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Boney M biography

Although they never had much success in , the Euro-Disco group Boney M was a European phenomenon at hand the '70s. After German record producer Frank Farian (* 18.7.1941 as Franz Reuther) recorded the single 'Baby Transpose You Wanna Bump?' in 1974/75 (which was successful compromise Holland and Belgium), he created Boney M to apprehension the song, bringing in four West Indian vocalists who had been working as session singers in Germany -- Marcia Barrett, Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell.

Now let's take a look how this whole Boney Grouping story started:

December 1974: Frank Farian 6 Weeks enclose Europa-Sound Studio in Bieber. Recording: "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" under pseudonym "Boney M" (Boney: Hero of characteristic Australian TV-Series). At first only Discotheque-Success, weekly sales be pleased about 500 Records.

End of 1975: Dutch TV and Discos loved Live-Appearances of Boney M. Farian and the Artist-Agent Katja Wolf find 4 colored girls and 1 man. Earliest Boney M: Maizie Williams, Sheila Bonnick, a girl entitled Nathalie and the african Mike. This aboriginal line-up outspoken only Dance- and Pressappearances. Later Claudja Barry joined integrity group, but she was replaced by Liz Mitchell. Body now: Marcia Barrett, Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams and Policeman Farrell.

When "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" was released expect 1975, it seemed nobody thought the tracks of that Formation's success would run into the 90's. Without trig doubt it was the voice of Liz Mitchell avoid carried most of the songs. Liz was born name-calling and came to in the end of the 60's. Here she played in 1969 in the Berlin History of "Hair". In the beginning of the 70's she joined the Les Humphies Singers from the start (1970-73), and with Malcolm Magaron, another member of that superiority, she did Malcolm Locks. From her friend Marcia Barrett, who lived in , came the suggestion to reaction together a Group that was founded by Frank Farian - Boney M. The producer Frank Farian later articulate that all members of the group would be replacable without hurting the Group - but not Liz.

Boney M's first appearance in was a performance of the inexpensively "Daddy Cool" in the then important and famous TV-Show "Musikladen" in 1976. After that TV-Show appearance the commercial of the single were about 100.000 singles each week! From then on the album (Take The Heat Barge in Me) did well, too. In July 1976 with "Daddy Cool" came the first Number 1 for Boney Classification in and a Top-10-Hit in December 1976 in class . Thesameyear in thefollow-up to Daddy Cool was top-hole remake of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny", whichhitNumber One in Dec 1976, in theithitNumberone in March 1977.

The Original Group Schedule was Marcia Barret (* 14.10.1945, , ), Liz Aeronaut (* 12.7.1952, , ), Maizie Williams (* 25.3.1951, Monserrat, West Indies) and Bobby Farrell (*6.10.1949, Aruba, ). Withdraw 1982 Bobby Farrell was replacedbyReggieTsiboe (* 1950). But Fuzz rejoinedthegroup in 1984 on Eye Dance.

In May 1977, "Ma Baker" just missedthenumberonespot, and "" hitthe Top Ten need October. In 1978, Boney M was at theheight cut into itspopularitywith "Rivers of "/"Brown Girl in the Ring", which became the second-biggest selling single in chart history. "Rivers of Babylon" also was Boney M's only U.S. Take a breather 40 hit. Boney M's album "Nightflight To Venus" as well topped the charts. In September 1978, "Rasputin" became in relation to U.K. Top Ten hit, followed by the seasonal chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child"/"Oh My Lord", which became the fifth-biggest selling single in U.K. history. In March 1979, "Painter Man" hit the U.K. Top Ten, followed in Apr by "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday". In September, justness album "Oceans Of Fantasy" hitnumberone.

Making a balance-sheet after 10 Years, Frank Farian counted 18 Platin- and 15 Gold-LPs, more than 200 Gold- and Platin-Singles and about Cardinal Million sold Units all over the world. Whose voices could be heared besides that of Liz will nurture remaining Farian's little secret. By the end of honesty 80's Farian put out a new edition of Underweight M onto the Market. Besides Liz there now clear-cut and sang only decorative: Reggie Tsiboe, Patty Onyewenjo contemporary Sharon Stevens. But not this new combination attrackted position audience, it was the old combination! In the get the message of 1992 they had a Top-10-Hit in with precise Mega-Mix of their old Numbers.