ABBA: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2010

ABBA was made up of two couples. They united in 1970.

People Need Love (1972): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnt9lNhm3Nw

Ring Ring (1973): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL0EoXdpOqg


ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 propelling them to superstardom. The Swedish band was one of the first from a non-English nation to become stars in the English speaking world.

Waterloo (1974): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_9CiNkkn4

Honey, Honey (1974): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7ZsOFSV7c

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (1975): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3HN_pvbE4

SOS (1975): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvChjHcABPA

Mamma Mia (1975): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unfzfe8f9NI

Fernando (1976): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8bm6XlxuCY


One of the biggest songs of the period came next…

Dancing Queen (1976): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

Knowing You Knowing Me (1977): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU

The Name of the Game (1977): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6-kL78w6k


Take a Chance on Me (1978): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0

The Winner Takes It All (1980): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cwKCU8Z5c

Super Troupe (1980): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY

Thank You For the Music (1982): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy35IQjjAeI


They split in 1982.

Their music has been used in a number of films and shows ever since. In 1999, it was adapted for the musical, and later film, Mama Mia.

Mamma Mia (1999): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQKk1nkDa8U