Hep Stars

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The Hep Stars
Origin Flag of Sweden Sweden
Years active 1963-1969
Label(s) Olga Records
Website thehepstars.se
Members
Svenne Hedlund
Benny Andersson
Janne Frisk
Christer Pettersson
Lelle Hegland

The Hep Stars was a Swedish pop group, formed in 1963. The group were among the most successful of 1960s Swedish pop groups. The band included keyboardist Benny Andersson, who went on to become a member of ABBA. The other members of the group included Svenne Hedlund on lead vocals, Janne Frisk on guitar, Christer Pettersson (d. 2006) on drums and Lelle Hegland on bass. Svenne Hedlund and Benny Andersson left the group in 1969.

Among the hits were I natt jag drömde (Swedish version of Last Night I had the strangest Dream), Mike Berry's "Tribute to Buddy Holly", Malaika, Wedding, Consolation and Sunny Girl.

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