Lite Grand i örat (programme 4)


 

Filmed 27 August 1981
Location Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcast 9 October 1981

Released

None of the performances in this programme have been included on any officially released video or DVD (although snippets from programmes 1, 2 and 3 were included in the Frida Box Set released on 5 December 2005
Notes Frida and Claes af Geijerstam presented four variety shows which were screened from 18 September 1981.  Claes and Frida started each show with the song "Let's Get This Show On The Road." "Lite Grand i örat" was a play on words as the show was taped at The Grand Hotel and loosely translated is "A Little Something For The Ear"

Guests: Tommy Körberg, Billy Gezon, Lotta Hedlund, Dave & The Mistakes, Les Istvanffy, Peter Holmgren

Musical Director: Anders Eljas.   Choreography: Graham Tainton

Musicians: Lasse Wellander, Chino Mariano, Rutger Gunnarsson, Per Lindvall, Åke Sundqvist, Nils Landgren, Jan Kohlin, Ulf Andersson, Hans Arktoft.

Songs you can hear Frida on :
- "Let's Get This Show on The Road" (with
Claes af Geijerstam);
- "Honky Tonk Women" (by The Rolling Stones) - Tommy Körberg
- "I'm a Man(?) - Billy Gezon
- "Drop Everything And Run" (by Dr Feelgood) - Lotta Hedllund (no Frida)
- "River Deep, Mountain High (by Ike & Tina Turner) - Lotta Hedlund & Tommy Körberg (no Frida)
- "After The Love Has Gone (by Earth, Wind & Fire) (Frida with Tommy Körberg)
- "Star" (by Earth, Wind & Wire) (no Frida) NB. both EW&F songs are from their 1979 album "I Am".
- Motown Medley: "Same Old Song" (first song) and "Dancing in The Streets" (last song), both with Claes. (The middle songs appear to be by Lotta, Tommy and Billy only.
- "Tack orkestern" (Thanks Band) - Frida and Claes accompanied by Anders Eljas.

See what Frida said about the shows here

    After The Love Has Gone

Duration 1 hour
Watch Out For Tommy Körberg who does a somersault after being introduced
Transcript  
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Related Links Lite Grand i örat 1, 1981; Lite Grand i örat 2, 1981; Lite Grand i örat 3, 1981
Credits Thanks to Grant Whittingham c/o ABBAMAIL for the song information (which song from which show) and Mark Pearce.
Some info from "Bright Lights, Dark Shadows" by Carl Magnus Palm
Some info from International ABBA Magazine No.2.  Extra special thanks to Jozsef and Alexandre Carvalho.
YouTube link c/o FFridalicious