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Björn Ulvaeus

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Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (credited as Björn Ulvæus; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish songwriter, producer, a member of the Swedish musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. [1]

92 relations: ABBA, ABBA: The Museum, Abbacadabra, Agnetha Fältskog, Anne-Marie David, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Atheism, Atlantic Records, Avicii, Back taxes, Benny Andersson, Black market, Brighton, Brita Borg, British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors, Cameo appearance, Cher, Chess (musical), Ding-a-dong, Drama Desk Award, Epic Records, Euro disco, European Broadcasting Union, Europop, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1974, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Folk rock, Freethought, Gemini (Gemini album), Geminism, Gothenburg, Grammy Award, Harper Valley PTA, Hep Stars, Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song), Hootenanny Singers, Hypnosis, Igor Engraver, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Istanbul, Ivor Novello, Jennie, Jennie, Kom följ med i vår karusell, Kristina från Duvemåla, Lasse Berghagen, Linda Ulvaeus, List of Eurovision Song Contest winners, List of Swedes in music, Long-term memory, ..., Lund University, Lycka, Malta (band), Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia! (film), Mix (magazine), Money laundering, Per Gessle, Polar Music, Polydor Records, PolyGram, RCA Records, Rik Mayall, Royalty payment, Scandinavia, Schlager music, Scorewriter, She's My Kind of Girl, Singing, Stig Anderson, Stockholm, Svensktoppen, Sveriges Television, Sweden, Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Swedes, Swedish Armed Forces, Swedish folk music, Swedish Humanist Association, Swedish krona, Swedish Tax Agency, Teach-in, The Emigrants (novel series), The Guardian, Tim Rice, Tony Award, Tu te reconnaîtras, Universal Music Group, Västervik, Vilhelm Moberg, Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?, You're Summer. Expand index (42 more) »

ABBA

ABBA are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

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ABBA: The Museum

ABBA The Museum is a Swedish interactive exhibition about the pop band ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013.

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Abbacadabra

ABBAcadabra is a French children's musical based on songs from the pop group ABBA.

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Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Åse Fältskog (born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, actress, and author.

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Anne-Marie David

Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952 in Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France) is a French singer.

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Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Synni, Dowager Princess Reuss of Plauen (née Lyngstad, born 15 November 1945) is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer, songwriter, and environmentalist.

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Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Avicii

Tim Bergling (8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), better known by his stage name Avicii, was a Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer.

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Back taxes

Back taxes is a term for taxes that were not completely paid when due.

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Benny Andersson

Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!.

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Black market

A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or transaction that has some aspect of illegality or is characterized by some form of noncompliant behavior with an institutional set of rules.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Brita Borg

Brita Borg (10 June 1926 – 4 May 2010), full name Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg, was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist.

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British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors

The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors (BASCA) is one of the largest professional associations for music writers in Europe and exists to support, protect and campaign for the interests of songwriters, lyricists and composers.

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Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance or voice part of a known person in a work of the performing arts, typically unnamed or appearing as themselves.

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Cher

Cher (born May 20, 1946 as Cherilyn Sarkisian, Շերիլին Սարգիսեան) is an American singer and actress.

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Chess (musical)

Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Tim Rice, and a book by Richard Nelson based on an idea by Rice.

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Ding-a-dong

"Ding-a-dong" (original Dutch title: "Ding dinge dong", as it was introduced in the titles when broadcast) was the title of the winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Euro disco

Euro disco (or Eurodisco) is the variety of European forms of electronic dance music that evolved from disco in the later 1970s; incorporating elements of pop, new wave and rock into a disco-like continuous dance atmosphere.

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European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations, established on 12 February 1950.

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Europop

Europop (also Euro pop) refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1974

The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2013

The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Folk rock

Folk rock is a hybrid music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music, which arose in the United States and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s.

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Freethought

Freethought (or "free thought") is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma.

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Gemini (Gemini album)

Gemini is an album by Gemini released in 1985.

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Geminism

Geminism is the second album by brother sister group Gemini, released in 1987.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Harper Valley PTA

"Harper Valley PTA" is a country song written by Tom T. Hall and was a major international hit single for country singer Jeannie C. Riley in 1968.

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Hep Stars

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm.

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Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)

"Honey", also known as "Honey (I Miss You)", is a song written by Bobby Russell.

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Hootenanny Singers

The Hootenanny Singers were a popular folk group from Sweden, founded in 1961.

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Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Igor Engraver

Igor Engraver is a music notation program for the Macintosh and Windows operating systems, created by Swedish composer Peter Bengtson and published by the Swedish company NoteHeads.

