Ring Ring (ABBA song), the Glossary

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1. 56 relations: A-side and B-side, ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Another Town, Another Train, Atlantic Records, Atlantis Studios, Automatic double tracking, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Carl Magnus Palm, English language, Epic Records, Europop, Eurovision Song Contest 1973, Funk rock, Glam rock, He Is Your Brother, Howard Greenfield, IFPI Danmark, Imgur, Janne Schaffer, Kent Music Report, Lars Samuelson (musician), Lasse Hallström, Lyons Maid, Michael B. Tretow, Neil Sedaka, Number Ones (ABBA album), Official Finnish Charts, Ola Brunkert, Oro: Grandes Éxitos, People Need Love, Phil Spector, Polar Music, Pop rock, Record World, Richard Williams (journalist), Ring Ring (album), Rock'n Roll Band, Rutger Gunnarsson, Salon.com, Schlager music, Springbok Radio, Stig Anderson, Stockholm, Sverigetopplistan, Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, Swedish language, ... Expand index (6 more) »

2. Melodifestivalen songs of 1973
3. Music videos directed by Lasse Hallström
4. Songs about telephones
5. Songs written by Neil Sedaka
6. Songs written by Stig Anderson

A-side and B-side

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.

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ABBA

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

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Agnetha Fältskog

Åse Agneta Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog and Anna Fältskog, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and a member of the pop group ABBA.

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Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad (born 15 November 1945), also known simply as Frida, is a Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA.

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Another Town, Another Train

"Another Town, Another Train" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA at KMH Studios. Ring Ring (ABBA song) and Another Town, Another Train are 1973 singles, 1973 songs, ABBA songs and songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Atlantic Records

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

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Atlantis Studios

Atlantis Studios is a recording studio at Karlbergsvägen 57 in Stockholm.

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Automatic double tracking

Automatic double-tracking or artificial double-tracking (ADT) is an analogue recording technique designed to enhance the sound of voices or instruments during the mixing process.

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Benny Andersson

Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! For the 2008 film version of ''Mamma Mia!'' and its 2018 sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, he worked also as an executive producer.

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Björn Ulvaeus

Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA.

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Carl Magnus Palm

Carl Magnus Palm (born 1965) is a Swedish author and historian, writing in Swedish and English, best known for his work on the Swedish pop group ABBA.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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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, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Europop

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

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Eurovision Song Contest 1973

The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Funk rock

Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock.

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Glam rock

Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.

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He Is Your Brother

"He Is Your Brother" is a song recorded in 1972 by Swedish folk group "Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid" (which became the pop group ABBA soon after). Ring Ring (ABBA song) and He Is Your Brother are ABBA songs, Polar Music singles and songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Howard Greenfield

Howard Greenfield (March 15, 1936 – March 4, 1986) was an American lyricist and songwriter, who for several years in the 1960s worked out of the famous Brill Building.

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IFPI Danmark

IFPI Danmark is the Danish branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and is the official charts provider and recording sales certification body for Denmark.

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Imgur

Imgur (stylized as imgur) is an American online image sharing and image hosting service with a focus on social gossip that was founded by Alan Schaaf in 2009.

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Janne Schaffer

Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist.

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Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music historian David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999.

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Lars Samuelson (musician)

Lars "Lasse" Samuelson (born Lars Samuelsson on 4 August 1935) is a Swedish musician (trumpet) and music arranger.

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Lasse Hallström

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director.

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Lyons Maid

Lyons Maid is a brand of ice-creams and ice-lollies created in 1925 as a spin-off from the J. Lyons and Co. retail organisation.

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Michael B. Tretow

Bo Michael Tretow (born 20 August 1944 in Norrköping) is a Swedish record producer and audio engineer, musician and composer, best known for his work with the Swedish pop group ABBA (1970–1982), and with the musical Chess.

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Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Number Ones (ABBA album)

Number Ones is a compilation album of recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by Polar Music in 2006.

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Official Finnish Charts

The Official Finnish Charts (Suomen virallinen lista; Finlands officiella lista) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

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Ola Brunkert

Ola Brunkert (15 September 1946 – 16 March 2008) was a Swedish drummer who was one of the main session drummers for the pop group ABBA.

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Oro: Grandes Éxitos

ABBA Oro: Grandes Éxitos is a greatest hits compilation album by ABBA, first released by Polydor in the United States in 1992, in which the songs are sung in Spanish.

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People Need Love

"People Need Love" is the debut single recorded in March 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA, at the time known as 'Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid'. Ring Ring (ABBA song) and People Need Love are ABBA songs, Polar Music singles, song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements and songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Phil Spector

Harvey Phillip Spector (December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021) was an American record producer best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s along with his two trials and conviction for the murder of Lana Clarkson in the 2000s.

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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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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre and form of rock music characterized by a strong commercial appeal, with more emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than standard rock music.

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Record World

Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with Billboard and Cashbox.

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Richard Williams (journalist)

Richard Williams (born 13 March 1947) is a British music and sports journalist.

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Ring Ring (album)

Ring Ring is the debut studio album by the Swedish group ABBA, initially credited as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida.

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Rock'n Roll Band

"Rock'n Roll Band" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA (then credited as "Björn & Benny with Anna & Frida") from the album ''Ring Ring''. Ring Ring (ABBA song) and Rock'n Roll Band are 1973 singles, ABBA songs and songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Johan Rutger Gunnarsson (12 February 1946 – 30 April 2015) was a Swedish musician, bass guitarist, guitarist, arranger and producer.

