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    The Hep Stars are a Swedish rock band formed in Stockholm in 1963. During 1965–1966 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop...
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    needed] he also wrote his first songs. In October 1964 he joined the Hep Stars as keyboardist and they made a breakthrough in March 1965 with their hit...
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    Hep Stars, that performed, among other things, covers of international hits. The Hep Stars were known as "the Swedish Beatles". They also set up Hep House...
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  • Summertime Blues (category Hep Stars songs)
    rock band Hep Stars recorded Summertime Blues as a single in late December 1964. It was a six-hour, consecutive session in which the Hep Stars recorded...
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  • Malaika (category Hep Stars songs)
    song has been covered by many other international artists such as The Hep Stars, Boney M, The Brothers Four, Helmut Lotti, Rocco Granata, Saragossa Band...
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  • Brand New Cadillac (category Hep Stars songs)
    Downliners Sect.) Swedish rock group Hep Stars recorded "Brand New Cadillac" as a single in February 1965. Hep Stars promptly followed the Renegades rendition...
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    Scandinavia. While on the road in southern Sweden in 1966, they encountered the Hep Stars, and Ulvaeus quickly became friends with the group's keyboard player,...
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  • Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (category Hep Stars songs)
    their album Visor och oförskämdheter. In mid-1966, Swedish rock group the Hep Stars released a version of it as a single; it became their first Swedish-language...
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  • Farmer John (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    making the tune a classic of garage rock. In 1965, Swedish rock band Hep Stars released a version of "Farmer John" that reached number one on the Swedish...
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  • Wedding (song) (category Hep Stars songs)
    eleventh single by their group the Hep Stars in May 1966. "Wedding" was the second single in which the Hep Stars ventured into baroque pop, something...
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