Their first song, ‘Isn’t It Easy To Say’, was recorded by the Hep Stars, their friendship and desire to collaborate grew, and they formed their own publishing company, Union Songs, together with Stig Anderson. While on the road, Benny met Björn in June 1966, and they started to write music together. Benny began to write his own songs, the first of which was ‘No Response’, followed by his first big hit, ‘Sunny Girl’, that attracted attention outside of Sweden as well. In October 1964, he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist, and they became one the most successful Swedish 1960s bands, the ‘Swedish Beatles’ with a huge fan base. From there, he moved on to the group Elverkets Spelmanslag. At the age of six he got his first accordion and started playing together with his father Gösta and his grandfather Efraim.īenny started out in the band of singer Christina Grönvall, who later became his girlfriend and mother of his first two children. Music entered Benny’s life when he was very young. Göran Bror Benny Andersson was born Decemin Stockholm, and spent much of his youth in the suburb of Vällingby.
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