(Newscom/CS Monitor) ABBA co-founder Benny Andersson said he was surprised that his group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In this photo Andersson appears during a photocall for 'Mamma Mia' as a part of the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France, on September 06, 2008.
ABBA Surprised by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
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MARCH 15, 2010
Glenn Gamboa McClatchy, CS Monitor

No one was more surprised about ABBA being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame than the band's co-founder Benny Andersson.
''We're a pop band from the North Pole," Andersson says, calling from his studio in Stockholm. "There's no such thing as a (continental European) band in the Rock Hall, so it is flattering. It feels good, but it's very unexpected."
Read the story by Glenn Gamboa McClatchy: www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0315/ABBA