In March 1964, " Elverket Spelmanslag " was up against another band in a talent contest, The Hep Stars.

When Benny stepped in as the Hep Stars ' keyboardist in October of that year, he knew this was what he wanted to do.

Andersson met Björn Ulvaeus in June 1966, and the two started writing songs together, their first being " Isn't It Easy To Say ", eventually recorded by The Hep Stars.

Benny and Björn scored their first hits as songwriters in the spring of 1969: " Ljuva Sextital " ( a hit with Brita Borg ) and " Speleman " ( a hit for The Hep Stars ).

Christina kept custody of the children as Andersson was then at the peak of his Hep Stars ' success.

* The Hep Stars International Official website ( Benny before ABBA )

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm.

The band decided a more intriguing name was in order and on Frisk's suggestion Hep Stars was chosen.

The main act failed to appear at all and originally hired to be support act Hep Stars filled in going down a storm especially among rockers ( or raggar as they were known in Nordic countries ) and the reputation started to spread through word-of-mouth.

In turn Andersson had earlier read a tabloid article over Hep Star's camp car they used on touring and which could take in both band and the equipment ensuring him Hep Stars had it going along with their assuring comments on the current scene.

Hep Stars recorded their next three singles in one six hours session without overdubs on three-track equipment

Other Swedish bands such as Tages and Shanes who largely wrote their own songs made a remark on Hep Stars using coverversions.

Having established their co-work in Hep Stars Andersson and Ulvaeus continued both as songwriting team to Polar-record company as well as duo Björn & Benny which eventually led to ABBA.

In the 1980s, a wave of 1960s nostalgia swept Sweden and the members had a discussion about re-forming the Hep Stars.

Jan Frisk, Charlotte Walker and Sven Hedlund occasionally play concerts together with guest musicians under the Hep Stars flag.

The album The Hep Stars ( 1966 ) is the probably best ABBA related of the pre-ABBA period.

Benny and Björn would also write two songs for the album " Hep Stars På Svenska "; " Speleman " and " Precis Som Alla Andra " and " Flower in My Garden " which appeared on the album " Songs We Sang 68 ".

The Hep Stars released ten albums and 23 singles.

* 1965: Hep Stars on Stage

* 1966: The Hep Stars

* 1967: Jul med Hep Stars

* 1969: Hep Stars På Svenska

The song went on to be popularised by international artists such as The Brothers Four, Helmut Lotti, Hep Stars, Rocco Granata, Miriam Makeba, Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, Boney M, Usha Uthup and Angélique Kidjo.

Schlesinger began to phase in the production of color Looney Tunes with the 1942 cartoon The Hep Cat.

The 2003 evaluators of the Sydney MSIC found that it “ had not increased blood-borne virus transmission ” with the data more specifically showing no improvement re HIV infection incidence, no improvement in Hep B infections, either worse or no improvement ( depending on the suburb studied ) in new Hep C notifications, no improvement in reuse of others ' syringes and injecting equipment, no improvement in tests taken for HIV and Hep C and initial improvement in tests taken for Hep B but worsening again in 2002.

Hepatitis A ( formerly known as infectious hepatitis and epidemical virus ) is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus ( Hep A ), an RNA virus, usually spread by the fecal-oral route ; transmitted person-to-person by ingestion of contaminated food or water or through direct contact with an infectious person.

become infected with Hep A each year.

Hep G2 is a perpetual cell line which was derived from the liver tissue of a 15 year old Caucasian American male with a well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.

It was also a big hit in Norway in 1966 in a Norwegian version: " Mot ukjent sted " by The Vanguards and a big hit in Sweden in 1967 in a Swedish version: " Mot okänt land " recorded by The Hep Stars.

The concert comprised a mixture of BAO classics, traditional Swedish folk, Bach, Shostakovich, old British pub singalong Roll Out the Barrell, ABBA and even Cadillac by the Hep Stars.

