sä
Kom Den Där Våren' for Anna-Lena Löfgren
1969-late Agnetha's
2nd LP 'Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2' is released.
 
1969-11 Agnetha's
single 'Zigenarvän' reaches No.5 On Svensktoppen.
1970
January:
1970-01-21 Agnetha records 'Litet Solskensbarn'
and 'Om tårar vore Guld'.
1970-early Agnetha records a German song called
'Hocus Pokus' for the German pre-selections of the Eurovision Songcontest.
The song is never released on single (the 1970 edition of the Eurovsion
Songcontest is held in The Netherlands on March 21).
February:
1970-02-27 Recording 'There's A Little Man' (backing vocals
by Agnetha) for Billy G-son. and 'I Saw It In The Mirror' (early backing
track.
March:
1970-03 ..
Release of B & B single 'She's My Kind Of Girl' - 'Inga
Theme'.
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1970-03-06
Frida records 'Där Du Går Lämnar Kärleken
Spår and Du Var Främling Här Igår.
April:
1970-04 ... ..Agnetha's
single 'Litet Solskensbarn' / 'Om tårar
vore Guld' is released.
1970-04-01
Benny and Frida move to a flat in the Vasastan district in Stockholm.
1970-04-05 The foursome go on a 11-day holiday to
Cyprus. With guitars they sang together for the first time, performing
for United Nations soldiers stationed on the island. Plans were
made to include the girls in the recording of the B & B 'Lycka'
album. Agnetha and Björn get engaged.
1970-04mid Svenne & Lotta Hedlund are informed by Björn
and Benny about the plans for a cabaret tour of their own with Frida
and Agnetha during the autumn.
1970-04-30 Björn and Benny go on tour again with Svenne
& Lotta.
 
......................................................................Benny
& Björn on stage with Svenne & Lotte
June:
1970-06-0208/09 Recording tracks for the 'Lycka' album
with 'Hej Gamle Man', with all four future
ABBA members and 'Liselott' with lyrics of Björn and Agnetha. Engineer
Michael Tretow and conductor Sven-Olof Walldorf were in it from this
moment on.
 
The two couples in 1970
July:
1970-07/08 In the summer Agnetha embarks on a solo Folkpark
tour.
 
August:
1970-08-22 Björn and Benny with Svenne & Lotte
perform in Vretstorps Folkets Park at 11 pm.
1970-08-30
Björn and Benny have their last gigs with Svenne & Lotte today.
September:
1970-09-02 Work on the B & B 'Lycka' album.
 Björn
and Agnetha working on the Som Jag Är LP
1970-09-04
Agnetha is back in the studio to complete her 3nd Björn
produced album 'Som Jag Är'. Backing tracks for 'När Jag
Var Fem', 'Som Ett Eko', 'Spela Vår Sång', 'Ta Det Bara
Med Ro' and 'Sov Gott Min Lilla Vän' are recorded today.
1970-09-08 Recording tracks for Frida's album with
Benny as producer: 'Lycka', 'En Lång Och Ödslig Vär',
"Jag Är Beredd', 'Gå Min Väg', 'Jag Blir Galen
När Gag Tänker På Dig' and 'En Ton Av Tystnad'.
1970-09-10
Work on 'Kalles Visa' and 'Någonting Är På
Väg' for the B & B 'Lycka' album.
1970-09-11 Backing tracks for Agnetha's 3rd
solo LP 'Som Jag Är' among which the Agnetha/Björn duet 'Så
Här Börjar Kärlek. Stig didn't want the song to be included
as a Börn/Agnetha duet on her album, because Agnetha had a contract
with a rival label. Therefore, Björn's name isn't mentioned
on her album. Recording of other Agnetha backing tracks: 'Du Ska
Minnas Mig, Tänk Va Skönt, En Säng Och En Saga', 'Jag
Skall Göra Allt' and 'Hjärtats Saga'.
1970-09-20..ABBA's
first appearance ever on a Swedish tv show, performing the country song
"California Here I Come"
and ABBA sing the chorus of "Red Roses For A Blue Lady", with
Swedish jazz singer "Gunnar Siljaboo.
 
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 "Red
Roses For A Blue Lady", with Swedish jazz singer "Gunnar Siljaboo
1970-09-29
'Festfolk' on a Swedish radio show 'Vara Favoriter'. Agnetha sings 'Som
Ett Eko' and Frida sings 'Barnen Sover', accompanied by the
boys. As a quartet they perform 'Hej Gamle Man'.
 
1970-10 Agnetha's
3rd album 'Som Jag Är' is released.
1970-10-21 Frida performs the following old Swedish hits on
tv-show Nar Stenkakan Slog: 'Ole Lukköje', 'Vad Gor Det Att
Vi Skiljs For I Afton', 'Att Alska I Varens Tid', 'Min Soldat', Söderhavets
Sång' and 'I Min Blommiga Blå Krinolin'
 Att
Alska I Varens Tid
1970-10-31 The foursome
appear on tv show 'I Stället För Tarzan' (Instead Of Tarzan)
with 'Hej Gamle Man'.
  
November:
1970-11-01 The four friends decide to go on stage as cabaret
act 'Festfolk', debuting at the Trägarn
club in Gothenburg today with 'Hej Gamle Man'. The performance
is not a succes.
  
 
Festfolk on stage.
 
December:
1970-12-01/20 'Festfolk give a series of concerts at the
Strand club in Stockholm in December 1970. After these concerts,
the four friends go their seperate ways again.
1970-12-19 Recording tracks for Frida's solo album,
produced by Benny.
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