query: where does the group boney m come from

pos: Boney M. the 2011 Taiwanese drama starring Rainie Yang and Wu Chun, "Sunshine Angel". Boney M. Boney M. is a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell, a Dutch performer with Aruban ancestry. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with different personnel. The band has sold more than 80

pos: Boney M. Boney M. Boney M. is a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell, a Dutch performer with Aruban ancestry. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with different personnel. The band has sold more than 80 million records and is known for huge international hits such as "Daddy

pos: Frank Farian Shying away from the spotlight, he hired performers to front for public performances. All records were recorded in Offenbach-Bieber, a small town in the center of West Germany. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums in the 1970s were sung by Farian, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, Bobby Farrell, was only allowed to record vocals in the 1980s (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Bobby Farrell was fired from the group for unreliability in 1981. Farian also started the

neg: The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits Boney M. - Vol. 2" in June '81. Side A: Side B: 'Greatest Hits Of Boney M.' Side A: Side B: (track denotations refer to original Hansa issue) UK 7" Germany 7" 12" The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. issued in February 1980 which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday", key album tracks from "Take The Heat Off Me", "Love for

neg: Liz Mitchell return to Germany to join a new group being assembled by record producer Frank Farian which would become known as Boney M. Though the group's initial purpose was simply to lip-synch for TV and discothèque performances of Farian's song "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", Boney M. soon became a legitimate recording group with Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, and producer Farian as the vocal core. Mitchell became widely regarded as Boney M.'s lead vocalist. Farian later stated that "All members (of Boney M.) could be replaced, except Liz". Although Boney M was largely a Farian vehicle for his own songwriting, Mitchell is

neg: Belfast (Boney M. song) than the album version. Belfast (Boney M. song) "Belfast" is the second single of the Euro disco band Boney M.'s 1977 album "Love for Sale". "Belfast" was the first Boney M. single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett and became their 4th consecutive German chart-topper. In the UK Singles Chart it peaked at No. 8. It remained a popular track in the group's live shows over the years and was re-recorded by Marcia Barrett as a solo track on her album "Come Into My Life" (2005). "Belfast" was written by Drafi Deutscher and originally entitled "Londonderry". The lyrics refer

neg: Belfast (Boney M. song) Belfast (Boney M. song) "Belfast" is the second single of the Euro disco band Boney M.'s 1977 album "Love for Sale". "Belfast" was the first Boney M. single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett and became their 4th consecutive German chart-topper. In the UK Singles Chart it peaked at No. 8. It remained a popular track in the group's live shows over the years and was re-recorded by Marcia Barrett as a solo track on her album "Come Into My Life" (2005). "Belfast" was written by Drafi Deutscher and originally entitled "Londonderry". The lyrics refer to the divided city

neg: Boney M. hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to 'front' the group for TV performances. Farian found Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat), who brought in Bobby Farrell, a male exotic dancer from Aruba. Singer Marcia Barrett (from Jamaica) joined the group, who brought in Liz Mitchell, former member of the Les Humphries Singers and Boney M was finalised. Boney M.'s first album, "Take the Heat off Me", was released in 1976. It contained tracks that Marcia Barrett had already recorded with Farian, including the title track and "Lovin' or Leavin'", both of which

neg: Belfast (Boney M. song) during the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Deutscher had written the song for Marcia Barrett when she was a solo artist in the early 1970s. Due to shortage of their own material when Boney M. performed their first live gigs, Marcia Barrett performed the song which had been a popular live track for her. "Belfast" turned out to be as popular for Boney M. on stage as it had been for Barrett. The sound engineer of the group noticed the response at each gig where the song was performed. He told Frank Farian about it and Farian decided

neg: Ultimate Boney M. the original 12" versions, non-album tracks and alternate versions of the group's recordings. Volume 3 sums up the band's final years as an active recording group during which original member Bobby Farrell returned alongside Reggie Tsiboe, however excluding the 12" versions of singles "Happy Song", "My Cherie Amour" and "Bang Bang Lulu" (all previously released on CD). Of the 11 selected tracks, 9 of them are previously unreleased on CD. Compilation: Casper Janssen Ultimate Boney M. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities is a series of compilation albums of Boney M.. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions &

