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Artist: Boney M
Genre: Pop
Latest Album: Boney M
Background:
Boney M is an Eurodance, Pop, and disco group phenomenally successful during the 70s and 80s. Farian first released the single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump?" in 1975, under the name Boney M. He himself performed the sparse vocals of the song. The song became a hit and it was then Farian hired dancers and vocalists Marcia Barrett , Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell to form the group. Boney M is renowned for the mix of white and black music—the producer Farian is white and the singers are black and therefore many songs are significantly black for example "No More Chain Gang" in the album Oceans Of Fantasy.
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About Boney M
"Daddy Cool" reached the U.K. Top Ten in February 1977, followed by a remake of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny” in April. "Ma Baker" just missed the U.K. number one spot in July and "Belfast" hit the Top Ten in December. Boney M. was at the height of the popularity in 1978 with "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring," which became the second-biggest selling single in U.K. chart history. "Rivers of Babylon" was Boney M.'s only U.S. Top 40 hit. The album, Nightflight to Venus, topped the U.K. Charts and "Rasputin" too became another U.K. Top Ten hit in October 1978 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 May by "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday." In September, the album Oceans of Fantasy hit number one.
Claudja Barry, left on short notice in February 1976 - days before the group was scheduled to appear on a local television gig in Saarbrücken Liz Mitchell, then an unemployed singer and formerly a member of the Les Humphries Singers, was brought in as a temporary replacement for the gig under the recommendation of Marcia Barrett. her performance was impressive which made her record Boney M's first LP, Take The Heat Off Me. A couple of the songs, "Lovin' Or Leavin'" and "Daddy Cool" were included on Take The Heat Off Me. The group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs to earn a reputation for themselves. Their big break came when music-TV-producer Michael 'Mike' Leckebusch of Radio Bremen, requested them for his show "Musikladen". Boney M appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976 and by the end of the following week, "Daddy Cool" became Germany's #1 single in the charts.
Almost all of the male vocals, along with some of the choir sections in songs such as "Dancing in the Streets" and "Bye Bye Bluebird", were performed by Farian himself. In 1992, "Boney M Megamix" reached number 7 in the UK charts. The group also achieved a second UK million seller with their version of the calypso classic "Mary's Boy Child/O My Lord" which was previously a million seller for Harry Belafonte. Boney M, with their sensuous tunes and catchy rhythms, became one of the few western bands at that time which became well-known outside of the West, including Africa and Asia.
