"Hej Gamle Man" the first "Abba like" song - How did Bjorn/Benny & Agnetha/Frida become a group?

Thank you 🙏 for the watchings 👀 likes 👍 comments ¯_(ツ)_/¯ subscribes 👆 - lyric&below The history of how these four exceptional talents and how met and started to build as a group. 1969 was the year, when Benny Andersson’s group, The Hep Stars, split and when the Hootenanny Singers, Björn Ulvaeus’ band decided to quit touring, confining their infrequent group activities to the recording studio. It was also the year when Björn became romantically involved with Agnetha Fältskog, and Benny was engaged to Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Björn and Benny strengthened their working partnership as songwriters and producers and solidified their connection with Stig Anderson of the record company Polar Music. The idea for a collaboration between the four had been born in the spring of 1970 when Benny and Frida accompanied Björn and Agnetha on their engagement trip to Cyprus. During their holiday they sang together and were struck by the extraordinary sound they made as a quartet. They recorded ‘Hej Gamle Man!’ – the first time all four appeared on the same disc. ‘Hej Gamle Man!’, became the hit. On the important radio chart Svensktoppen (“The Swedish Top Ten”) it was number one for five weeks, and the single reached number five on the sales chart. “It was the birth of ABBA in a way” - Frida recalled many years later. “I don’t think it would have become such a hit if Agnetha and I hadn’t been on it.” Lyrics: [Vers 1] Han står på torget varje dag He stands in the square every day En vänlig...