neg: Felicidad (Margherita) Felicidad (Margherita) "Felicidad (Margherita)" is a 1980 single by German band Boney M., not included in any original album by the group. It returned the group to the German Top 10, peaking at #6 but was not released in either the UK or Spain. In the Netherlands, the B-side "Strange" was chosen as the A-side track. "Felicidad" and its B-side "Strange" were included in the 2 x 12" set "Boney M. for Dancin' " and were added as bonus tracks to the 2007 re-issue of Boney M.'s "Boonoonoonoos" album. Boney M.'s version was a cover of Italian artist Massara's 1979

neg: Stories (Boney M. song) Stories (Boney M. song) "Stories" is a 1990 single by German band Boney M. It peaked at #26 in Switzerland and #94 in the UK. The single was based on an instrumental 1989 underground favourite by Izit, which itself was a re-work of a 1972 recording by Belgian group Chakachas. With added lyrics by Peter Bischof-Fallenstein, "Stories" was released as a response to the withdrawn "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker", released illegally under the group name by original members Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell, Maizie Williams and new singer Madeleine Davis. "Stories" launched a short-lived 'official' Boney M. line-up

neg: Boney M. Boney M.'s 10th anniversary in early 1986, the group officially disbanded after the release of the commercially unsuccessful single 'Young, Free and Single' (still: #49 in the German charts). From this point, different versions of the group were formed by members, some with cooperation of Farian, others without (for example by independently obtaining the rights to use the Boney M. name in a different country). One version began touring in the first half of 1987 with Marilyn Scharbaai (Carrilho) taking Liz Mitchell's place. Mitchell returned for a second leg of the tour late 1987, and Marcia Barrett soon left the

neg: The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. issued in February 1980 which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday", key album tracks from "Take The Heat Off Me", "Love for Sale", "Nightflight to Venus" and "Oceans of Fantasy" as well as their most recent double A-side single release "I See A Boat On The River"/ "My Friend Jack" (Germany #5 and Norway#6). The

neg: Consuela Biaz Consuela Biaz "Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" is a double A-side single by German band Boney M. and the first single taken from their fifth album "Boonoonoonoos" (1981). It peaked at #13 in the German charts, their lowest placing so far after their commercial breakthrough. Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos. "Consuela Biaz" was first promoted as the A-side in Germany where the group performed it in pop show Musikladen. After a promotional visit to Spain where the

neg: Happy Song Happy Song "Happy Song" is a 1983 hit single by Italian disco music act Baby's Gang. The single became a European hit single when covered by German band Boney M. the following year. After Boney M.'s return to the charts with a cover of the Italian hit "Kalimba de Luna", producer Frank Farian rushed back into the studio to cover another Italian hit single. He invited Boney M.'s original dancer Bobby Farrell to join the group along with a group of children from Rhein-Main Air Base Elementary and Jr. High, credited as The School Rebels, who did the lead vocals

neg: Christmas with Boney M. Christmas with Boney M. Christmas with Boney M. a.k.a. "(New) Christmas with Boney M." is an aborted Second Christmas album turned into a compilation. The album was exclusively released in South Africa where the group's popularity - contrary to the rest of the world - remained high during the early 80s. The album is a sought-after item for Boney M. collectors since it includes the original recording "Mother and Child Reunion" with Reggie Tsiboe and La Mama which was remixed and overdubbed with additional vocals for a 1985 charity single for Ethiopia, released by Frank Farian Corporation. The album has

neg: Marcia Barrett Dance Like Josephine Baker" with producer Barry Blue. She did all lead and backing vocals on the A-side, but Farian withdrew the single, angry that the group used the name Boney M. After a court case in 1990, the group members went their separate ways. Barrett was never involved in any of the Boney M. projects and recordings throughout the following decades. "Life after Boney M. – my dear, I've been through hell and back", Barrett said in a radio interview in November 2001. After the group split in 1990, Barrett was recording rock tracks in Munich when she was

neg: Christmas with Boney M. "Little Drummer Boy" and "Mary's Boy Child" from the first Christmas Album and replaced "Exodus" with "Children Of Paradise". The new Christmas songs were made available to the rest of the world two years later when Hansa released the album "The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs". Gallo LP ML 4780, South Africa Hansa Test-pressing 206 733-000, Germany Christmas with Boney M. Christmas with Boney M. a.k.a. "(New) Christmas with Boney M." is an aborted Second Christmas album turned into a compilation. The album was exclusively released in South Africa where the group's popularity - contrary to the rest of the world

