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    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 (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    hit for the Hep Stars). As the two couples began supporting each other during recording sessions, the sound of the women's voices convinced the songwriters...
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    Swedish pop-rock group, the Hep Stars, that performed, among other things, covers of international hits. The Hep Stars were known as "the Swedish Beatles"....
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  • Malaika (category Hep Stars songs)
    Uthup and Angélique Kidjo. The song has been covered by many other international artists such as The Hep Stars, Boney M, The Brothers Four, Helmut Lotti...
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  • 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)
    which the Hep Stars recorded six tracks: "Summertime Blues", "A Tribute to Buddy Holly", "Farmer John", "If You Need Me", "Bird Dog" and "Donna". The sessions...
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  • Farmer John (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    garage rock. In 1965, Swedish rock band Hep Stars released a version of "Farmer John" that reached number one on the Swedish sales charts. Don and Dewey penned...
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  • Brand New Cadillac (category Hep Stars songs)
    rock group Hep Stars recorded "Brand New Cadillac" as a single in February 1965. Hep Stars promptly followed the Renegades rendition of the song, and shortened...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • It's Been a Long Long Time (album) (category Hep Stars albums)
    It's Been a Long Long Time is the fourth studio album by Swedish band the Hep Stars, released by Cupol Records in February 1968. Intended to be their...
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  • Wedding (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    first recorded as the eleventh single by their group the Hep Stars in May 1966. "Wedding" was the second single in which the Hep Stars ventured into baroque...
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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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  • Donna (Ritchie Valens song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    staying on the week for the week of August 17, 1965 at a position of number 14. A live version was released on their live album Hep Stars on Stage. Yugoslav...
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    Swedish rock band The Hep Stars. With them, and more recently as a member of ABBA and Benny Anderssons Orkester, he became one of the most successful Swedish...
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  • Tribute to Buddy Holly (category Hep Stars songs)
    It Over") on their only studio album Introducing The Esquires. Swedish rock band Hep Stars released the song as their second single in 1965, and became...
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    was the vocalist in the band Hep Stars and a black woman Charlotte Jean Walker, which was Lotta Hedlund's name at that time, toured in Sweden with the all-girl...
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  • Sunny Girl (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    and released as the Swedish rock group Hep Stars tenth single in March 1966. Their second original song after "No Response", it was the song which made...
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    band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons:...
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  • issued as only the B-Side, "Don't was noted together with the A-side as having reached number one. Both "Consolation" by the Hep Stars and "Miss Mac Baren...
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  • Young and Beautiful (Elvis Presley song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    Schroeder and Abner Silver. It was performed by Elvis Presley as the last song of the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock. Presley recorded it on April 30, 1957,...
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  • Bald Headed Woman (category Hep Stars songs)
    group Hep Stars in 1965. "Bald Headed Woman" was the one of two songs "written" by Shel Talmy for their debut album Kinks, the other being the similarly...
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  • Oh! Carol (category Hep Stars songs)
    Howard Greenfield, the song is noted for Sedaka's spoken recitation of the verse, the second time around. It spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100,...
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  • Tallahassee Lassie (category Hep Stars songs)
    disc by the RIAA. Tommy Steele released a version of the song which reached #16 on the UK Singles chart in 1959. Hep Stars released a version of the song...
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  • So Mystifying (category Hep Stars songs)
    performs the lead vocals. The best known version of the song was recorded by Swedish rock group Hep Stars, whose version of the song reached the top-five...
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  • No Response (category Hep Stars songs)
    Andersson, first recorded by Swedish rock group Hep Stars and released as a single in September 1965. The song was written in response to criticism drawn...
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  • Consolation (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    keyboardist Benny Andersson, first recorded as the Hep Stars thirteenth single in October 1966. The single largely left the baroque pop style sound which had dominated...
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  • Only You (And You Alone) (category Hep Stars songs)
    recorded by The Platters with lead vocals by Tony Williams in 1955. The Platters first recorded the song for Federal Records on May 20, 1954, but the recording...
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  • "Hawaii av Hep Stars". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-26. Palm, Carl. "Cadillac Madness - den otroliga berättelsen om The Hep Stars" (PDF)...
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