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