Four Stars, Two Couples
During his last weeks with the Hep Stars, Benny met Frida, and the two became an item. Frida, who had been singing since she was 13, was a pop and jazz singer who had even won a Swedish national talent competition in 1967 and signed a recording contract. Benny ended up producing Frida’s 1971 debut solo album, featuring the number-one Swedish hit, Min Egen Stad (My Own Town), with Benny and the other future ABBA members.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad at a wedding. Photo By Ibl/Shutterstock
Björn and his wife Agnetha (they married in 1971) were on the track’s backing vocals. Agnetha was also already a Swedish star by the time she was 18, with her own 1968 self-titled album and her hit single, I Was So in Love, which topped the Swedish charts.