The Land of ABBA : The Abba Time Line

The ABBA Time Line
Under Construction

These are major ABBA events. Links present in the time line, link to pics dealing with that event.
There's more to come including more events and pics. And there are a couple of mistakes, but we're working on it!

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1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1985	1992
1994	1996	1997	these links are working

1969	Winter		She's My Kind of Girl is recorded.
1970	Spring		Benny and Björn become a songwriting team.
	Fall		For the first time, the four members of ABBA perform together in public.
1971	July		Björn and Agentha get married.
1972	March	29	Recording begins on People Need Love.
	Fall		People Need Love is released as a single.
	October	17	Recording begins on He is Your Brother.
	Winter		Another Town, Another Train is recorded.
1973	January	10	Recording begins on Ring Ring.
	February		Ring Ring is rejected by the Swedish Eurovision jury.
	September	24	Recording begins on Dance (while the music still goes on.)
	October	17	Recording begins on Ring Ring.
	December	17	Recording begins on Waterloo.
	December	18	Recording begins on Hasta Manana.
1974	April	4	ABBA gains Eurovision Contest Victory with Waterloo.
	April		Waterloo becomes ABBA's first #1 single in the UK.
	August	22-23	Recording begins on So Long. Recording begins on SOS.
	September	15	Recording begins on I've Been Waiting for You.
	October	16	Recording begins on Crazy World.
1975	February	21	Recording begins on I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.
	March	12	Recording begins on Mamma Mia.
	May	6	Recording begins on the medley containing : Pick a Bale of Cotton, On Top of Old Smokey, and Midnight Special.
	August	4-5	Recording begins on Dancing Queen.
	September	3	Recording begins on Fernando.
1976	January		Mamma Mia becomes ABBA's second #1 single in the UK.
	February		Fernando is released as a single.
	March	23	Recording begins on Knowing Me, Knowing You.
	March	24	Recording begins on That's Me.
	April	26	Recording begins on Happy Hawaii.
	May		Fernando becomes ABBA's third #1 single in the UK. Greatest Hits becomes ABBA's first #1 album in the UK.
	May	17	Recording begins on Money, Money, Money.
	June		ABBA performs Dancing Queen at the marraige of the King of Sweden.
	June	14	Recording begins on When I Kissed the Teacher.
	August	20	Recording begins on My Love, My Life.
	September		*Dancing Queen* becomes ABBA's fourth #1 single in the UK.
	November		Money, Money, Money is released as a single.
1977	January		Arrival becomes ABBA's second #1 album in the UK.
	March	3-4	ABBA performs at the Sydney Showground, Sydney, Australia.
	April		Knowing Me, Knowing You becomes ABBA's fifth #1 single in the UK.
	May	31	Recording begins on The Name of the Game.
	June	1	Recording begins on Eagle.
	July	21	Recording begins on Thank You for the Music.
	August	7	CJ, the creator of The Land of ABBA and The ABBA Time Line, is born.
	August	15	Recording begins on Take a Chance on Me.
	Winter		Frida meets her father whom she thought was dead.
	October		The Name of the Game is released as a single.
	November		The Name of the Game becomes ABBA's sixth #1 single in the UK. ABBA begins their first world tour.
1978	February		Arrival becomes ABBA's third #1 album in the UK. Take a Chance on Me becomes ABBA's seventh #1 single in the UK. ABBA : The Movie is released.
	April	24	Recording begins on Lovelight.
	May	29	Recording begins on Summernight City.
	October		Benny and Frida get married.
	October	26	Recording begins on Angel Eyes.
	December		Agnetha and Björn separate.
	December	13	Recording begins on Chiquitita.
1979	February	1	Recording begins on Voulez - Vous.
	February	6	Recording begins on Does Your Mother Know.
	March	15	Recording begins on I Have a Dream.
	May		Voulez - Vous becomes ABBA's fourth #1 album in the UK.
	August	9	Recording begins on Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
	November		ABBA begins their second world tour. Greatest Hits : Volume 2 tops the world album charts.
	November	8	ABBA performs at Wembly Arena, London, England.
	December		I Have a Dream is released as a single.
1980	February	5	Recording begins on Elaine.
	February	12	Recording begins on On and On and On.
	June	4	Recording begins on Our Last Summer.
	June	6	Recording begins on The Winner Takes it All.
	July		The Winner Takes it All is released as a single.
	August		The Winner Takes It All becomes ABBA's eighth #1 single in the UK.
	September	9	Recording begins on Lay All Your Love on Me.
	October	3	Recording begins on Super Trouper.
	November		Super Trouper becomes ABBA's ninth #1 single in the UK. *Super Trouper* becomes ABBA's sixth #1 album in the UK.
1981	March	16-19	Recording begins on When All is Said and Done.
	December		The Visitors becomes ABBA's seventh #1 album in the UK.
1982	May	4	Recording begins on You Owe Me One.
	August		Recording begins on The Day Before You Came.
	November		*The Singles - The First Ten Years* becomes ABBA's eighth #1 album in the UK.
1985	February		I Knew Him So Well from Chess sung by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson becomes the tenth #1 single in the UK written by Björn and Benny.
1992	June		Erasure's ABBA-Esque tops the singles charts.
	September		ABBA Gold sells 4.5 million copies even before its US release.
1994			Thank You For the Music, the ABBA boxset, is compiled and released.
1996			ABBA's Unauthorized Interview Disc is released.
1997	September		CJ creates The Land of ABBA and compiles The ABBA Time Line.