neg: Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 Of Paradise", all in their original album versions. The compilation also included their two 1980 non-album singles "Children Of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" and "Felicidad" / "Strange" as well as the 1978 B-side "Dancing In The Streets" and the debut single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". The front cover photo was taken in Jamaica where the group had just been filming a TV special for the upcoming "Boonoonoonoos" album in May 1981. Up to 1980, all Boney M. vocals had been sung by group members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett together with Frank Farian. By 1980, Farian had hired vocal group

neg: Boney M. classic Boney M. line-up reunited without producer Frank Farian for the album "Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '88" but tensions ran high between the members, and Liz Mitchell left in the spring of 1989 to be replaced by Madeleine Davis. While Mitchell promoted her solo album, the group recorded the single "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker", without Farian's knowledge or approval. Threatened with legal action by the producer over the use of the Boney M. name, the single was subsequently withdrawn and Farian issued "Stories" with his own new Boney M. line-up featuring Liz Mitchell, Reggie

neg: Boney M. Tsiboe and two new members, Sharon Stevens and Patty Onoyewenjo, "Stories" peaked at #11 in the Swiss charts. A second remix album "Greatest Hits of All Times – Remix '89 – Volume II" was released but fared poorly. 1992 saw a renewed interest in Boney M.'s music with the "Boney M. Megamix" single returning the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 1980, and a subsequent Greatest Hits album reaching the UK Top 20 in 1993. While Marcia Barrett, now residing in Florida, was battling cancer and unable to perform, Boney M. toured the world with

neg: Liz Mitchell credited as co-composer of the Boney M song, "African Moon", which appeared on their album, "Boonoonoonoos" (1981). Though she did not contribute significantly as a songwriter, Mitchell's vocals are widely regarded as the most distinctive part of the Boney M. sound. Boney M. would disband in 1986. After the group split up shortly after their 10th anniversary in 1986, Farrell convinced Mitchell, Maizie Williams and a replacement for Marcia Barrett to re-group for a tour in 1987. A recording contract for the group was also arranged. When Farrell and the replacement singer failed to show up for the rehearsals, Mitchell

neg: Megamix (Boney M. song) Boy Child - Oh My Lord". Megamix (Boney M. song) "Megamix" is a 1988 single by German band Boney M. The single peaked at #1 in the French charts and was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at #52. The megamix is a medley of remixed Boney M. hits, "Rivers of Babylon", "Daddy Cool" and "Rasputin", the 12" version being extended with "Ma Baker" and "Gotta Go Home". The B-side of the German single, a remix of the group's 1978 hit "Rasputin", was issued as an A-side in the UK where the Megamix was backed with a

neg: Megamix (Boney M. song) Megamix (Boney M. song) "Megamix" is a 1988 single by German band Boney M. The single peaked at #1 in the French charts and was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at #52. The megamix is a medley of remixed Boney M. hits, "Rivers of Babylon", "Daddy Cool" and "Rasputin", the 12" version being extended with "Ma Baker" and "Gotta Go Home". The B-side of the German single, a remix of the group's 1978 hit "Rasputin", was issued as an A-side in the UK where the Megamix was backed with a remix of their 1978 chart-topper "Mary's

neg: Mega Mix (Boney M. song) Mega Mix (Boney M. song) "Mega Mix" is a 1992 single by German band Boney M. It returned the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 1979, peaking at #7, and was also a hit single in the rest of Europe and launched a Boney M. revival with the subsequent compilation album "Gold - 20 Super Hits" (in the UK: "The Greatest Hits"). The German 12" and CD single included a new remix of the 1983 recording "I Need a Babysitter" (previously only released in Spain and Portugal) while the UK edition was backed by the

neg: Boney M. Leckebusch (of Radio Bremen) requested the group for his show "Musikladen". Boney M. appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10 pm and in their daring stage costumes, where they performed the song "Daddy Cool". The song quickly went to no.1 in Germany, with the album following the success of the single. Another single, "Sunny" (a cover of the 1966 Bobby Hebb song) gave the group their second no.1 hit. The group's popularity had also grown throughout Europe, with "Daddy Cool" reaching no.1 in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and Austria. Both singles were also Top 10 hits

