Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Åse Fältskog (born April 5, 1950 in Jönköping, Sweden) is best known as "the blonde singer in Abba", one of the four singers in the rock group ABBA, along with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

Prior to joining Abba, Agnetha was a successful solo artist in Sweden with several chart singles and best-selling albums.

After the break-up of Abba in 1982 Agnetha released three solo albums in the 1980s which sold well around the world without achieving the sales success of her Abba days.

On July 6, 1971, Agnetha married Björn Ulvaeus; the marriage resulted in two children, Christian and Linda. In 1978 Björn and Agnetha divorced, although they both agreed to remain in ABBA. She subsequently had a brief second marriage and was also the victim of a well-publicised stalker from Holland.

In 2004 Agnetha released a new single, "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (a cover of the Cilla Black song), her first in 17 years. In April, it appeared on the British charts at number 11, in its first week of sale, making it the highest charting single of any of the individual ABBA members.

This was followed by the release of her first album for 17 years, "My Colouring Book", which featured covers of her inspirational songs from the 1960s. The album was well received by critics and was a best-seller in Scandinavia also reaching the UK Top 20 Album chart.

A follow-up single, a cover of the Jackie de Shannon and Searchers hit, "When you walk in the Room", also made the UK chart.

Solo Discography

  • Agnetha Fältskog
  • Agnetha Fältskog vol. 2
  • Som jag är
  • När en vacker tanke blir en sång
  • Agnetha Fältskogs bästa
  • Agnetha
  • Elva kvinnor i ett hus
  • Tio år med Agnetha
  • Nu tändas tusen juleljus
  • Wrap Your Arms Around Me
  • Eyes Of A Woman
  • Team Toppen 1
  • Agnetha Collection
  • Sjung denna sång
  • Kom följ med i vår karusell
  • I Stand Alone
  • Geh' mit Gott
  • My Love, My Life
  • My colouring book (2004)

Children

  • Linda Elin Ulvaeus
  • Christian Peter Ulvaeus

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A follow-up single, a cover of the Jackie de Shannon and Searchers hit, "When you walk in the Room", also made the UK chart. Gilmore also had a minor role in the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski as a bowler named Smokey. The album was well received by critics and was a best-seller in Scandinavia also reaching the UK Top 20 Album chart. Gilmore's fans admire his fine tenor voice, which delivers expressive, pure, country singing. This was followed by the release of her first album for 17 years, "My Colouring Book", which featured covers of her inspirational songs from the 1960s. His first solo album, Fair and Square, was released in 1988. In April, it appeared on the British charts at number 11, in its first week of sale, making it the highest charting single of any of the individual ABBA members. In the 1980s, he moved to Austin.

In 2004 Agnetha released a new single, "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (a cover of the Cilla Black song), her first in 17 years. Gilmore spent much of the 1970s in an ashram in Denver, Colorado, studying metaphysics. She subsequently had a brief second marriage and was also the victim of a well-publicised stalker from Holland. The three friends continued to reunite for occasional Flatlanders performances, and in May of 2002 released a long-awaited follow-up album, Now Again, on New West records. In 1978 Björn and Agnetha divorced, although they both agreed to remain in ABBA. It has since been acknowledged, through Rounder's 1991 reissue, (More a Legend Than a Band) as a milestone of progressive, alternative country. On July 6, 1971, Agnetha married Björn Ulvaeus; the marriage resulted in two children, Christian and Linda. The band's first recording project, from the early 1970s, was barely distributed.

After the break-up of Abba in 1982 Agnetha released three solo albums in the 1980s which sold well around the world without achieving the sales success of her Abba days. The group has been performing on and off since 1972. Prior to joining Abba, Agnetha was a successful solo artist in Sweden with several chart singles and best-selling albums. With Joe Ely and Butch Hancock, Gilmore founded the Flatlanders. Agnetha Åse Fältskog (born April 5, 1950 in Jönköping, Sweden) is best known as "the blonde singer in Abba", one of the four singers in the rock group ABBA, along with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. He was profoundly influenced in the 1960s by the likes of The Beatles and Bob Dylan and the folk music and blues revival in that decade. Christian Peter Ulvaeus. In the 1950s, he was exposed to the emerging rock and roll of other West Texans such as Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.

Linda Elin Ulvaeus. His earliest musical influence was the honky tonk brand of country music that his father played as a bar-band guitarist. My colouring book (2004). Gilmore was born in Amarillo, Texas and raised in the West Texas town of Lubbock, Texas. My Love, My Life. Jimmie Dale Gilmore (born May 6, 1945) is a country singer, songwriter, recording artist and producer, currently living in Austin, Texas. Geh' mit Gott. ISBN 0-679-41567-x.

I Stand Alone. In The Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Nicholas Dawidoff, Vintage Books, 1998. Kom följ med i vår karusell. One Endless Night, 2000. Sjung denna sång. Braver Newer World, 1996. Agnetha Collection. Spinning Around the Sun, 1993.

Team Toppen 1. After Awhile, 1991. Eyes Of A Woman. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 1989. Wrap Your Arms Around Me. Fair and Square, 1988. Nu tändas tusen juleljus.

Tio år med Agnetha. Elva kvinnor i ett hus. Agnetha. Agnetha Fältskogs bästa.

När en vacker tanke blir en sång. Som jag är. 2. Agnetha Fältskog vol.

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