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Salon.com

Salon is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995.

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Schlager music

Schlager ("hit(s)") is a style of European popular music and radio format generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics.

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Springbok Radio

Springbok Radio (spelled Springbokradio in Afrikaans) was a South African nationwide radio station that operated from 1950 to 1985.

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Stig Anderson

Stig Erik Leopold "Stikkan" Anderson (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997) was a Swedish music manager, lyricist and music publisher.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Sverigetopplistan

Sverigetopplistan (lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening).

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Sweden chose their entry for Eurovision Song Contest 1973 in the national final Melodifestivalen 1973.

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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

The Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest was Melodifestivalen 1974.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Thank You for the Music (box set)

Thank You for the Music is a box set by the Swedish pop group ABBA, released on 31 October 1994.

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The Definitive Collection (ABBA album)

The Definitive Collection is a 2001 compilation album of all the singles released by Swedish pop group ABBA.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Wall of Sound

The Wall of Sound (also called the Spector Sound) is a music production formula developed by American record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios, in the 1960s, with assistance from engineer Larry Levine and the conglomerate of session musicians later known as "the Wrecking Crew".

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Waterloo (album)

Waterloo is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group ABBA, and the first released internationally.

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Waterloo (song)

"Waterloo" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA, with music composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics written by Stikkan Anderson. Ring Ring (ABBA song) and Waterloo (song) are ABBA songs, music videos directed by Lasse Hallström, Polar Music singles, song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements and songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

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See also

Melodifestivalen songs of 1973

• Oh, vilken härlig dag
• Ring Ring (ABBA song)

Music videos directed by Lasse Hallström

• Bang-A-Boomerang
• Dancing Queen
• Does Your Mother Know
• Eagle (ABBA song)
• Fernando (song)
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
• Happy New Year (song)
• Head over Heels (ABBA song)
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
• Knowing Me, Knowing You
• Mamma Mia (ABBA song)
• Money, Money, Money
• One Man, One Woman
• One of Us (ABBA song)
• Ring Ring (ABBA song)
• SOS (ABBA song)
• Summer Night City
• Super Trouper (song)
• Take a Chance on Me
• Thank You for the Music
• That's Me
• The Name of the Game (ABBA song)
• The Winner Takes It All
• Voulez-Vous (song)
• Waterloo (song)
• When All Is Said and Done

Songs about telephones

• Bananaphone
• Calling America
• He's on the Phone
• Hung Up
• John Prine (album)
• Mini-Moni Telephone! Rin Rin Rin / Mini-Moni Bus Guide
• Mr. Telephone Man
• My Telephone
• No Phone
• Payphone (song)
• Ring Ring (ABBA song)
• Ring a Ding Dong
• Speakerphone (song)
• Spiderwebs (song)
• Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
• Telemóveis
• Telephone (song)
• The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
• Touch-Tone Telephone
• Two for the Price of One (ABBA song)
• Wichita Lineman
• Wrong Number (George Jones song)
• You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

Songs written by Neil Sedaka

• (Is This the Way to) Amarillo
• Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka song)
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
• Calendar Girl (song)
• Crying My Heart Out for You
• Don't Hide Your Love
• Fallin' (Connie Francis song)
• Frankie (Connie Francis song)
• Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
• I Go Ape
• Laughter in the Rain
• Little Devil
• Lonely Night (Angel Face)
• Love Will Keep Us Together
• Love in the Shadows (Neil Sedaka song)
• Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete
• Next Door to an Angel
• Oh! Carol
• One Day of Your Life
• One More Mountain to Climb (Neil Sedaka song)
• Our Last Song Together
• Puppet Man (song)
• Rainy Jane
• Ring Ring (ABBA song)
• Run Samson Run
• Sad Eyes (Andy Williams song)
• Solitaire (Neil Sedaka song)
• Stairway to Heaven (Neil Sedaka song)
• Stupid Cupid
• Summer Symphony
• That's When the Music Takes Me
• The Diary (song)
• The Immigrant (Neil Sedaka song)
• The Other Side of Me (Neil Sedaka song)
• The Way I Am (Neil Sedaka song)
• Time Waits for No One (Neil Sedaka song)
• Where the Boys Are (Connie Francis song)
• Workin' On a Groovy Thing (song)
• You Mean Everything to Me (song)

Songs written by Stig Anderson

• Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?
• Bang-A-Boomerang
• Bring Me Edelweiss
• Dancing Queen
• Fernando (song)
• Hasta Mañana
• Honey, Honey
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
• I've Been Waiting for You (ABBA song)
• Knowing Me, Knowing You
• Ljuva sextital
• My Love, My Life
• Ring Ring (ABBA song)
• Rumble in the Jungle (song)
• SOS (ABBA song)
• Thank ABBA for the Music
• That's Me
• The Name of the Game (ABBA song)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Ring_(ABBA_song)

Also known as Bara Du Slog En Signal, Ring Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal), Ring Ring (English version), Ring Ring (Swedish version).

, Thank You for the Music (box set), The Definitive Collection (ABBA album), United Kingdom, Wall of Sound, Waterloo (album), Waterloo (song).