Anniversaries January 2013

82 years ago
ABBA manager Stig Anderson was born on January 25th, 1931 in Mariestad,, Sweden
45 years ago
Agnetha's debut single "Jag var så kär" reached #3 on the Swedish chart on January 28th, 1968.
 
40 years ago
ABBA recorded Swedish version of "Ring Ring" on January 10th, 1973.

38 years ago
ABBA started the second leg of their tour in Oslo on January 10th, 1975.
38 years ago
ABBA promoted "So Long" on German TV on January 30th, 1975.
37 years ago
ABBA promoted "Mamma Mia" in the UK on "Top of the Pops" on January 11th, 1976.
37 years ago
The album "ABBA" enters the UK chart on January 31st, 1976.
36 years ago
The album "Arrival" was released in USA on January 4th, 1977.
36 years ago
ABBA started their World Tour in Oslo on January 28th, 1977.
35 years ago
"ABBA - The Album" was released in the UK on January 13th, 1978.
35 years ago
The single "Take A Chance on Me" saw its release in West Germany on January 16th, 1978.
34 years ago
ABBA participated in the Unicef gala in New York on January 9th, 1979.
34 years ago
The single "Chiquitita" was released on January 16th, 1979.
33 years ago
Agnetha and Frida started recording sessions for the album "Gracias por la musica" on January 7th, 1980.
 
31 years ago
The video for "Head Over Heels" was filmed in Stockholm on January 21st, 1982.
30 years ago
Agnetha started recording sessions for "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" on January 20th, 1983.
 
28 years ago
The single "I Know Him So Well" entered the UK Top 40 on January 12th, 1985.
28 years ago
Agnetha started recording sessions for the album "Eyes of a Woman" in January 1985.
27 years ago
ABBA appeared for the very last time together in front of the camera singing "Tiveds hambo" on January 16th, 1986.
 
25 years ago
Agnetha's single "The Last Time" was released in the UK on January 25th, 1988. 
 8 Years Ago
 Agnetha decided to do comeback and signed contract with Warner Music. This press release came on January 27, 2004

 
6 Years Ago
Agnetha attended the last show of Mamma Mia at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 7th, 2007.
4 YEARS AGO
 Agnetha and Frida represented ABBA when the Swedish Rockbjörnen prize for lifetime achievement was handed over on Thursday 22 January



3 Years Ago
Frida and Björn attended the premiere of the ABBA world exhibition in London on 26 January 2010.

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Anniversaries October 2012

42 years ago

Agnetha released the album "Som jag är" in October 1970.

40 years ago

Frida's greatest hits were released on a compilation album on October 8th, 1972 in Sweden.

40 years ago

The single "People Need Love" was released in France on October 10th, 1972.

36 years ago

ABBA were in Poland on October 7-8, 1976.

36 years ago

The album "Arrival" was released on October 11th, 1976.

36 years ago

ABBA promoted "Arrival" in USA on October 18-24, 1976.

35 years ago

The single "The Name Of The Game" was released in Europe in October 1977.

34 years ago

Frida and Benny got married on October 6th, 1978.

34 years ago

ABBA were on a promo visit in Paris on October 18-20, 1978.

33 years ago

The single "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" was released in October 1979.

33 years ago

The European leg of the ABBA World Tour started in Gothenburg, Sweden on October 19th, 1979.

33 years ago

The compilation LP "ABBA Greatest Hits Vol. 2" is released on October 26th, 1979.

32 years ago

Photo sessions for the "Super Trouper" album cover took place on October 3rd, 1980.

32 years ago

ABBA promoted "Super Trouper" in Paris/France on October 21-23, 1980.

30 years ago

The single "The Day Before You Came" was released in October 1982.

29 years ago

Agnetha appeared in the Late Late Breakfast Show in the UK on October 1st, 1983.

29 years ago

After the coach accident, A gnetha's first TV appearance  took place in "Måndagsbörsen" on Swedish TV on October 17th, 1983 .

29 years ago

Agnetha's single "Can't Shake Loose" entered the UK chart on October 22nd, 1983

28 years ago

Frida's solo album "Shine" is release in the UK in October 1984.

28 years ago

"Chess in Concert" premieres in London on October 27th, 1984.

26 years ago

Agnetha performed two songs with Ola Håkansson on "Flyktinggala" in Stockholm on October 4th, 1986.

24 years ago

 "Absolute ABBA" was released in the UK in October 1988.

20 years ago

ABBA "Gold" entered the UK chart on October 3rd, 1992 where it stayed for 328 weeks.

18 years ago

The ABBA box "Thank You For The Music" was released on October 31st, 1994.

17 years ago

"Kristina från Duvemåla" had its premiere in Malmö/Sweden on October 7th, 1995.

14 years ago

"Love Stories" was released on October 26th, 1998.

10 years ago

"Chess på svenska" was released on CD on October 28th, 2002.