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International Humanist and Ethical Union

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is an umbrella organisation of humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, freethought and Ethical Culture organisations worldwide.

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Istanbul

Istanbul (or or; İstanbul), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center.

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Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), born David Ivor Davies, was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

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Jennie, Jennie

"Jennie, Jennie" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in English by Lasse Berghagen.

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Kom följ med i vår karusell

Kom följ med i vår karusell (Come Join Us On Our Carousel) is a children's album released in early 1987, recorded by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and her son Christian Ulvaeus, nine years old at the time.

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Kristina från Duvemåla

Kristina från Duvemåla ("Kristina from Duvemåla") is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music).

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Lasse Berghagen

Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.

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Linda Ulvaeus

Linda Elin Ulvaeus (born 23 February 1973) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, and screen and stage actress.

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List of Eurovision Song Contest winners

Sixty-six songs have won the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition organised by member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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List of Swedes in music

This is a list of Swedish composers, musical groups, musicians and singers.

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Long-term memory

Long-term memory (LTM) is the stage of the Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model where informative knowledge is held indefinitely.

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Lund University

Lund University (Lunds universitet) is a public university, consistently ranking among the world's top 100 universities.

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Lycka

Lycka is a 1970 album released by folk/rock duo Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, who later became the male half of ABBA.

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Malta (band)

Malta was a Swedish band.

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Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! (promoted as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!) is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the story of Bueno Sera, Mrs Campbell, written by Dennis Norden, and based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band.

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Mamma Mia! (film)

Mamma Mia! (promoted as Mamma Mia! The Movie) is a 2008 jukebox musical romantic comedy film based on the 1999 musical of the same name, based on the songs of successful pop group ABBA, with additional music composed by ABBA member Benny Andersson.

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Mix (magazine)

Mix magazine is a periodical, billing itself as "the world's leading magazine for the professional recording and sound production technology industry".

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Money laundering

Money laundering is the act of concealing the transformation of profits from illegal activities and corruption into ostensibly "legitimate" assets.

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Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle (born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist.

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Polar Music

Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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PolyGram

PolyGram Entertainment is a film and TV production company owned by Universal Music Group.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Rik Mayall

Richard Michael "Rik" Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English comedian, actor and writer.

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Royalty payment

A royalty is a payment made by one party, the licensee or franchisee to another that owns a particular asset, the licensor or franchisor for the right to ongoing use of that asset.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Schlager music

Schlager music ("hit(s)") is a style of popular music which is generally a catchy instrumental accompaniment to vocal pieces of pop music with easy to understand, happy-go-lucky and often sentimental lyrics.

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Scorewriter

A scorewriter, or music notation program is software used with a computer for creating, editing and printing sheet music.

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She's My Kind of Girl

"She's My Kind of Girl" is a song written and performed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who were later famous as members of ABBA.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Stig Anderson

Stig Erik Leopold Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997) better known as Stikkan Anderson, was a Swedish entrepreneur, music manager, music executive, lyricist, music publisher and actor who was the co-founder of Polar Music, and best known for managing the Swedish pop band ABBA.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio.

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Sveriges Television

SVT is the Swedish national public TV broadcaster, funded by a television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets, and set by the Riksdag.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest

Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 58 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then (1964, 1970 and 1976).

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Swedes

Swedes (svenskar) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Sweden.

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Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten, literally “Defense Force”) is the government agency that forms the military forces of Sweden, and which is tasked with defence of the country, as well as promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting international peacekeeping efforts, and providing humanitarian aid.

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Swedish folk music

Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden.

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Swedish Humanist Association

The Swedish Humanist Association (Humanisterna, "the Humanists") is the largest humanist/rationalist organisation in Sweden with over 5,300 members.

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Swedish krona

The krona (plural: kronor; sign: kr; code: SEK) has been the currency of Sweden since 1873.

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Swedish Tax Agency

The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for national tax collection and administering the population registration.

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Teach-in

A teach-in is similar to a general educational forum on any complicated issue, usually an issue involving current political affairs.

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The Emigrants (novel series)

The Emigrants is the collective name of a series of four novels by the Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tu te reconnaîtras

"Tu te reconnaîtras" ("You'll Recognize Yourself"), sung in French by French singer Anne-Marie David representing Luxembourg, was the winning song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 – on one of the rare occasions when a country has won the contest two years in succession.

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Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi.

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Västervik

Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 21,140 inhabitants in 2010.

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Vilhelm Moberg

Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater.

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Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt.

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You're Summer

"You're Summer" was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in English by Claes af Geijerstam and Göran Fristorp as Nova.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björn_Ulvaeus

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