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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great compilation of chart data - A must for ABBA Fans who want chart facts,
By Jorge "Music Fan" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ABBA Gold Hits (Paperback)
Most of the book is dedicated to the chart position that each song reached in Europe, America, Australasia, Africa, and Asia. Here is a sample of what each song's page looks like:DANCING QUEEN Written and produced by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus On album: Arrival, Greatest Hits Vol 2, The Singles, Gold No. 1 in Australia, Belgium, germany, Holland, Ireland, Mexico, New Zeland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, UK, USA, & Zimbabwe. In Europe: Germany chart entry: 16 Aug 1976 Date # 1: 20 Sept 1976 (for 1 week) Previous # 1: Daddy Cool by Boney M. Next # 1: Jeans On, by David Dundas Chart life: 26 weeks (plus 17 weeks 1992) UK chart entry: 21 Aug 1976 Date # 1: 4 Sept 1976 (6 weeks) Previous # 1: Don't go breaking my heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee Next # 1: Mississippi by Pussycat Chart life: 15 weeks (plus 5 weeks in 1992) In the Americas: **The authors include the same info as above Canada peak date Peak position Chart life Mexico release date Peak position USA chart entry Date # 1 Previous # 1 Next # 1 Chart life In Australasia: **The authors include the same info and uses same format as UK In Africa: **The authors includs the same info and uses same format as UK In Asia: Japan release date Peak position Chart life Other Chart action: ***the authors give you the peak position of Dancing Queen in Finland, Switzerland, Autria, France, Spain, and Italy. The authors also include fun Trivia for many songs. The book has chart information on songs related to ABBA, not just ABBA songs, for example: Frida, Agnetha, Chess, Kristina Fran Duvemala, Hep Stars, and even covers such as Westlife, Steps, Erasure, etc. The authors also has lists of Top 50 ABBA hits of all times worldwide (based on chart stay), and ABBA trivia and chart lists per country (for 20 countries). For example, ABBA in France section includes: Bjorn & Benny songs that charted (peak position) ABBA songs that charted (peak position) Frida songs that charted (peak position) Agnetha songs that charted (peak position) Top 10 hits with ABBA Connection (I.E. One Night In Bankog) ABBA and ABBA related # 1s in France ABBA songs with most weeks at # 1 in France ABBA songs with most weeks in chart in France |
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ABBA Gold Hits by Craig Halstead (Paperback - May 6, 2005)
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