Barry Ryan 1969

Singer Barry Ryan on the cover of Bravo of 20 October 1969.

Eric Clapton 1974

Eric Clapton on the backpage poster of Bravo of 17 October 1974.

Lucy 1974

Lucy Van Pelt from The Peanuts on a single-page poster in Bravo of 17 October 1974.

Charts October 1974

The readers’ charts in Bravo of 17 October 1974. Many of these were already hits in summer. These charts show that ABBA were always big in West-Germany after Waterloo, when they were still struggling in the UK.

Agnetha & Björn 1974

An article on the marriage of ABBA’s Agnetha (called Anna at the time in Germany) and Björn in Bravo of 17 October 1974. A few years later, the winner would take it all.

Vivil Chewing Gum 1974

Hauptsache Amerikanisch! Ad for sugar-free Vivil chewing gum in Bravo of 17 October 1974.

Maggie Mae 1974

German teenage singer Maggie Mae on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 17 October 1974. She was having a hit with her version of My Boy Lollipop.

Keith Emerson 1973

Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake & Palmer on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 17 October 1974.

ABBA 1974

ABBA on the cover of Bravo of 17 October 1974. This week 48 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• Agnetha and Björn of ABBA on their marriage (see coming Sunday’s post)
• Sparks: The very different brothers
Bravo visits a young prison inmate
The light and dark side behind the scenes of the ‘ZDF Hitparade’
• Barbra Streisand’s new film For Pete’s Sake (‘Bei mir liegst Du richtig)
• The wife of Sweet’s Brian Connolly on her husband
• Profile of Mud’s Ray Stiles
• Singer Costa Cordalis and his fans

Uriah Heep 1973

Uriah Heep on the back-page poster of Bravo of 11 October 1973.