neg: El Lute/Gotta Go Home El Lute/Gotta Go Home "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" is a double A-side single by German group Boney M. It was the lead single from their fourth album "Oceans of Fantasy" (1979) and was the group's eighth and final number-one single in the German charts. In the UK, where "Gotta Go Home" was chosen as the main A-side, the single was their first one since their debut single not to reach the Top 10, peaking at number 12. Boney M. used the double A-side format over the next years, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2

neg: Disco Chance on Me" (1978), "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979), and their signature smash "Dancing Queen" (1976)—ranks as the eighth best-selling act of all time. Other prominent European pop and disco groups were Luv' from the Netherlands and Boney M., a group of four West Indian singers and dancers masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian. Boney M. charted worldwide with such songs as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon". Another Euro disco act was the French Amanda Lear, where Euro-disco sound is most heard in Enigma ("Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me") song

neg: The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs *For Europe: Cass (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-Die-20-Schönsten-Weihnachtslieder-Der-Welt/release/4804632) * For Canada: CD (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-The-20-Greatest-Christmas-Songs/release/6264674) * For Canada 1995: CD Re-Issue (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-The-20-Greatest-Christmas-Songs/release/6264674) * For Canada: Cass (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-The-20-Greatest-Christmas-Songs/release/5903029) * For the EU 1986: The Boney M. Discography mentions also a Cassette release (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M._discography) * For Indonesia: Cass (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-Die-20-Sch%C3%B6nsten-Weihnachtslieder-Der-Welt/release/11497221) * For the EU 1986: The Boney M. Discography mentions also a Cassette release (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M._discography) * For the EU 1986: The Boney M. Discography mentions also a Vinyl release (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M._discography) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs is a compilation/remix album by Boney M.. In 1986 producer Frank Farian took the master tapes from 1981's "Christmas

neg: Boney M. which was specially designed for it. In April 2007, Australian pop singer Peter Wilson released a song co-written by Frank Farian entitled "Doin' Fine". It is described as "paying tribute to the sound of Boney M." and features the famous string arrangement from their first number 1 hit, "Daddy Cool". Boney M. (featuring Marcia Barrett) made a live appearance at the 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which took place on 23 November 2006 in Panaji, the state capital of Goa, India. The group is also popular in the Vietnamese diaspora, and was featured in Thuy Nga music productions.

neg: Christmas Album (Boney M. album) "A Wonderful Christmas Time", and "Christmas Party". In 1991 the 16-track album "Happy Christmas" was released. The album contains all 12 songs from the 1981 album in the same running order and four songs from 1986 album. Side A: Side B: * For Germany 1991: (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-Christmas-Album/release/6449245) * For Scandinavia: (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-Christmas-Album/release/3288957) * For Scandinavia: (https://www.discogs.com/Boney-M-Christmas-Album/release/4804577) Germany 7" 12" Christmas Album (Boney M. album) Christmas Album is the sixth studio album by Boney M. It was recorded in the summer of 1981 and released on 23 November 1981. The album, which in certain territories was given the alternate title "Christmas with Boney

neg: Sheyla Bonnick Sheyla Bonnick Sheyla Bonnick is a singer and performer, born in Jamaica and brought up in England. She was a member of an early not official line-up of disco group Boney M. in 1975. Her name was previously spelled as "Sheila Bonnick" and "Sheila Bonnique". Although crediting herself as original founding member of Boney M., Sheyla's voice is not present on any Boney M. record or single as she was a short-time member in the original group only during the promotion of the first single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". Currently she is touring with her tribute band "Sounds of

neg: Sheyla Bonnick it was announced that Sheyla Bonnick is now patron of 'Second Chance Animal Rescue' which is situated in Swanley, Kent. Sheyla Bonnick Sheyla Bonnick is a singer and performer, born in Jamaica and brought up in England. She was a member of an early not official line-up of disco group Boney M. in 1975. Her name was previously spelled as "Sheila Bonnick" and "Sheila Bonnique". Although crediting herself as original founding member of Boney M., Sheyla's voice is not present on any Boney M. record or single as she was a short-time member in the original group only during the

