Benny Andersson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, producer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Andersson’s musical background comes from his father and grandfather ; they both enjoyed playing the accordion, and at six, Benny got his own.
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Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, producer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Andersson’s musical background comes from his father and grandfather ; they both enjoyed playing the accordion, and at six, Benny got his own. He left school at 15 and began to perform at youth clubs. In October 1964 he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist and they made a breakthrough in March 1965 with their hit \”Cadillac\”, eventually becoming the most celebrated of Swedish 1960s pop bands. He met Björn Ulvaeus in June 1966, and the two men started writing songs together, their first being \”Isn’t It Easy To Say\” The first Chess project was written with Tim Rice and Barbara Dickson, with vocals by Elaine Paige and Tommy Körberg. Chess was staged in London’s Prince Edward Theatre in May 1986 and received mixed reviews for three years running. A revised version was staged on Broadway in April 1988, and received poor reviews for running about three years. In 2001, he has been active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester. He has two children: Peter and Heléne. In early 1964, Benny and Christina joined \”Elverkets Spelmanslag’ ; the name was a punning reference to their electric instruments.
He also had a fruitful songwriting collaboration with Lasse Berghagen, with whom he wrote several songs and submitted ‘Hej, Clown’ for the 1969 Melodifestivalen – the Swedish Eurovision Song Festival finals. In April 1974, Andersson wrote music for and produced eight studio albums with ABBA. The group achieved great success globally and scored a number of No. 1 hits, including ‘I Know Him So Well’, ‘One Night in Bangkok’ and ‘She Will Love You’. After the group’s break-up, he continued writing music with Ulveus and continued to produce ABBA albums. He is married to Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and they have two children. He lives in Stockholm with his wife and two children, and has a son, Peter, and a daughter, Heléne. He and his wife have two sons, Peter and Peter, as well as a stepson, Peter Andersson, who is also a member of ABBA and is also an executive producer of the stage musical ‘Mamma Mia’! He has also written music for the 2008 film version of MamMA Mia! and its 2018 sequel, Mamma MIA! Here we Go Again, he worked also as an executiveProducer. He currently lives with his family in Stockholm and has three children.
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