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Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson (born 1946), the Swedish musician

person, singer, actor, musician, musical act, composer, pianist, film producer, Swedish people, person that is the musical composer for a film, band member, person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize, sagittarian person, songwriter

Legal name, Full name: "Göran Bror Benny Andersson"
Albums: ▶
Klinga mina klockor, November 1989, BAO!, Benny Anderssons Orkester, Klinga Mina Klockor, …
Lycka
Genre: pop music, folk rock, disco, Schlager
Record label: Polar
Born: ▶
1946, December 1946, December 16th 1946, Europe, Sweden, …
the EU, Scandinavia, Stockholm, the world, the Northern Hemisphere, Northern Europe, Stockholm, Solna Municipality, Södermanland, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm urban area, Stockholm City Centre, Nacka Municipality, Vällingby, Sollentuna Municipality, Huddinge Municipality, Danderyd Municipality, Botkyrka Municipality, Sundbyberg Municipality, Haninge Municipality, Järfälla Municipality, Tyresö Municipality, Africa-Eurasia, Eurasia, US postal Group 5, the UK European postal area, the Central European Time region
Starred in: Mamma Mia!, Abba: The Movie
Website: http://www.thehepstars.se/indexE.html
Wrote: ▶
One Night in Bangkok; Dum Dum Diddle; The Winner Takes It All; Honey, Honey; Chiquitita; …
Money, Money, Money; SOS; Take a Chance on Me; Voulez-Vous; Slipping Through My Fingers; Gracias Por La Música; Does Your Mother Know; Knowing Me, Knowing You; The Name of the Game; I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do; One of Us; The Day Before You Came; Summer Night City; Hasta Mañana; Angeleyes; Eagle; On and On and On; Arrival; The Visitors; He Is Your Brother; Head Over Heels; King Kong Song; Like An Angel Passing Through My Room; Love Isn't Easy; My Love, My Life; I've Been Waiting for You; So Long
Active: 1964 onwards
Origin: Vällingby
Producer of: ▶
Mamma Mia!; Chess; Dancing Queen; Mamma Mia; ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits; …
ABBA; Dum Dum Diddle; Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack; Voulez-Vous; The Winner Takes It All; Fernando; The Album; Waterloo; Honey, Honey; Chiquitita; Money, Money, Money; Ring Ring; SOS; Take a Chance on Me; Greatest Hits; Voulez-Vous; Slipping Through My Fingers; Does Your Mother Know; The Visitors; Our Last Summer; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Greatest Hits Vol. 2; The Name of the Game; No Hay a Quien Culpar; When All Is Said and Done; I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do; One of Us; More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits; The Day Before You Came; The Singles; Number Ones; Under Attack; Thank You for the Music; Ring Ring; Summer Night City; Mamma Mia! Original Cast Recording; People Need Love; Hasta Mañana; Angeleyes; Eagle; The Albums; On and On and On; Anni-Frid Lyngstad; ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos; The Visitors; Frida ensam; 18 Hits; He Is Your Brother; Rock Me; Head Over Heels; Frida; Nina, Pretty Ballerina; Love Isn't Easy; Bang-A-Boomerang; That's Me; Rock'n Roll Band; Frida 1967-1972; As Good as New; BAO!; Undringar; She's My Kind of Girl; Upptåg; Ted; Stormvarning; Franska Kort; Gracias Por La Música; Lycka; Gemini; The Album; En Karusell; So Long
Height: 1.77 metres (5.81 feet)
Composer on, Composer for: ▶
Mamma Mia!; Abba: The Movie; Mio in the Land of Faraway; Mio min Mio; Songs from the Second Floor; …
You, the Living
Occupation: film composer
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Andersson
Plays: ▶
guitar, piano, saxophone, synthesizer, accordion, …
keyboard instrument
Gender: male
Nationality: swedish
Organisations: ABBA, Swedish people, Hep Stars, The Hep Stars
Main Occupation: record producer
Class: ▶
songwriter; pianist; composer; musician; singer; …
person; actor; film producer; Swedish people; sagittarian person; person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize; band member; person that is the musical composer for a film; musical act
Wife: Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Did: die (1982)
Composed: ▶
Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Dancing Queen, Hung Up, Hung Up, …
Beatrice, Beatrice
Featured in: Abba, Abba
Lyrics: Dancing Queen, Dancing Queen
Contributor to: The Album, Waterloo
Born During: 1940s
Attributes: ▶
pop music, male, disco, folk rock, Swedish people, …
Schlager, 1.77 metres tall, swedish
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000000009e44"
Related Websites: http://www.thehepstars.se/indexE.html, http://www.abbasite.com, http://www.dummipedia.org/Chronology:Benny_Andersson, http://www.icethesite.com
Records: Waterloo
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Benny_Andersson
Rare Terms: "andersson benny"; "benny"; "andersson, benny"; "andersson"
Birthday: the 16th of December
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/017l4"
Musicbrainz Guid: "2f031686-3f01-4f33-a4fc-fb3944532efa"

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Tell me what you know about Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on 16 December 1946), the Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group, ABBA (1972-1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla.

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