Agnetha Fältskog will always be indelibly remembered as the blonde singer in
ABBA - one of the most successful pop groups of all time - although she was
already a star in Sweden before the group and, with varying degrees of success,
pursued a solo career after they split. The daughter of a department store
manager, she reputedly wrote her first song at the age of six, took piano
lessons and sang in the local church choir. She formed her first group, The
Cambers, in her early teens and went on to sing with a dance band, which led to
her being signed by CBS Records. Her first singl...