Murray Head One Night In Bangkok, Chess Medley 1984 Disco Purrfection Version

After 1982 s The Visitors ABBA quietly faded away while buzz developed over the projects each of the members pursued individually. Frida was first out of the gate with the Phil Collins produced I Know There s Something Going On peaking at, 13 in the spring of 83, then Agnetha put out the sleek and sexy Can t Shake Loose that August which barely made the top 30 peaking at, 29 that fall. There were rumblings that Benny and Bjorn were working on something big, a musical with Tim Rice which ate up all their time from 1983 and most of 1984. The story involves a Cold War era chess match between the US master and Russian master and their battle for the love of a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. A concept album was released in 1984 featuring Murray Head, Tommy Körberg, Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson and Denis Quilley. Head (Say It Ain t So, Joe) was tapped to play the American chess master and became the vocalist on One Night In Bang