Erasure

. In 2004 she re-entered the limelight by recording a song in conjunction with former Deep Purple legend Jon Lord "The Sun will Shine Again" and also appearing with Benny and Bjorn at the London 5th Anniversary performance of the musical based on Abba songs, "Mamma Mia". Although they have not retained a strong presence on the popular music charts in the United States, they enjoy a large and loyal following throughout the world and continue to release new music and support newer albums with well-known world tours. After the break-up of Abba in 1982 Frida released a successful album, "There's Something Going On" though the follow-up "Shine" was less popular and proved her last foray into the music world for some years. Together with Pet Shop Boys, Erasure brought pop-synthesized music to the forefront of the American music scene in the late 80s. In 1992 Anni-Frid married His Highness Prince Heinrich Ruzzo Reuss von Plauen (1950-1999), of the Princely Reuss family. Erasure burst onto the music scene in 1985 with their hit "Who Needs Love (Like That)" which reached only number 55 in the British charts (followed later by their fourth single "Sometimes" which reached #2), and have had over thirty hits since. She married Benny on October 6, 1978 - divorcing in 1981.

Erasure is a British synth pop duo, consisting of Vince Clarke (synthesizers), formerly of Depeche Mode and Yazoo (Yaz in the US), and Andy Bell (vocals, lyrics). She made a second in 1971, produced by Benny Andersson, laying the foundations for ABBA. Bjorn Again. In 1967 Anni-Frid won a TV talent contest, and made an album for EMI. Depeche Mode. Anni-Frid got her first job as a jazz singer at the age of 13, then formed her own band, the Anni-Frid Four, marrying the bass player Ragnar Fredriksson at age 18, with whom she had two children before divorcing. Yazoo. Synni died before Anni-Frid was two, so she was brought up by her grandmother in Eskilstuna, Sweden.

Pet Shop Boys. At the end of WWII Anni-Frid, her mother and grandmother fled to Sweden for fear of reprisals from the Norwegian population - whose socialist government put many German-fathered children into mental institutions, or sent them overseas. Abba. After a German magazine published the story of her origins in 1977, Anni-Frid discovered that her father had not died. 2005 "Don't Say You Love Me". Anni-Frid was born illegitimately in Ballangen, near Narvik, Norway as a result of a liaison between Synni - her mother - and a married German sergeant, Alfred Haase, during the German military occupation. Anni-Frid believed that her father had died when his ship to Germany was sunk during the war. 2005 "Breathe" #4 UK. Anni-Frid-Synni "Frida" Lyngstad (born November 15, 1945) is best known as one of the four singers in the pop group ABBA.

2003 "Oh L'amour" (remix) #13 UK. 2003 "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" #14 UK. 2003 "Solsbury Hill" #10 UK. 2001 "Moon & the sky".

2000 "Freedom" #27 UK. 1997 "Don't Say Your Love is Killing Me" #23 UK. 1997 "In My Arms" #13 UK, #55 US. 1996 "Rock me gently".

1995 "Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" #20 UK. 1995 "Stay with Me" #15 UK. 1994 "I Love Saturday" #20 UK. 1994 "Run to the Sun" #6 UK, #124 US.

1994 "Always" #4 UK, #20 US. 1992 "Who Needs Love Like That" #10 UK. / Take a Chance on Me / Voulez-Vous) #1 UK, #85 US (on the album chart). 1992 "Abba-Esque EP" (Lay All Your Love on Me / S.O.S.

1992 "Breath of Life" #8 UK. 1991 "Am I Right EP" (Am I Right / Let It Flow / Waiting for Sex / Carry on Clangers) #15 UK. 1991 "Love to Hate You" #4 UK. 1991 "Chorus" #3 UK, #83 US.

1990 "Star" #11 UK. 1990 "Blue Savannah" #3 UK. 1989 "You Surround Me" #15 UK. 1989 "Drama!" #4 UK.

1988 "Crackers International EP" (Stop! / The Hardest Part / Knocking on Your Door / She Won't Be Home) #2 UK, #73 US (on the album chart). 1988 "A Little Respect" #4 UK, #14 US. 1988 "Chains of Love" #11 UK, #12 US. 1988 "Ship of Fools" #6 UK.

1987 "The Circus" #6 UK. 1987 "Victim of Love" #7 UK. 1987 "It Doesn't Have to Be" #12 UK. 1986 "Sometimes" #2 UK.

1986 "Oh l'amour" #85 UK. 1985 "Heavenly action" #100. 1985 "Who needs love like that" #55. Nightbird (2005, #27 UK, #154 US).

Hits! (2003, #15 UK). Other People's Songs (2003, #17 UK, #138 US). Loveboat (2000, #45 UK). Cowboy (1997, #10 UK, #43 US).

Erasure (1995, #14 UK, #82 US). I Say, I Say, I Say (1994, #1 UK, #18 US). Pop! - the First 20 Hits (1992, #1 UK, #112 US). Chorus (1991, #1 UK, #29 US).

Wild! (1989, #1 UK, #57 US). The Innocents (1988, #1 UK, #49 US). The Two Ring Circus (1987, #186 US). The Circus (1987, #6 UK, #190 US).

Wonderland (1986).