While it had never been a secret that Bobby Farrell never sang on the group's records (Farian did the male vocals in the studio), in 1978 it became public knowledge that Maizie Williams did not sing on the studio recordings either, since "her voice wasn't suited for this kind of music" as Farian stated in an interview with German teen magazine Bravo. made a much-publicized promotional visit to the Soviet Union, one of the very few Western acts along with Elton John to do so, although tracks like "Rasputin" were not released in the Soviet Union due to their lyrics. Continuing with their success, they released " Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord", which was the 1978 Christmas number one single in the United Kingdom and became another of the biggest selling singles of all time there. Following this came their biggest-selling album, Nightflight to Venus, which spawned further hit singles with " Rasputin" and " Painter Man". It also became their most successful single in the United States, peaking at No. 1 in several countries as well as becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time in the UK. They released a new double A-sided single, " Rivers of Babylon/ Brown Girl in the Ring", which was a hit all over Europe, reaching No. Both singles from the album reached no.1 in Germany and the UK Top 10.ġ978 was the group's biggest year. Love for Sale was certified Gold a year after its release in the UK. The group embarked on their first major concert tours with a live band of musicians called 'The Black Beauty Circus' (given their name after Maizie Williams' first band, 'Black Beautiful People'). released their second album, Love for Sale, which contained the hits " Ma Baker" and " Belfast". Both singles were also Top 10 hits in the UK, which would become one of their biggest markets. The group's popularity had also grown throughout Europe, with "Daddy Cool" reaching no.1 in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, France and Austria. Another single, " Sunny" (a cover of the 1966 Bobby Hebb song) gave the group their second no.1 hit. The song quickly went to no.1 in Germany, with the album following the success of the single. and in their daring stage costumes, where they performed the song " Daddy Cool". appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10:00 p.m.
The group's big break came when, at the end of summer 1976, German television producer Michael 'Mike' Leckebusch (of Radio Bremen) requested the group for his show Musikladen. However, the group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs to earn a reputation for themselves. The album's commercial performance was initially lukewarm. As Maizie Williams' voice was not considered suitable for recording purposes by Farian, and a try-out with Bobby Farrell performing " No Woman No Cry" did not work, Farian decided to use only Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett along with his own studio-enhanced voice to create the Boney M. It contained tracks that Marcia Barrett had already recorded with Farian, including the title track and "Lovin' or Leavin'", both of which were previously recorded in German by another Farian act, Gilla. Farian found model-turned-singer Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat), Bobby Farrell, a male exotic dancer from Aruba, singer Marcia Barrett from Jamaica who brought in Liz Mitchell, also from Jamaica and a former member of the Les Humphries Singers.īoney M.'s first album, Take the Heat off Me, was released in 1976.
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It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to create a group for TV appearances. Īfter a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Nice name, I thought – Boney, Boney, Boney.
I just caught the credits and it said Boney. I turned on the TV one day and it was the end of a detective series.
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When the record was released as a single, it was credited to "Boney M.", a pseudonym Farian had created for himself after watching the Australian television detective series Boney. Farian sang the repeated line "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice (entirely studio created) as well as performing the high falsetto chorus. German singer-songwriter Frank Farian recorded the dance track " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974.
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