B11

In November 1970 an unknown Swedish group called 'Festfolket' played their first concert in front of five embarrassed couples in a restaurant in Gothenburg in Sweden. Their 'live' performance was not a great success, and by the end of the week only three people turned up to

 KNOW

B12

hear them. Incredibly, just a few years later they would be most successful pop group in the world. In 1977 when they played at London's Royal Albert Hall, the box office received three and a half million requests! Why were ABBA so popular? First there were the songs themselves, which in the early years were catchy tunes with simple pop lyrics. Also, because ABBA were Swedish,

 CREDENCE

B13

their English pronunciation was very clear and easy to understand and this definitely helped their worldwide appeal. After the break-up Berry and Bjorn carried on writing music together, including the musical Chess. The women both

PRONOUNCE

B14

had reasonably successful solo careers.

 REASON

B15

All the members of the group remarried. Although the four members of group have been offered huge amount of money to make a comeback, they have always refused. Recently British TV has shot

 MARRY

B16

a documentary about all members of the group.

 DOCUMENT