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Fact #76481

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Short story:

Hej Gamle Man!, a new single on Polar Records by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, enters the pop singles chart in Sweden, Europe, where it will remain for fifteen weeks reaching no 1. The pair will find greater fame as the male half of Abba.

Full article:

Bjorn Ulvaeus: We met the girls at the end of the Sixties, beginning of the Seventies, and fell hopelessly in love and all that. And we used to go on vacations together, when we'd bring guitars and sing - like any four young people going on holiday. And there was a good sound, you know? But all that time, we were pursuing our own careers.
(Source : Guardian Unlimited, 18 April, 1999)