Friday, July 5, 2019

200 Favourite Music Acts. Today: #23: AGNETHA FALTSKOG.
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200
FAVOURITE
MUSIC ACTS
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#23
AGNETHA FALTSKOG
Agnetha Faltskog had already achieved success as a soloist long before joining ABBA in the early 1970s. A decade later, when the Swedish group dissolved, she resuscitated her solo career. Most of her output since has consisted of English-language albums.
Mike Chapman produced 'Wrap Your Arms Around Me', issued in 1983. Eric Stewart of the group 10CC produced 'Eyes Of A Woman' which followed 2 years later. Peter Cetera, the former lead singer of the band Chicago, co-produced the 1987 album release 'I Stand Alone'.
Faltskog kept fans waiting for 14 years before releasing 'My Colouring Book', consisting of covers. Still in fine voice, her album spawned 2 UK Top 40 hits. 
After another lengthy gap, Faltskog unleashed the album 'A' in 2013. This release was her first to feature new material since 1987. The album reached #1 in Australia and charted high in the UK and many European countries. 
In 2018, it was announced that ABBA would release new songs. There is even the possibility of an album of original material from the group. The release date has been postponed and is now scheduled for around September - October 2019. 
Faltskog was born in Jönköping, Sweden in 1950. She married Bjorn Ulvaeus in 1971. By this time, her husband had begun recording with Benny Andersson. Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were initially recruited as backup singers but it was soon realized that having the 2 women out front was the springboard to success as ABBA. As the 1970s came to an end, so too did Faltskog and Ulvaeus' marriage.


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24 TEMPTATIONS    25 GEORGE HARRISON    26 BEYONCE’
27 BRUNO MARS    28 KATE BUSH    29 R.E.M.    30 MARCIA HINES    31 DONNY HATHAWAY
32 PAUL McCARTNEY    33 THE JACKSONS    34 PRINCE    35 TINA ARENA    36 ETTA JAMES
37 PAUL SIMON    38 MADONNA    39 INXS    40 FRANKIE VALLI / THE FOUR SEASONS   
41 RENEE GEYER   42 GEORGE MICHAEL   43 DIONNE WARWICK   44 CROWDED HOUSE   
45 JAMES BROWN    46 EARTH, WIND & FIRE    47 EAGLES    48 DAVID BOWIE   
49 OTIS REDDING    50 FOUR TOPS    51 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA    52 BOZ SCAGGS   
53 JOHN LENNON    54 ROLLING STONES    55 MACKLEMORE    56 PET SHOP BOYS   
57 KYLIE MINOGUE    58 ADELE    59 NIRVANA    60 POINTER SISTERS
61 TRAVELLING WILBURYS    62 CHER    63 JOHN LEGEND    64 BLONDIE   
65 THE POLICE    66 TINA TURNER    67 STYLE COUNCIL    68 FREDDIE MERCURY
69 JANET JACKSON    70 THE WEEKND    71 RANDY CRAWFORD    72 BEE GEES
73 BETTE MIDLER    74 U2    75 CARPENTERS    76 SHIRLEY BASSEY    77 DAFT PUNK   
78 PAT BENATAR    79 LENNY KRAVITZ      80 ROXETTE    81 CHIC     82 MARK RONSON
83 JIMMY SOMERVILLE  84 GIORGIO MORODER    85 THE BLACK EYED PEAS   
86 ALCAZAR   87 INDIA,ARIE     88 LIONEL RICHIE      89 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD    90 STING
91 KATE CEBERANO    92 DANNY SAUCEDO      93 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN     
94 ROD STEWART       95 MARY J. BLIGE    96 SANTANA    97 CARLY SIMON
98 EMINEM       99 TAMMI TERRELL    100 FRANK SINATRA    101 JENNIFER HUDSON    
102 BEACH BOYS    103 CHAKA KHAN    104 JOE JACKSON       105 MIKA                              
106 CHRISTINA AGUILERA      107 DAVID GUETTA      108 DESTINY’S CHILD
109 JAMIROQUAI      110 ALISON MOYET      111 LED ZEPPELIN      112 STEVE WINWOOD
113 COMMODORES      114 COLDPLAY      115 SIMPLY RED      116 ONE DIRECTION
117 CAROLE KING      118 R. KELLY      119 EMELI SANDE`      120 QUINCY JONES
121 LADY GAGA      122 ELVIS COSTELLO      123 RAY CHARLES      124 ED SHEERAN
125 NATALIE COLE     126 SMOKEY ROBINSON     127 KANYE WEST     128 ELVIS PRESLEY
129 ERIC BENET      130 SAM SMITH      131 JAMES TAYLOR      132 STEELY DAN
133 IKE & TINA TURNER      134 DES’REE      135 ACE OF BASE      136 VAN MORRISON
137 SAM COOKE      138 THE DOORS      139 AMY WINEHOUSE      140 PHARRELL
141 GEORGE BENSON      142 MINNIE RIPERTON       143 VILLAGE PEOPLE
144 CURTIS MAYFIELD      145 FOREIGNER      146 EURYTHMICS      147 TOTO
148 BARRY WHITE      149 CARL RISELEY      150 TONI BRAXTON     151 NEIL DIAMOND
152 HALL & OATES     153 LUTHER VANDROSS     154 ERIC CLAPTON     155 THE O’JAYS
156 RUMER      157 SLY & THE FAMILY STONE      158 LITTLE RICHARD
159 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES      160 CHRIS ISAAK
161 MICHAEL McDONALD      162 GLORIA GAYNOR      163 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
164 BEN E. KING     165 MEAT LOAF     166 JAMES REYNE     167 JOAN ARMATRADING
168 SADE    169 A-HA    170 GLEN CAMPBELL    171 DIRE STRAITS    172 COLD CHISEL
173 LINDA RONSTADT      174 ANTHONY CALLEA      175 LISA STANSFIELD
176 EN VOGUE      177 MICHAEL BUBLE`      178 TRACY CHAPMAN      179 DRAGON
180 OLETA ADAMS      181 LITTLE RIVER BAND      182 SOPHIE ELLIS – BEXTOR
183 THE RONETTES      184 CERRONE      185 MODELS      186 SCISSOR SISTERS
187 DARREN HAYES      188 PETULA CLARK      189 MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
190 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY      191 ART GARFUNKEL      192 THE REELS
193 JANIS IAN      194 JOHN PAUL YOUNG      195 S CLUB 7      196 CHARLIE PUTH
197 THE MARVELETTES      198 ICEHOUSE      199 LEO SAYER      200 LIZA MINNELLI

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