Benny Andersson: Biography and Creativity

Today we will tell you who Benny Andersson is. The height of the musician is 177 cm. It's about the Swedish composer, musician, producer, arranger and singer. Most known as a member of the ABBA group. He was born in 1946, on December 16.

early years

Andersson Benny first performed on stage at the age of 8 years. It was in one of the halls in his hometown. His father and grandfather Esta and Efraim Andersson acted occasionally as a family accordionist group.

In 1964, Benny Andersson with Christina Grönwall - her lover - became members of the group "The People's Ensemble of the Electric Shield". At one of the performances, our hero's play on keyboards was remembered by Lennart Hegland - bass guitarist of the band Hep Stars. As a result, this incident led a young man in the autumn of 1964 to the ensemble. Lennart contacted Benny by phone and offered to join the team. Without thinking twice, our hero agreed. The Hep Stars group was headed by Sven Hedlund. Guitarist Yanne Frisk acted. Christer Pettersson was in charge of the drums. The group played mainly Little's repertoire Richard, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and also some other foreign stars.

Our hero composed his first own song in 1965, in the autumn. It was called No Response. The composition took the top lines in the Swedish charts. Sunny Girl is the next work of the young author. In 1966, this work became the leader of the Swedish hit parade. Total staff of The Hep Stars in the period 1965-1970. Recorded eight albums.

In 1966, in June, when the group tour of the Swedish National Parks was taking place, the musicians got acquainted with an unusual ensemble called Hootenanny Singers. Bjorn Ulveus and our hero discovered the proximity of tastes. As a result, we decided to continue our communication during the writing of new songs. As a result, a creative tandem has arisen, which continues its activity to this day.

Music for movies

Benny Andersson wrote music to several films. His first attempt was in the 1970s a song for the Swedish painting The Seduction Of Inga. The work called She's My Kind Of Girl was written by our hero together with Bjorn. This song was released in Japan and hit there in the top ten hits. In 1986 Andersson Benny wrote music for the film Mio in the Land of Faraway. This picture is based on Astrid Lindgren's book "Myo, My Mio." Work on the work was held jointly with Anders Elias. This song performed by Gemini was a hit in Sweden in 1987. In 2000, our hero was written a melody for the film Songs from the Second Floor. In addition, the musician created a famous ringing composition for the football European Championship, which was held in Sweden.

Personal life

Benny Andersson has a son and a daughter. Children were born in the sixties during the period of the musician's relationship with Christina Grönwall. Son Peter is a talented performer and composer. In the mid-eighties he created his own musical group called Sound of Music. Later, she changed her name to One More Time. Benny Andersson with his wife Frida Lingstad lived for 12 years, of whom in official marriage 3 years (1978-1981 gg.). Then our hero created a family with Monet Norklit - a Swedish TV presenter. They were married in 1981, in November. In 1982, in January, they had a son. The boy was named Ludwig. He went on his father's footsteps - he created his own group, which was called Ella Rouge.

Discography

Benny Andersson recorded several solo albums. The first under the name Klinga mina klockor was published in 1987. The second album November 1989 was published in 1989. Our hero worked on several musicals. Since 1984, he took up the work of Chess. In 1995, took part in the creation of the musical Kristina från Duvemåla. In 1999 he worked on the production of Mamma Mia. The musician collaborated with Orsa Spelmän. In 1988 he participated in the creation of the eponymous album. Then in 1990 the album Fiolen Min was released. In 1998, with the help of our hero, an album called Ödra was recorded. He actively created works for the ABBA group. I recorded several CDs together with the Hep Stars team. In 1965, Mr .. worked on the album We and our Cadillac. In 1965 he recorded a record of Hep Stars on stage. In 1966, participated in the creation of the album The hepstars.

Our hero also collaborated with Gemini. In 1985 he worked on the creation of the album of the same name. In 1987, he participated in the recording of the record Geminism. Known also as a creative activity within the framework of Benny Anderssons Orkester. In 2001 he recorded his debut album with the same name. In 2004 he worked on the creation of BAO! Then there were two more albums. Separately worth mentioning is the plate of our hero called Story Of A Heart, which was released in 2009. In 2011, he participated in the creation of the album O Klang Och Jubeltid. In 2012, the composer worked on a plate called Tomten har åkt hem.