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 ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” on Friday got one of the most prestigious ...
On this day 52 years ago, ABBA released the title track off their second album, "Waterloo," before taking the song to the Brighten Dome a month later and winning the whole contest. A breakthrough ...