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Benny

Full name: Göran Bror Benny Andersson
Date of birth: 16 December
Place of birth: Vasatan, Stockholm
Parents: Gösta and Laila Andersson
Children: Peter (), Helene (), Ludvig ()
Wives: Anni-Frid Lyngstad (), Mona Nörklit ()
First success: When Hep Starts performed Cadillac on TV and became an overnight success.

Before ABBA

Benny started out in the band of the singer Christina Grönvall, who later became his girlfriend and mother of his first two children. From there he went on to a group called Elverkets Spelmanslag. For one of their gigs, they hired the musician Svenne Hedlund as a chauffeur. At that time, Svenne Hedlund had just started his band The Hep Stars, and he became impressed with Benny's work on the organ.

When The Hep Stars needed a replacement on the organ, Svenne contacted Benny and he became an official member in

Early in , The Hep Stars released their first full album We And Our Cadillac. In March, they performed the song Cadillac from the album on the TV show Drop-In, and the success was immediate. Their frenzied success in Sweden eventually earned them the moniker The Swedish Beatles.

Up to then, The Hep Stars had only performed other people's songs but, Benny, not satisfied with the songs available to record, began to write some of his own.

The first of these was No Response, followed by his first big hit, Sunny Girl.

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These were followed by other Benny compositions including Wedding, Consolation, She Will Love You, Like You Used To Do and It’s Nice To Be Back Again.

In , Benny met Björn at a party and they soon decided to write a song together, which became Isn’t It Easy To Say, recorded by The Hep Stars. As the s progressed, Benny worked more and more with Björn to write songs for their respective groups and for other artists, for which they formed their own publishing company, Union Songs, together with Stig.

The Hep Stars split in , and Benny went on to co-work with Svenne and his wife Charlotte "Lotta" Walker.

The same year, he wrote the song Hej Clown with Lasse Berghagen for that year’s Melodifestivalen (Sweden’s Eurovision pre-selection). At the event, he met another participating singer, Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, and they were engaged a short time later.

In , Benny and Björn released the album Lycka on which they sang a number of their compositions in the hope other artists would decide to record them.

This album featured Hej Gamle Man, the very first track to feature all future members of ABBA, as Frida and Agnetha provided the backing vocals.

In , Björn convinced Stig to hire both him and Benny as the staff producers for Polar Music, and they were on their way to the eventual formation of ABBA.

After ABBA

In , Benny and Björn began work on writing songs that would be included in their musical collaboration with Tim Rice, Chess.

A studio album of the show was first released in , resulting in singles Nobody's Side (Elaine Paige), The Arbiter (Björn Skifs), I Know Him So Well (Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson, #1 hit in the UK), and One Night In Bangkok (Murray Head, #3 in the US). The stage version of Chess first opened in London in May , where it ran for three years.

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The considerably reworked Broadway version opened in April but closed after only two months. A Broadway cast recording produced by Benny was still undertaken and released. Chess has enjoyed continued popularity with productions undertaken all over the world, each attempting to meld the best of the UK and US shows. During the s, Chess in Concert was performed in Sweden with a recording produced by Benny released.

Additional English studio cast recordings were released of two Danish productions in and Chess På Svenska ran to great acclaim in Stockholm in with a Swedish translation by Björn and others.

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It starred Helen Sjöholm, Tommy Körberg, Anders Ekborg and Josefin Nilsson, and a cast album produced by Benny was released featuring several new songs. In , Tim Rice staged his “definitive” version at Royal Albert Hall starring Idina Menzel and Josh Groban (available on DVD & CD).

In , Benny and Björn produced and mostly wrote an album for Gemini, consisting of brother and sister duo Anders and Karin Glenmark.

One of the songs was Just Like That, recorded by ABBA in but not released. A second album, Geminism was released in , from which the most well-known song was Mio min Mio, which formed part of the soundtrack to the film of the same name.

In , Benny released his first solo album, Klinga Mina Klocker, featuring his original Swedish folk compositions and his accordion in collaboration with folk group Orsa Spelmän.