From 2003 to 2007, Bach had a recurring role on the WB television show Gilmore Girls as " Gil ", the lead guitarist in Lane Kim's band, Hep Alien.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a compilation album released by EMI in 1972, after Lyngstad had had her first Svensktoppen number one, " Min Egen Stad ", a Swedish language version of the Hep Stars track " It's Nice To Be Back Again ".

Early forms such as Hep and Yheppe point to an Old Norse rendering Hjáp of an Old English original Hēap = " heap ", perhaps referring to an ancient stone circle or cairn.

Ma serves as unofficial chairperson for San Francisco Hep B Free-the largest, most intensive health care campaign for APIs in the U. S. and one that is looked upon as a model for the nation in eliminating HBV.

Milton Gray notes that from The Hep Cat ( 1942 ) on, the cartoons become even more wild as Clampett's experimentation reaches a peak.

* In Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore's friend Lane Kim's band, Hep Alien, gets booked for a gig at CBGB.

At the end of the Season 6, Lane marries Hep Alien band-mate Zach van Gerbig ( Todd Lowe ), a sweet, slightly clumsy rocker.

An overtime goal by Gary Dornhoefer in Game 5 turned the tide of their first round series with the Minnesota North Stars in the Flyers ' favor, as the Flyers got their first playoff series win in six games.

Some historians speculate that the Giants got word that their star pitcher was risking his life and baseball career for the Stars and ordered him to stop, while others feel that the Stars ' coach got rid of Mathewson because he felt that, since the fullback's punting skills were hardly used, he could replace him with local resident Shirley Ellis.

He started playing in street parades around New Orleans with Bunk Johnson and his band and then got a job playing in Willie Hightower ’ s band, the American Stars.

Canadian indie band Stars mentions the Land of Nod in the title track to their album " The Comeback EP ": " Just got back from the land of Nod ..."

He got his first tastes of television in the early 1950s, appearing as a comic on The Ed Sullivan Show and hosting two game shows, Up To Paar ( 1952 ) and Bank on the Stars ( 1953 ), before hosting The Morning Show ( 1954 ) on CBS.

As the quippy, pop culture-quoting younger Gilmores were forced to reconnect with their repressed elders, creator Amy Sherman-Palladino got plenty of laughs and tears out of the generational divide, and out of showing the family Lorelai created for herself and her daughter in the idealized, Norman Rockwell-esque town of Stars Hollow.

During the 2005 offseason, Modano contemplated signing with the Boston Bruins, but he decided to stay with the Stars after owner Tom Hicks got involved.

It was here that he got to know Tim Ferguson and Richard Fidler of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars ( DAAS ).

Thus, L. A, not New York, got an expansion team called the Stars after the Giants moved to Minnesota in lieu of San Francisco.

A favorite of children, even in present times, got its start in the festival in 1981, the Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars.

The champions retained, but a week later the championship changed hands when Stars and Stripes got the victory.

The champions retained but a week later the championship changed hands when Stars ’ N ’ Stripes got the 1-2-3.

Following injuries to Canucks goaltenders Dan Cloutier and Peter Skudra, Auld got a start at the NHL level, a 4 – 2 victory over the Dallas Stars on January 23, 2002, after which he returned to the AHL.

Next Pretty Wonderful were challenged by the duo of Stars ’ N ’ Stripes ( Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot ) at Fall Brawl the champions retained but a week later the championship changed hands when Stars ’ N ’ Stripes got the 1-2-3.

Torriente played much of the summer of 1916 for the " Western " Cuban Stars team, but apparently got into an argument with the manager in St. Louis and found himself without a team.

JOHNSON: No, I did not, because a few months after I left, there was a big report in Stars and Stripes, one area very close to us, having got 12, 000 people, there was a whole operation planned where all of them at once were forcibly moved to detention camps, not by the bombings but by U. S. Marines and the ARVN troops forcibly removing them to these detention camps.