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's 1974 hit song "Waterloo" was voted the "All-Time Best Song of the Eurovision Song Contest" Saturday during a show organized on behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) by Danmarks Radio… ...

ABBA had not been around for very long as a band when they arrived at the Eurovision Song Contest. They formed in 1972 and, in 1974, they became the victors of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in ...

In 1974 the little known Swedish pop group Abba swept to superstardom with their Eurovision winning ?Waterloo’, and four decades later the song and the band remain as popular as ever. Now the ...