The title track, an epic minute orchestral suite featuring lyrics by Björn, was sung by an all-star Swedish female chorus including Frida.

In , Benny and Björn wrote three songs for a mini-musical called For Doina Cornea, performed by the World Youth Choir and Tommy Körberg at a concert in Stockholm. Only The Conducator was released, first the live version on the concert album, then a studio version on Benny’s second solo album November

Further Andersson/Ulvæus compositions appeared in this period including 's Upp Till Kamp, recorded for the International Equestrian Championships by Tommy Körberg, and ’s Beatrice, recorded by Kalle Moreaus (from Orsa Spelmän), both released as singles.

Benny co-produced a CD in titled Fägelsång I Sverige which contains examples of birdsong and a booklet showing each bird.

Benny has a special interest in birds native to Sweden.

In , Benny wrote two songs with Marie Nilsson for the cabaret act Ainbusk Singers.

Benny - ABBA Fan Club: Retrieved 6 June On 5 November , the Voyage album was released worldwide. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! This variety of different kinds of music influenced him through the years.

Both, Jag Mötte Lassie and Älska Mej, were released as singles with Lassie reaching #1 on the Swedish charts. The following year, Benny wrote the title song for the European Football Championships, hosted in Sweden.

Benny and Björn returned to pop territory in with the release of Josefin Nilsson's Shapes, an English language pop album consisting of ten new Andersson/Ulvæus songs.

Subsequent Björn and Benny compositions have listed Benny writing the music and Björn writing the lyrics.

Benny and Björn's most ambitious project was the musical Kristina Från Duvemåla which opened to rave reviews in Malmö in October , then moving to Gothenburg and Stockholm until Starring Helen Sjöholm, Anders Ekborg, Peter Jöback and Åsa Bergh, it was based on the epic Utvandrarna series of books written by Vilhelm Moberg about Swedish emigrants to America in the s.

A 3-CD studio recording was released at the end of , producing five singles including Guldet Blev Till Sand (Peter) and Du Måste Finnas (Helen). An English translation was undertaken by Björn and Herbert Kretzmer (Les Misérables) resulting in concert versions at the Carnegie Hall in (released on CD) and the Royal Albert Hall in These performances starred Helen with Russell Watson.

Benny has composed many pieces of music for specific events or occasions such as a special version of Dancing Queen with additional music recorded in for the Swedish equestrian entry in the Atlanta Olympic Games.

In , by request of a Swedish archbishop, Benny wrote the music for Innan Gryningen, a psalm with lyrics by Ylva Eggehorn and performed by Emma Hardelin released to mark the millennium. He has composed two ring tones, the first in for his hotel Rival in Stockholm (Rival Theme) and the second in for the Swedish Red Cross (Red X-Mas) which were available for download from their websites.

The former was adapted in into the song Jag Vill Bli Gammal for comedian Sissela Kyle and the latter in into Godnattvisa for BAO. He has also been prolific in music for shows, composing for several Swedish television productions (Duvslaget , I Fru Vennermans Fall ), plays (Mio Min Mio , Jag Har Ett Flygfotografi Av Kärleken ) and films (Nu Är Pappa Trott Igen , Sånger Från Andra Våningen, Puder , Du Levande , Palme and Cirkeln ).

Benny has frequently appeared as a guest musician and producer on other artists’ records, including those by Niklas Strömstedt, Görel Crona, Anne-Sofie von Otter, Triakel, Ensemble Tblisi, Per Myrberg, Frida Hyvönen and Cowboy Bengts.

saw the first of the B & B concerts, paying tribute to the music of Björn and Benny from the s to s, featuring Anders and Karin Glenmark, Tommy Körberg and Helen Sjöholm.

Innan gryningen benny andersson biography Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Vol. More about Benny Andersson. Retrieved 10 August He also had a fruitful songwriting collaboration with Lasse Berghagen , with whom he wrote several songs and submitted "Hej, Clown" for the Melodifestivalen — the Swedish Eurovision Song Festival finals.

