(Benny Anderssen - Björn Ulvaeus)
Australia
#10 Sydney #12 Brisbane #16 Adelaide #4 Perth
Single on Wizard by 50s-style revivalist trio formed in 1975 in Brisbane with founding members and mainstays Lance Reynolds and Gino Latorre. They were first known as Silver Studs (see Dance With A Dolly).
The Silver Studs were a vocal group but they worked with a regular backing band. Their first and biggest hit was a cover of the Happy Days theme earlier in 1976 [♫ Listen at YouTube].
The third member of the group changed from Keith Reed to Vivien Grayson to Paul Stevens. When Stevens moved on to Ol’ 55 (replacing frontman Frankie J. Holden), Reynolds and Latorre continued as a duo called The Studs.
References, further reading: 1. Nostalgia Central’s Silver Studs/Studs page. 2. Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of Australian Rock & Pop, p.575 [Internet Archive].
Thanks to Terry Stacey who read the small print.
Single on Polar released throughout Scandinavia by Svenne Hedlund and Charlotte ‘Lotta’ Walker. a Swedish husband and wife duo also known as Svenne And Charlotte in some countries.
Funky Feet was also on the 1976 LP Letters and on the 2002 CD compilation Tio Gyllene ar med Svenne & Lotta 1973-1983.
Svenne, Lotta and future ABBA star Benny Anderssen had all been members of The Hep Stars, the most successful Swedish band of the 60s. See their #1 hits Cadillac and Farmer John at this site.
(Benny Anderssen - Björn Ulvaeus)
Sweden
Earlier recording: unreleased
Unfinished recording 19 July 1976, intended for ABBA’s 1976 album Arrival.
Funky Feet was written by ABBA’s creative duo Benny Anderssen and Björn Ulvaeus.
The reason that we didn’t finish
Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, quoted in ABBA The Complete Recording Sessions
recording it was that it sounded too much like “Dancing Queen”
(Benny Anderssen - Björn Ulvaeus)
Sweden
Later version
On album First Flight, by Swedish ABBA tribute band, produced by ABBA bassist Rutger Gunnarson.
See commentary at ABBA Tributes, Cover Songs and Cover Bands.
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(Benny Anderssen - Björn Ulvaeus)
Sweden
Later version
On album Alcazarised (2003) by popular Swedish pop-disco group.
♫ Listen at YouTube
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