“Mamma Mia!” The Song That Took the World By Storm Again, Again, and Again
Photo Credit: ABBA and Polydor Records “Mamma Mia!” The Song That Took the World By Storm Again, Again, and Again The unmistakable crackles coming from the speakers called to us from wherever we were in the house. It meant that my dad had placed the needle on a 78 rpm record. More often than not, the next sound would be the unmistakable sound of the tick-tock marimba , followed by the recognizable guitar riff. If my mom was home, you could hear her unmistakable grumbling that we were listening to that song again. As kids, though, we never tired of listening to it. Even though it was the 80s, we were already unofficial members of the cult classic following of ABBA’s “Mamma Mia.” ABBA was a Swedish band that made their musical debut in 1974 when they unexpectedly won the Eurovision Song Contest with their hit song, “Waterloo.” Unlike any other bands of the time, the ABBA quartet was comprised of two married couples: Bjӧrn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fӓltskog with Benny And...
