Abba's singer-songwriter Benny Andersson and vocalist Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss appeared at the black-tie event at New York's famed Waldorf Astoria hotel, where Abba, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies and the Stooges were formally inducted into the hall.
"I am truly very touched by what once started as partnerships a long time ago and that this has brought us here tonight," said Prinzessin Reuss, known to Abba fans as Frida, before she stepped aside to let ex-husband Andersson play piano performing their 1980 hit, "The Winner Takes It All" sung by US singer Faith Hill.
Backstage, she added, "We did a great job back then. In a way I am not surprised, actually, that we had the influence on other musicians and singers."
The four-member group became an international commercial success and cultural phenomenon in the late 1970s with such hits as "Dancing Queen" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You." Their music has enjoyed a revival in the worldwide hit musical and movie, "Mamma Mia!" The band broke up in 1982.