Benny played at one concert and also recorded and produced a live recording from the project.

Benny and Björn were actively involved in the production of the musical Mamma Mia!, based on ABBA's music with a story by Catherine Johnson and produced by Judy Craymer. The musical opened on 6 April in London, 25 years after ABBA's Eurovision victory, and was an instant success.

Further productions were staged in dozens of cities on six continents with the Broadway production opening in October A film version was released in , starring Meryl Streep and becoming a worldwide hit, especially in the UK where it was the #1 movie of the year. Björn and Benny both appeared in the film briefly, and Benny was responsible for the soundtrack.

Cast recordings are available in English of the original London cast and film cast, but also in Dutch, German, Spanish, Swedish, Korean, Russian and French, to name a few.
In , the successful sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again hit the screen. As the story went back in time, it included the same actors that appeared in the first film as well as younger versions of them.

At the end of the year, Benny produced Cher's Dancing Queen, an album with ABBA songs.

Benny's most long-standing activity since ABBA has been with his band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO), consisting of fourteen musicians including all of Orsa Spelmän plus Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg on vocals. The music is mostly composed by Benny with lyrics usually by Björn.

They released their first album in , followed by several more albums including a Christmas one, a live album, a best of album and a box set which included a DVD with documentaries. They have had immense success with many #1 hit singles in Sweden and popular (mostly) open air tours throughout Sweden. They also performed in Glasgow in , in Minneapolis for the American Swedish Institute in and in London in

Various Benny and Björn compositions were released over the years including Barbara Dickson’s The Day The Wall Came Tumbling Down () as a website download.

They also wrote two promotional songs for Benny’s Hotel Rival, 2nd Best To None in and Merry Christmas, My Friend in , both sung by hotel staff. When Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria wed Prince Daniel in , Björn and Benny composed the choral piece Vilar Glad.

Benny - ABBA Fan Club In recent years, Benny has divided his time between producing for such successful Swedish performers as Josefin Nilsson and his love for birds. Abba — Uncensored on the Record. London Theatre Tickets. Musician composer producer songwriter.

I Din Famn for the ceremony, which was later released as a single. When Eurovision returned to Sweden in , the show in Malmö featured the anthem We Write The Story by Björn and Benny with Swedish DJ and producer Avicii.

Benny's music has gained the respect of his peers as the years have progressed, and he has received numerous awards and honours including doctorates from the University of Stockholm in and Luleå University of Technology in He also continues to support music education charities and provides scholarships to Stockholm’s Institute of Music Education.

Benny composed and helped perform En Skrift I Snön for the October inauguration of the “Super Organ” in Piteå’s Acusticum.

The piece included a portion of Benny’s Hep Stars song Wedding.

Björn and Benny also contributed the songs for Kristina Lugn’s play Hjälp Sökes. A soundtrack was released in , and the show was broadcast on Swedish Television in January

Benny opened a new studio, Riksmixningverket (RMV), with his son Ludvig next to Mono Music's offices.

Their first film production was an adaptation of the book Cirkeln by Mats Strandberg and Sara B Elfgren, released in with music by Benny. The soundtrack wass only released digitally.

Kärlekens Tid is another album produced by Benny in cooperation with Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör and released in It contains music by Benny (with some lyrics by Björn).

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The Choir is accompanied by Benny playing the piano.

In Benny featured on the Systerpolkan CD Randig Kjortel Systerpolkan. He takes credits for playing the piano, accordion, synclavier and the production. He also performed with them a couple of times.

In , Benny released another solo album, Piano, for which he proudly received the Opus Klassik Award.

The album was released by Deutsche Grammophon and featured classical – piano only - versions of songs he has written for ABBA, musicals and other occasions.

Solo Works

Before ABBA: Hep Stars

Before ABBA: Benny & Björn

Benny Andersson solo

After the ABBA era: Benny Anderssons Orkestra

Some of these recordings can be purchased through the ABBA Fan Club Shop

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