ABBA released Waterloo on March 4, 1974, months before the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Brighton on April 6. But the song was written specifically for the competition the previous December, ...

Abba is usually dismissed by snooty critics as a gimmicky pop band of the Seventies and Eighties who rose to titanic international prominence by pounding out scads of schmaltzy, inane toe-tappers and ...

Fifty years since Abba won with Waterloo, fans are paying tribute to a pop classic. Its status is a far cry from its origins in a celebration of weedy pop and dodgy lyrics – and, whisper it, ‘nul ...

A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my ...

50 years on from ABBA's 1974 Eurovision win with Waterloo, ITV News Reporter Aisha Zahid looks back at the defining moment in pop history Today marks the 50th anniversary of ABBA's famous win at the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — It’s 50 years since ABBA won a ...