Ebben az �j men�ben szeretn�m bemutatni azokat az el�ad�kat, akik valamilyen kapcsolatban vannak a Polar Music-kal, Stig Andersonnal �s az Abb�val. Valamint sikereiket nekik k�sz�nhetik.

In this new menu I want to show the related artist with Abba Polar and Stig Anderson.

Lena Andersson

Lena 15 �ves volt mikor Stig Anderson felfedezte a tehets�ges �nekest 1970-ben.

Lena t�bb Abba sz�m sv�d verzi�j�t �nekelte lemezre, amit a Polar ki is adott.

1976-ban a Fernando �s az SOS c. sz�mokat n�met nyelven is fel�nekelte lemezre.

Az Abba koncertturn�jain h�tt�r�nekes is volt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ei8YpOL4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAaysmcTkfk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Je2riuRQTM

Saj�t weblapja sok sok eml�kkel:

http://hem.passagen.se/lenahub/second2.html

Lena Andersson

Lena was 15 years old when she was discovered by Stikkan Anderson in December 1970.

Lena recorded even a Swedish language version of ABBA's "Hasta Mañana". She was even promoted in West Germany where she recorded two singles with covers on ABBA hits. In 1975 she released German language version of "S.O.S" b/w "Hasta Mañana" and in 1976 "Fernando" (in German) b/w "Kaliforniens Gold".

She was background singer when Abba was on tour.

http://hem.passagen.se/lenahub/second2.html

Her own site with memories.

Svenne & Lotta

Svenne Hedlund and Lotta Hedlund from the band Hep Stars where even Benny was member until 1969 became stars on their own rights in Sweden and Denmark at the beginning of 1970s. Their tight collaboration with Benny and Bj�rn made them to extremely ABBA-related pop acts.

Benny and Svenne left Hep Stars in August 1969 and started musical collaboration directly after it. Together with Bj�rn Ulvaeus they toured in Sweden in 1970 as "Svenne, Lotta, Benny and Bj�rn". In 1970 Svenne & Lotta released a single featuring "Peter Pan" written by Benny and Bj�rn. The single entered Svensktoppen on May 17, 1970 and stayed there for 7 weeks peaking at #3.

Svenne & Lotta

Svenne �s Lotta Hedlund a Hep Stars egy�ttes tagja �s Benny is ennek az egy�ttesenek a billenty�se volt.

�ket a Bennyvel �s Bj�rnnel val� egy�ttm�k�d�s tette igaz�n Abb�hoz kapcsol�d� el�ad�kk�.

1969-ben v�ltak igazi szt�rokk� Benny Bj�rn t�bb dal�t is el�adt�k, valamint az Abba sl�gereket is lemezre �nekelt�k sv�d�l.

1970-ben egy�tt turn�ztak Bennyvel �s Bj�rnnel a Folkparkokban. Peter Pan c. daluk 7 h�tig 3. volt a sl�gerlist�kon.

/Ezt a dalt Frida is �nekelte./

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9DJcmRYBUo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE1-4dYbo_M&feature=related

Ted G�rdestad

Az egyik legnagyobb tehets�g, akit Stig Anderson felfedezett a 70-es �vek elej�n.

BB. t�bb lemez�n volt producer �s az Abba l�nyok Frida �s Agnetha k�zrem�k�dtek  mint h�tt�r�nekesek.

Nagyon szomor�, hogy fiatalon elhunyt.

     

One of the biggest musical talents in Sweden discovered by the ABBA manager Stig Anderson at the beginning of 1970s. Bj�rn and Benny produced most of his records, Frida and Agnetha participated as background singers on several albums.

So sad, he died in his young age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUAqy1ZHZ7I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePXylI7TPI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKPbAzyvC-8&feature=related
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FEb40cOQ6c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcchHV-vTOE&feature=related

Eml�kt�bla Tednek Lisebergben.

Memorial plaque for Ted G�rdestad at Liseberg!

FINN KALVIK


The ABBA related story of the Norwegian singer Finn Kalvik started in 1977 when he met Benny Andersson for the first time on folkmusic festival in V�stervik in southern Sweden. Benny and Finn decided to start musical collaboration.

The first fruit of this collaboration was the album "Kom ut kom fram" which was released by Polar Music in Sweden and Norway in autumn 1979. The album had been produced by Benny Andersson. Agnetha and Anni-Frid were background singers and Benny played piano and synthesizers and Michael B. Tretow was engineer.

Two songs were re-recorded in English for a possible international promotion. The songs were: "On the run" (På flukt) and "Wake up to Love" (Kom ut kom fram).

