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January:
1972-01. In this month Benny and Frida buy a house in Vallentuna, north of Stockholm.
1972-01-10 Recording 'Kom Och Sjung En Sång' and 'Vi Är Alla Ara Barn I Början' for Frida's record produced by Benny. Backing vocals on both tracks by Björn and Agnetha.
1972-01-28 Agnetha will play Maria Magdalena in the Swedish version of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.
1972-01-29 Björn, Benny and Lena Andersson are in London to record tracks for Lena's album
February:
1972-02-04 Recording 'Vart Ska Min Karlek Fora' and 'Nu Ska Du Bli Stilla' for Agnetha's part in 'Jesus Christ Superstar', produced by Björn.
1972-02-13 Lena Andersson finishes 3rd at the Melodifestivalen with 'Säg Det Med En Sång' written by Björn, Benny and Stig.
Stig, Björn and Benny present at the Melodifestivalen
Backstage with Björn
1972-03-08 Recording the Björn & Benny duo track 'Att Finnas Till'. No girls on this record.
1972-03-21 Recording 'I'd Give Anything To Be Back Home In...' what became later 'Santa Rosa'. No Frida and Agnetha on this track.
1972-03-24 Recording work for an other Polar artist.
1972-03-29 Backing tracks of 'People Need Love' and 'Merry-Go-Round' with all four future ABBA members. The yodelling at the end of 'People Need Love' was the idea of the girls.
April:
1972-04-10 Björn, Benny and Frida are present at the Annual spring party of 'Expressen' in a Stockholm restaurant . Among the guests was Tim Rice, lyricist of 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.
1972-04-05 Guitar overdubs for 'People Need Love'.
1972-04-29 Concerts of the Hootenanny Singers with Benny in Linkoping and Gamleby. The group tour the Folkparks on weekend during the summer of 1972.
1972-04-30 Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid perform "People Need Love" on youth programme "Vi i femman".
1972-05-01 Agnetha begins the annual folk park circuit with the thirty minute "Agnetha Fältskog Show" in Malmö.
June:
1972-06 Release single 'People Need Love' - Merry-Go-Round'.
1972-06-12 Agnetha guest on German tv-show "Drehscheibe" with her German single: "Geh' Mit Gott". 1972-04-30 Recording 'Ah, Vilka Tider' and 'Den Stora Kärleken' with backing vocals of the girls
Agnetha on tv-show 'Gammeldans'
1972-07 Frida on tour through Sweden with Rolf Berge.
1972-07-27 Backing tracks of 'Ska Man Skratta Eller Gråta' and 'Man Vill Ju Leva Lite Dessemellan' for Frida's album with Benny, Björn and Agnetha on backing vocals.
August:
1972-08-26 Agnetha ends her summer tour today with concerts in Örebro and Vretstorp.
1972-08-30 Recording backing tracks of The Rock'n Roll Band, a working title of 'Rock'n Roll Band and 'Love Has Its Ways' as the duo Björn and Benny. No Agnetha and Frida here.
September:
1972-09-18 Backing tracks of Agnetha's solo single produced by Björn, with Benny on keyboards and backing vocals
1972-09-26 Recording 'Contemptation' what later possibly became 'Another Town Another Train' and guitar work on 'Rock'n Roll Band'.
1972-09-28 Work on Agnetha's solo single.
October:
1972-10-17 Recording backing tracks of 'Nina, 'Pretty Ballerina' and 'He Is Your Brother'.
1972-10-21 Björn and Benny are working with Ted Gärdestad today.
1972-10-29 Sax overdubs for 'He Is Your Brother'.
1972-11. Release single 'He Is Your Brother' - 'Santa Rosa'.
1972-11-02 A new track was made for 'Nina, Pretty Ballerina' today.
1972-11-17 Underway to Tokyo, Japan.
1972-11-18 Björn, Benny and the girls performed 'Santa Rosa' at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. ABBA in Japan. Video with the audio recording
ABBA in Japan
December:
1972-12.. The foursome do a photo shoot for the Vecko-Revyn magazine for their Christmas issue. The shoot takes place at Björn and Agnetha's flat. Christmas with ABBA
