ISBN10: 1854109286, ISBN13: 9781854109286, [publisher: Aurum] Softcover 263 pages. Cover lightly fadedIn April 1974, Abba stormed to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo, resplendent in their shiny satin costumes and silver platform boots. More th an 25 years and 350 million record sales later, Abba's popularity remains undiminished, even though the group has not recorded a n ote since they split up in 1983. From instant dancefloor-fillers like Dancing Queen to sing-a-long ballads like The Winner Takes I t All, Abba's legacy of classic pop songs is unequalled. spent a total of 265 weeks in the charts. Worldwide, they are the second biggest-selling band of all time, surpassed only by the Beatles. When Polygram released the greatest-hits collection Abba Gold in 1992, it helped to kickstart a huge Abba revival; the album has s old more than 15 million copies to date and is still making appea rances in the UK Top 10. Abba songs played a key role in hit movi es such as Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Quee n of the Desert, and Mamma Mia , a musical written around 27 Abba songs, opened in London in April 1999 and is still one of the ho ttest tickets in the West End. On the Internet, there are more th an 380 web sites dedicated to Abba, and Abba imitators Bjorn Agai n (one of six tribute bands) have become a successful group in th eir own right. throughout with hundreds of photographs, many of w hich are from Abba's ...