The single "Lilla vackra Anna" entered Svensktoppen on November 11th, 1979 where it stayed for 10 weeks peaking at #2 (Agnetha F�ltskogs "N�r du tar mig i din famn" was #1 during several weeks at the end of 1979).

The album "Kom ut kom fram"  sold 120 000 and made Kalvik to a new star in Sweden.
 

A norv�g �nekes Finn Kalvik egy�ttm�k�d�se az Abb�val 1977-ben kezd�d�tt mikor tal�lkozott Bennyvel egy folk fesztiv�lon Vastervikben Sv�dorsz�gban. Ekkor hat�rozt�k el, hogy egy�tt fognak dolgozni.

A munka els� gy�m�lcse a Kom ut kom fram c. dal lett, melyet Polar c�mk�vel �s az Abba egy�ttm�k�d�s�vel k�sz�tettek. A l�nyok h�tt�r�nekesek voltak, a fi�k producerk�nt �s szerz�k�nt m�k�dtek k�zre m�g a kever�st M. Tretow v�gezte el. A dal angol v�ltozata is elk�sz�lt a nemzetk�zi prom�ci�hoz.

Ez az album 120 ezer p�ld�nyban kelt el �s Kalvik ezzel �j sv�d szt�rr� v�lt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7T31A8v9W0

In December 1980 Finn and Benny started recording sessions for a new album. The album "Natt og dag" was released in 1981. Agnetha and Anni-Frid were background singers on the album which had been produced by Benny again with Michael B. Tretow as a sound engineer.

K�vetkez� albuma ugyan�gy k�sz�lt, mint az el�z� 1980-ban.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ree5nsO08uw

Eurovision 1981

On April 4, 1981 the 27th edition of Eurovision Song Contest was held in Dublin (Ireland). The Polar Music boss Stig Anderson with his team was on spot and for the second time in the festival's history presented an artist who belonged to his record company - Finn Kalvik. Kalvik represented actually his home country Norway but his record contract was signed with Swedish Polar Music. The song chosen for Eurovision - "Aldri i livet" - was performed in English under the title "Here In My Heart". Kalvik's song received 0 points and took the last position...

1981 �prilis 4-�n rendezte�k �rorsz�gban Dublinban a 27. Eurov�zi�s Dalfesztiv�lt, melyre a Polar kiad�t �s saj�t haz�j�t k�pviselve �rkezett meg Finn Kalvik is az Aldri i livet. c. sz�mmal. Stig Anderson m�sodszor ker�lt a dalfesztiv�l t�rt�net�ben a k�z�ppontba. A dal angolul hangzott el Here in my heart c�mmel. Sajnos 0 pontot �rt el �s nem nyert.

Abban az �vben a Bucks Fizz egy�ttes nyert akiket sokan az �j Abbak�nt emlegettek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dxudrQ8jfw

Totally Finn recorded four songs in English in colaboration with Benny and Michael B. Tretow. All four songs were released on CD single by Polygram Norway in 1998.

Elk�sz�lt egy n�gy angol nyelv� dalt tartalmaz� cd is az  egy�ttm�k�d�s keret�ben amely 1998-ban jelent meg Norv�gi�ban.

Anders and Karin Glenmark

Anders Glenmark has always belonged to the ABBA family. In the 1970s he was ABBA studio musician, in the 1980s together with his sister Karin he formed the group Gemini which performed mainly material written by Bj�rn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. In 1996 the ABBA primadonna Anni-Frid Lyngstad chose Glenmark as a producer and songwriter for her comeback album "Djupa andetag".

In 1976 Anders Glenmark played guitar on ABBA's top hit "Money Money Money". In 1984 Anders was chosen by Bj�rn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson as one of the background singers in their musical "Chess".  Glenmark can be heard in the first single hit from the musical "One Night in Bangkok" which topped hit charts in the autumn 1984.

After the successful cooperation between Bj�rn, Benny, Anders and his sister Karin in "Chess" they decided to form a group which was called "Gemini" in 1985. The first album was recorded in the spring 85 in Polar Music Studios in Stockholm. Bj�rn and Benny had written most of the material for the album. They were even producers together with Anders. The LP called simply "Gemini" was promoted in whole Europe but it never became successful outside Scandinavia.

  

In November Gemini and Bj�rn Ulvaeus did TV promotion for the album and the single "Just Like That" a track which had been originally written for ABBA in 1982 but never released. ABBA fans got a possibility to hear the song for the first time performed by Anders and Karin. Bj�rn Ulvaeus was singing background vocals during the promotion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hs3XKnGxwM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DRzwzzUwVo&feature=related
 

Anders �s Karin Glenmark mindig is az Abb�-hoz tartozott. Anders git�ros volt az Abba zenekarban. Karin k�s�bb csatlakozott testv�r�hez. Egy�tt  Bennyvel �s Bj�rnnel alap�tott�k meg a Gemini egy�ttest 1985-ben.. T�bb BB. sz�mot is �nekeltek a lemezeiken. Benny �s Bj�rn producerk�nt is k�zrem�k�d�tt.

