In 1974, a little-known Swedish quartet set out to conquer the Eurovision Song Contest being held in Brighton in the United Kingdom. Armed with several pairs of platform boots and a conductor dressed ...

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In short: To celebrate 50 years since ABBA's famous Eurovision win, a new documentary on the Swedish group will air in the UK in May. The band has also announced it will reissue a new version of its ...

Fifty years since Abba won with Waterloo, fans are paying tribute to a pop classic. Its status is a far cry from its origins in a celebration of weedy pop and dodgy lyrics – and, whisper it, ‘nul ...

A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my ...

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MALMO, Sweden — The Eurovision stars aligned last year as Sweden claimed its seventh victory — a feat shared only with Ireland — bringing the song contest back to Abba’s home country this year, just ...

Fans of the Swedish supergroup ABBA gathered Saturday in England, Sweden and elsewhere to celebrate the hit song "Waterloo" on the 50th anniversary of its victory at the annual Eurovision Song Contest ...