Anni-frid-synni lyngstad biography of williams

In those days, she had a tendency of holding back her voice a little. The sets often lasted up to five hours. These groups all contained her husband, Ragnar Fredriksson. The first prize in this contest was a recording contract with EMI's Swedish subsidiary. This happened on the same day Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side.

Driving on that day was discouraged, so most of the nation was watching TV that night. Lyngstad performed her winning song live. This first exposure to a wider television audience caused a sensation, and many record companies and producers contacted Frida immediately. EMI executives, fearing they might lose their new singer, took the precaution of driving from Stockholm to Lyngstad's home in Eskilstuna the next morning with a recording contract for her to sign.

EMI producer Olle Bergman remembers: "We got so interested and fond of her and I thought she had everything a person needs to become something. Professional and self-assured on this first day in the studio, she recorded the vocals in just one take. At the same time, she decided to leave her family and move to Stockholm to start working full-time as a singer.

The album received generous praise from critics and the press, who especially commented on the precision and versatility of Lyngstad's voice. And she sings in such a way that you understand that she's got something between her ears — she sings, in other words, in a very intelligent way. Frida continued to play in cabarets, and tour and regularly perform on TV and radio.

She recorded the single " Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan " "One wants to live a little from time to time" , which became her second No. The following year, Lyngstad toured with Lasse Berghagen, while the other three future ABBA members started performing together on a regular basis. Lyngstad clearly enjoyed the spotlight more than the other three members of ABBA.

She liked to tour and to meet audience members one-to-one. This album includes her successful Swedish version of " Fernando ", which stayed at the No. Because of the activities of the group, the album took 18 months to record. Frida ensam became an enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, topping the Swedish album charts for six weeks and remaining in the charts for This album eventually went platinum.

This was also her first solo album in English. A much rockier sound was found on many of the songs and Phil Collins' drum sound had a major contribution, particularly on the lead single, " I Know There's Something Going On ", which topped the charts in Belgium and Switzerland, and was a top 5 hit in Australia, Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Sweden among others.

With the song and video being heavily promoted and played on MTV , the single also proved successful in the United States, reaching No. In the UK, the track was not a big hit, only reaching No. The album itself received good reviews, with Billboard writing: "ABBA's auburn-haired songstress makes a bold solo project a stunning success", while Mark Coleman described the album in the third edition of Rolling Stone Album Guide as "a sharp, rock-oriented, delightfully eclectic album".

William Cooper had a similar opinion in AllMusic : "Frida escapes the creative limitations of being a member of one of the world's most popular groups on this solid and often riveting album". Swedish Television SVT documented this historical event by filming the whole recording process. Owing to the success of the album selling 1. In , Lyngstad assisted with Abbacadabra , and recorded one of the tracks with two different male vocalists in different languages, including the French star Daniel Balavoine on the track " Belle " and on the English version " Time " with B.

Robertson produced by Mike Batt. She also jumps in and does the female recitation towards the end of the song "Strip" on the Strip album by Adam Ant , who was recording his album at Polar Studios in Stockholm. Lyngstad's next album was Shine Lillywhite was only 29 when this album was recorded; he gave Lyngstad a very experimental sound and managed to create a relaxed atmosphere in the studio.

The album had much less success than hoped, though it reached the Top 20 in many European countries, No. In , Lyngstad was in the choir for the recording of her former husband Benny Andersson's song " Klinga Mina Klockor ". She was contacted by singer Mauro Scocco , who mentioned that he had a song suitable for a duet. After hearing it, Lyngstad accepted immediately.

An English-language video of the song was produced, although an Australian release of this song on Festival Records in January was eventually shelved. In , Lyngstad founded her Children and Environment Foundation which runs summer camps for underprivileged children. All the royalties from this single went to charity. Frida contacted The Real Group and together they performed the song at the Stockholm Opera House in front of the king and queen.

