Boney M.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
German producer and singer Frank Farian (Franz Reuther) adopted the name Boney M from an Australian detective show as a pseudonym for his 1974 dance single âBaby Do You Wanna Bump?â When it became a hit on the European disco circuit, Farian hired a group to perform the song on television shows. After various personnel changes, the classic Boney M line-up of Bobby Farrell, Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams, and Marcia Barrett came together although Mitchell and Barrett were the only ones who actually sang on their 1976 debut album Take The Heat Off Me. Their glamorous stage image, driving dance beats and straightforward pop hooks hit it big in 1976 with âDaddy Coolâ and âSunny.â Their biggest hits, however, came in 1978 with the double A-side single âRivers of Babylonâ / âBrown Girl In the Ringâ and the UK Christmas Number 1, a souped-up version of âMary's Boy Child.â The groupâs albums â including Love for Sale (1977), Nightflight To Venus (1978), and Oceans of Fantasy (1979) â were also successful. Bobby Farrell was replaced by Reggie Tsiboe in 1982, but the group never repeated their 1970s success and split in 1986. Various attempts to revive the name met mixed reactions while Daddy Cool, a musical based on Boney M songs, was staged in 2006. Bobby Farrell died of heart failure on December 30, 2010, at the age of 61. Frankie Farian â who later became known worldwide as the man behind Milli Vanilli - died on January 23, 2024, at the age of 82.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Daddy Cool
- Rasputin
- Rivers of Babylon
- Ma Baker by Sash!
- Daddy Cool
- Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
- Sunny
- Children of Paradise
- Rasputin
- Boney M. On 45
- Bahama Mama
- Boney M. Mega Mashup: Rivers of Babylon/Missing/Where Do You Go/Kalimba de Luna/I See a Boat on the River/One Way Ticket/Sunny/Sweet Dreams
- Brown Girl in the Ring
- Hooray Hooray
- Dreadlock Holiday
- Young, Free and Single
- The Alibama
- Boonoonoonoos
- Malaika
- Ma Baker/Somebody Scream
- Fever
- Bang Bang Lulu
- El Lute
- I Feel Good
