The Hep Stars are a Swedish rock band formed in Stockholm in 1963. During 1965–1966 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop...
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Benny Andersson (section Hep Stars (1964–1969))
Elephant Walk"; he also wrote his first songs. In October 1964 he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist and they made a breakthrough in March 1965 with their hit...
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Hep Stars, that performed, among other things, covers of international hits. The Hep Stars were known as "the Swedish Beatles". They also set up Hep House...
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Malaika (category Hep Stars songs)
the Hep Stars were eating dinner and were suddenly approached by a chef, who worked in the hotel restaurant. Having heard the statement that the Hep Stars...
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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (category Hep Stars songs)
their album Visor och oförskämdheter. In mid-1966, Swedish rock group the Hep Stars released a version of it as a single; it became their first Swedish-language...
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Summertime Blues (category Hep Stars songs)
rock band Hep Stars recorded Summertime Blues as a single in late December 1964. It was a six-hour, consecutive session in which the Hep Stars recorded...
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The Hep Stars (also known as just Hep Stars) is the eponymous second studio album (and third overall album release) by Swedish pop group Hep Stars, released...
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Brand New Cadillac (category Hep Stars songs)
Downliners Sect.) Swedish rock group Hep Stars recorded "Brand New Cadillac" as a single in February 1965. Hep Stars promptly followed the Renegades rendition...
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Scandinavia. While on the road in southern Sweden in 1966, they encountered the Hep Stars, and Ulvaeus quickly became friends with the group's keyboard player,...
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Surfin' Bird (category Hep Stars songs)
"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered...
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Donna (Ritchie Valens song) (category Hep Stars songs)
authors list (link) "Donna by Hep Stars". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-26. "The Hep Stars - Hep Stars On Stage". www.thehepstars.se...
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Jul med Hep Stars (Christmas with Hep Stars) is the third studio album by Swedish pop group Hep Stars, released through the Olga label. In 2001, it was...
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Hep Stars on Stage (also referred to as simply On Stage) is the first live album and second overall release by Swedish rock band Hep Stars. Released in...
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Sunny Girl (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
Andersson, which was recorded and released as the Swedish rock group Hep Stars' tenth single in March 1966. Their second original song after "No Response"...
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Oh! Carol (category Hep Stars songs)
"Oh! Carol" is an international hit written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in 1958, and recorded by Sedaka. The song is noted for Sedaka's spoken...
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ABBA member Benny Andersson) Svenne Hedlund was the vocalist in the band Hep Stars and a black woman Charlotte Jean Walker, which was Lotta Hedlund's name...
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Lonesome Town (category Hep Stars songs)
"Lonesome Town" is a song written by Baker Knight. A version sung by Ricky Nelson became a hit single in the United States, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard...
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I Got a Woman (category Hep Stars songs)
"I Got a Woman" (originally titled "I've Got a Woman") is a song co-written and recorded by American R&B and soul musician Ray Charles. Atlantic Records...
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Only You (And You Alone) (category Hep Stars songs)
"Only You (And You Alone)" (often shortened to "Only You") is a pop song composed by Buck Ram. It was originally recorded by The Platters with lead vocals...
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as a recording artist since 1964, when he joined Swedish rock band The Hep Stars. With them, and more recently as a member of ABBA and Benny Anderssons...
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Should I (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
Baby. The best known rendition of the track was by Swedish rock band the Hep Stars, who recorded "Should I" as their ninth single in late 1965. This rendition...
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Tribute to Buddy Holly (category Hep Stars songs)
on their only studio album Introducing The Esquires. Swedish rock band Hep Stars released the song as their second single in 1965, and became their first...
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Farmer John (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
making the tune a classic of garage rock. In 1965, Swedish rock band Hep Stars released a version of "Farmer John" that reached number one on the Swedish...
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Then He Kissed Me (category Hep Stars songs)
"Then He Kissed Me" is a song written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The song, produced by Spector, was initially released as a single...
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Tallahassee Lassie (category Hep Stars songs)
reached #16 on the UK Singles chart in 1959. Hep Stars released a version of the song on their 1965 album Hep Stars on Stage. Flamin' Groovies released a version...
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No Response (category Hep Stars songs)
song written by Benny Andersson, first recorded by Swedish rock group Hep Stars and released as a single in September 1965. The song was written in response...
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Hej tomtegubbar (category Hep Stars songs)
"Hej tomtegubbar" ("Hey, tomte-men") is a Swedish drinking song, also used as a children's round dance at Christmastime. The tune was originally published...
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Young and Beautiful (Elvis Presley song) (category Hep Stars songs)
"Young and Beautiful" is a song written by Aaron Schroeder and Abner Silver. It was performed by Elvis Presley as the last song of the 1957 film Jailhouse...
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"Consolation" by the Hep Stars and "Miss Mac Baren by Tages were registered as number ones on 17 January 1967 Both "Consolation" by the Hep Stars and "Miss Mac...
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Bald Headed Woman (category Hep Stars songs)
Hammer. It became a number one hit on Kvällstoppen for Swedish rock group Hep Stars in 1965. "Bald Headed Woman" was the one of two songs "written" by Shel...
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