"The chances are that, had ABBA never come along making Benny Andersson
(and his three partners in the group) into an international pop-rock
star, no one outside of Sweden would ever have heard of the Hep Stars.
They were the hottest rock band of the middle-to-late '60s in Sweden,
however, considered by some to be that country's answer to the Beatles.
The Hep Stars also charted 20 singles in their own country and had hits
in the Netherlands, as well as building a following in Germany — and
their CDs are exported around the world as a result of the ABBA
connection."
