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First Name

Benny

Last Name

Andersson

Date of Birth

16 December 1946

Height

69.5

Build

Average

Eye Color

Green

Hair Color

Brown - Light

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Star Sign

Sagittarius

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

ABBA

Gender

Male

Nationality

Swedish

Music Genre

Pop/Rock

Music Style

Contemporary Pop/Rock, Classical

Music Mood

Reflective, Dramatic, Amiable/Good-Natured, Elaborate

Instrument

Keyboards

Music Mood

Producer

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Wikipedia Text

G�ran Bror "Benny" Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972�1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina fr�n Duvem�la, and Mamma Mia!. He is currently active with his own band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO!), and was executive producer for the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!.

Role ID

Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department

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G�ran Bror Benny Andersson was born December 16, 1946 in Stockholm, and spent much of his youth in the suburb of V�llingby. Music entered Benny’s life when he was very young. At the age of six he got his first accordion and started playing together with his father G�sta and his grandfather Efraim. Benny also learned how to play the piano. He became a member of The Hep Stars in October 1964. The following year the band achieved their breakthrough and quickly became Sweden’s number one pop group of the 1960s. In 1966, Benny had a chance meeting with Bj�rn Ulvaeus, himself a member of the folk group the Hootenanny Singers. They hit it off and wrote their first song together, ’Isn’t It Easy To Say’. In August 1969, Benny left The Hep Stars after a turbulent few years of financial problems and musical differences. Instead, he intensified his working relationship with Bj�rn. The pair was writing songs for other artists and also started recording as a duo. Around the same time Benny met Anni-Frid ”Frida” Lyngstad and got engaged to her – they were eventually married in 1978. In November 1970, Benny, Frida and Bj�rn staged a cabaret show together with Bj�rn’s fianc�e, Agnetha F�ltskog. In 1972, the first ABBA record was released, and Benny was occupied by his work with the group for the following decade. In 1983 he started working on the musical Chess together with Bj�rn and lyricist Tim Rice. A concept album was released in the autumn of 1984, and in May 1986 the musical opened in London’s West End. In 1988 Chess received its Broadway premi�re. A reworked version of the musical opened in Stockholm, Sweden in 2002.

Official Websites

www.facebook.com/pages/Benny-Andersson/31393337063

Full Name at Birth

G�ran Bror Benny Andersson

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