Born in Stockholm on 16 December 1946; Benny Andersson is a musician and songwriter. As a member of ABBA he won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with “Waterloo”; in 2010 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With Björn Ulvaeus he composed the musicals “Chess” (concept album 1984, stage version 1986), “Kristina fran Duvemala” and “Mamma Mia!”. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2021 – Joyful (2022) he is represented with two songs from “Chess”, for which he wrote the music with Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics: Tim Rice): Matthias Heilein sings “Anthem”, and Matthias Heilein, Tomas Kildisius, Eva Schäfer and Leslie Jost sing “I Know Him So Well”, which topped the British charts for four weeks in the recording by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson.
Benny Andersson
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