It was a long-awaited album as 12 years had passed since Shine was released. The album attracted overall relatively positive reviews and was a success in Sweden where it reached No. Djupa andetag was one of the first Swedish albums to be released as a combined audio-video CD-ROM , including interviews with Lyngstad, footage from the making of the album, as well as promotional videos.

Despite the success of the album, none of these singles made a big impression on the Swedish charts.

Anni-frid-synni lyngstad biography of williams

A follow-up album with producer Anders Glenmark was reportedly in the works, but was shelved because of the death of Frida's daughter in A few low key and one-off recordings followed, including a duet with opera singer Filippa Giordano of the " Barcarolle " from Jacques Offenbach 's Les contes d'Hoffman as well as the song "The Sun Will Shine Again", written by former Deep Purple member Jon Lord , and recorded in She began singing at the age of 13, and in she won the Swedish national talent competition New Faces , and won a recording contract.

After releasing a few records, in she participated in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the Eurovision Song Contest, and finished in fourth place. Benny produced her debut album Frida in , and a year later she agreed to join him alongside his friend Bjorn Ulvaeus and his girlfriend Agnetha Faltskog in a new group, ABBA. After meeting in , the couple were living together by After just two years of marriage, they separated in , and were divorced in Before meeting Benny, she married salesperson and musician Ragnar Fredriksson in , aged However, close contact with her family in Norway continued, and she recalls with warmth memories of summer holidays spent with them.

Frida believed that her father had died during the war on his way back to Germany as his ship was reported to have sunk. It was seen by Frida's German half-brother, who went to his father Alfred Haase and asked him if he had been in Ballangen during the war. A few months later, Frida met Haase in Stockholm for the first time. Frida showed musical talent at an early age, beginning in her first years at school.

On Fridays, she was often asked by her teacher to sing in front of the class and soon became known in school and in the neighbourhood for her beautiful voice. In , at the age of 13, she got her first job singing schlager's, with a dance band called The Evald Eks Orchestra. Mr Evald Ek himself remembers: "It was hard to believe, such a young person could sing that well.

She was so easy to rehearse with and she was never shy onstage. The only thing I taught her was to sing out. In those days, she had a tendency of holding back her voice a little". With the Evald Eks Orchestra, the year-old Frida, performed every weekend in front of a dancing audience. The sets often lasted up to five hours. At this time she also started to take singing lessons.

Later, she teamed up with a piece 'big band', who performed a jazz repertoire covering Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie; her vocal idols being Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. In , she formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four. On 3 April , aged 17, Frida married salesman and fellow musician Ragnar Fredriksson. The first prize in this contest was a recording contract with EMI Sweden.

This happened on the same day Sweden switched from driving on the left side of the road to the right side. Driving on that day was discouraged, so most of the nation was watching TV that night. Frida performed her winning song live. This first exposure to a wider television audience caused a sensation, and many record companies and producers contacted Frida immediately.

EMI executives, fearing they might lose their new singer, took the precaution of driving from Stockholm to Frida's home in Eskilstuna the next morning with a recording contract for her to sign. EMI producer Olle Bergman remembers: "We got so interested and fond of her and I thought she had everything a person needs to become something. Professional and self-assured on this first day in the studio, she recorded the vocals in just one take.

Frida decided to move to Stockholm to start working full time as a singer. She recorded several singles for EMI. Frida separated early in from her husband and they were officially divorced on 19 May On the very same day, Frida's grandmother, Arntine, died, aged However, in , a German magazine published her photos along with her father's surname, revealing that he was alive and living in Germany.

Frida and Alfred met several times, but they do not currently maintain a relationship. Frida began her career at the age of 13 as a pop singer in a dance band. Later, she joined a jazz group, performing cover versions of songs by artists such as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. Her idols at the time were singers Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee.

In , she formed her own group called "Anni-Frid Four. On April 3, , at the age of 17, Frida married salesman and musician Ragnar Fredriksson. Frida and Ragnar divorced shortly after the birth of their daughter and officially ended their marriage on May 19,