By 1976-1977 pop groups like ABBA , The Bee Gees and Boney M. came to dominate dance floors and pop charts with disco . Some dansbands , like Sten & Stanley , " became turncoats " , performing their own disco covers , and followed the disco fashion . However , most of these changes failed and " Dansband death " became a common expression . Several dansbands disbanded and soon only the full-time bands remained , highlighted by Matz Bladhs and Vikingarna . Performances often took place on boats and at town hotels , with male members appearing in a suit , which for many years would become a dansband stereotype . In 1987 , the song " Fyra Bugg & en Coca Cola " ( renamed " Boogaloo " because of commercial controversy about the lyrics ) , performed by Swedish dansband singer Lotta Engberg , won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987 and finished 12th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 . By the late 1980s and early 1990s , Lotta Engberg gained popularity in the Nordic region with a sound including several catchy and joyful melodies as the lead singer in Lotta & Anders Engbergs Orkester
Melodifestivalen 1987
Melodifestivalen 1987
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