A Chess c. musicalben Anders h�tt�r�nekesk�nt hallhat�.

Frida Djupa andetag c. lemez�n Anders Glenmark volt a producer �s dalszerz� is egyben.

A Gemini egy�ttes nev�hez f�z�dik egy meg nem jelent Abba sz�m el�ad�sa, felv�tele. Ez a sz�m a Just like that c. szerzem�ny volt, amit Bj�rn �s Benny az abba sz�m�ra �rt 1982-ben.  Az Abba rajong�k nem kis �r�m�re.

A TV-s prom�ci�n Bj�rn mutatta be az egy�ttest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hs3XKnGxwM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DRzwzzUwVo&feature=related

DANIEL BALAVOINE

The French pop star Daniel Balavoine became ABBA related because of the French musical based on ABBA songs "Abbacadabra" and because of the cooperation with Anni-Frid Lyngstad in 1983-84. Together with the ABBA star he recorded the song "Belle" and released it as a single in the autumn 1983. Lyngstad has even participated as a backgroud singer on Balavoine's song "Dieu que c'est beau" in 1984. Both songs can be found on the memory double CD "Balavoine sans fronti�res" released in 2005 in France.

A francia pop szt�r az Abbacadabra musical miatt ker�lt kapcsolatba az abba egy�ttessel, melyben Frid�val dolgozott egy�tt 1983-84-ben.

K�z�sen �nekelt�k el a Belle c. sz�mot ami k�s�bb kislemezen is megjelent 1983 �sz�n. Frida h�tt�r�nekesk�nt is k�zrem�k�d�tt Balavoine lemez�n.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-md7WJWrhkk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOMKuJpvf_k

LILL BABS

"�r Du K�r I Mig �nnu Klas-G�ran" was composed by the then relatively unknown Stig Anderson. Anderson would go on to write several of Lill-Babs' hits in the 1960s and in the early 1970s he would gain international fame and success as the manager of ABBA.

Lill-Babs' 1971 Svensktoppen hit "V�lkommen Till V�rlden", originally composed as a contender for Melodifestivalen of that year, is of special significance in the history of ABBA since it was written and produced by Bj�rn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and it is also one of the earliest recordings to feature backing vocals by all four future members of the band.

Az 1960-as �s 70-es �vekben t�bb Lill Babs sz�m szerz�je Stig Anderson volt aki a k�s�bbiekben az Abba menedzsere lett.

Lill-Babs' 1971 Svensktoppen sl�gere "V�lkommen Till V�rlden" k�l�nleges szerzem�ny Benny �s Bj�rn �rta a Melodifesztiv�lra. A h�tt�r�nekes Agnetha �s Frida volt.  Ez a dal az egyik legkor�bbi felv�tel amit az Abba  egy�ttes j�vend�beli tagjai egy�tt k�sz�tettek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSeb2kF5BsY&feature=relmfu

JERRY WILLIAMS

In September 1974 ABBA made several attempts to record a new Bj�rn and Benny song entitled "Ricky Rock'n Roller". The final recording of the song remained though unreleased as Bj�rn and Benny were not happy about the result. A short part of the song performed by Agnetha and Frida would see its release in the Undeleted Medley on the 1994 box compilation "ABBA Thank You For The Music".

As the song had a good capacity anyway Bj�rn and Benny decided to give it to Swedish Rock'n Roll King - Jerry Williams. Williams recorded a new album in 1975 together with all ABBA session musicians and he made his own version of "Rikky" which was released on his album "Kick Down" in 1976.

1974 szeptember�ben azAbba egy�ttes t�bb felv�telt k�sz�tett melynek Benny �s Bj�rn a "Ricky Rock'n Roller" c�met adta. A dal v�gleges felv�tele kiadatlan maradt, Benny �s Bj�rn nem volt megel�gedve vele. A dal egy r�sz�t Agnetha Frida is fel�nekelte �s ez a r�szlet megjelent az Undeleted Medley r�szek�nt.

Bj�rn �s Benny elhat�rozt�k,hogy odaadj�k a dalt a sv�d rock kir�lynak Jerry Williamsnek. 1975-ben �j albumot k�sz�tett az Abba zen�szeinek k�zrem�k�d�s�vel �s elk�sz�tette a dal saj�t verzi�j�t. Ez 1976-ban jelent meg a Kick down c. album�n.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8tjDsZDfY

Video and SP by Erasure.