DALIDA
               One of my favorite  singers. ARAB/ITALIAN/GYPSY
                        just   Mediterranean,  passionate,  joyful, laughing then
                        crying, expressive . Not  a  great voice  however GREAT  SINGER.
                      Did you know that before her suicide she gave her last concert here in Turkiye?

Cheese pop may have been born and bred in America, but if any country holds the title of most cheese pop bands per capita, it's got to be Sweden. Remember the dynamic duo Roxette of "Joyride" fame? How about Ace of Base, who rocked the world with their so-bad-it's-good album The Sign? Still, as wonderfully awful as these popular Swedish bands are, they are nothing—not even a piece of mild cheddar—next to the most deliciously gooey band of all time, ABBA.

ABBA took the '70s disco era by storm, racking up ultra-lite hit after ultra-lite hit, including "Waterloo" (1974), "SOS" (1975) and "Mamma Mia" (1975). But the polyester-clad foursome didn't get a number-one hit in the U.S. until the 1976 release of the gay anthem "Dancing Queen" on their album Arrival. Who cared if the rest of the world thought the song was about some ecstatic 17-year-old girl twirling her blonde tresses underneath the glow of glittering disco balls? Gay men knew it was really about us, and—once we felt the beat of the tamborine—there was no stopping our platformed heels from grooving.

As absolutely great—and simultaneously terrible—as it is, "Dancing Queen" isn't the only unforgettable track on Arrival. The hit breakup song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" has lyrics so clichéd they'd make even a 13-year-old wannabe-poet blush. And let us never forget "Money Money Money," that simplistic but fun ode to marrying the rich. Of course, as awful as they were, the catchy lunchbox lyrics and ridiculous rhymes were the key to ABBA's success. It was, after all, the decadent '70s, and nobody wanted to read Shakespeare, much less dance to it.

—Jefft

                            Dancing Queen has been one  of official MARCHES for Queers through the years. .
                       Do you agree with me ? ,,
                        then ,lets go to dance "DANCING QUEEN"  with DALIDA

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