neg: J. Don Boney J. Don Boney attended Prairie View A&M College of Texas, from where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948. He earned his Masters Degree in Education, in 1957, and Ed.D, in 1964, from The University of Texas. Dr. Boney was married to Clara Payne Boney. His son, the Rev. Jew Don Boney, is a well-known former councilmember and civil-rights activist in the city of Houston. Dr. Boney was an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Houston (UH) from 1967 to 1969, and the UH's College of Education associate dean of graduate studies from 1970 to

neg: The Magic of Boney M. overdubbed or remixed versions dating from "Gold - 20 Super Hits". The Magic of Boney M. The Magic of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October 2006. The compilation which is an updated version of 1993's "Gold - 20 Super Hits" and 2001's "The Greatest Hits" includes eighteen of Boney M's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T. as well as one new recording featuring original Boney M. lead vocalist Liz Mitchell. While

neg: Boney M. by the end of that year, Bobby Farrell was fired from the group due to his unreliability. While still a healthy seller in continental Europe, "Boonoonoonoos" failed to crack the UK Top 100 after three consecutive No. 1 albums, and Farrell's departure left the group unable to promote it. Following this, the group released a "Christmas Album". Reggie Tsiboe was hired to replace Farrell as the new male member of Boney M. in 1982 but the singles "The Carnival Is Over" and "Jambo" fared poorly, and the group's seventh album "Ten Thousand Lightyears", issued in 1984, marked another commercial low

neg: The Magic of Boney M. The Magic of Boney M. The Magic of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October 2006. The compilation which is an updated version of 1993's "Gold - 20 Super Hits" and 2001's "The Greatest Hits" includes eighteen of Boney M's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T. as well as one new recording featuring original Boney M. lead vocalist Liz Mitchell. While this compilation is digitally remastered it contains both original recordings and

neg: I See a Boat on the River I See a Boat on the River "I See a Boat on the River" / "My Friend Jack" is a double A-side single by German band Boney M., taken from their 1980 compilation album "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits". "I See a Boat on the River" peaked at #5 in Germany but marked the group's waning popularity in the UK where "My Friend Jack" was promoted as the A-side, faring even worse than their former single "I'm Born Again", stalling at #57. Boney M. would use the double A-side format over the next years, typically with

neg: Liz Mitchell and Williams recruited singer Celena Duncan and dancer Curt Dee Daran for the tour. As Williams had never sung on Boney M.'s recordings, Mitchell ended up recording the scheduled album on her own. However, it proved difficult for Mitchell to find a record label to release the album, entitled "No One Will Force You". It was released in Spain in the Autumn of 1988, supported by the singles "Mandela" (a re-work of Boney M.'s 1979 hit "El Lute") and "Niños De La Playa" (Children of the Beach). The latter was also released on Mega Records in Scandinavia where the group

neg: Hit Collection (1996 Boney M. box set) and "Painter Man". Hit Collection (1996 Boney M. box set) Hit Collection is a 3-CD box set of recordings by Boney M. issued by BMG-Ariola in 1996. The forty-two track release contains tracks from the seven Boney M. studio albums as well as edited or remixed versions of the band's hits from compilations "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs", "Gold - 20 Super Hits", "The Greatest Hits" and "More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II". The three discs of the box set have also been available separately as "Happy

neg: Hit Collection (1996 Boney M. box set) Hit Collection (1996 Boney M. box set) Hit Collection is a 3-CD box set of recordings by Boney M. issued by BMG-Ariola in 1996. The forty-two track release contains tracks from the seven Boney M. studio albums as well as edited or remixed versions of the band's hits from compilations "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs", "Gold - 20 Super Hits", "The Greatest Hits" and "More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II". The three discs of the box set have also been available separately as "Happy Songs", "Daddy Cool"

neg: Gold – 20 Super Hits Gold – 20 Super Hits Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package "", BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s "Gold - 20 Super Hits" which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see "The Greatest Hits") and most other European countries since 1980's "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits". The album covers of some editions of the "Gold" career retrospective

neg: Maizie Williams to perform under the name "Boney M". Farian was promoting Liz Mitchell's group as the authentic continuation of Boney M. The court heard that "she had not sung on any of the band's recordings". On 16 February 2009, Williams had judgement in the case, that Farian has to account to her for pay on all record sales and future sales. Besides still touring the world, Williams released her first solo record in December 2006, "Call Upon Jesus", including the download single "Praise Be Unto Him". In February 2007, she released her own dance version of the Boney M. hit "Sunny".

neg: Boney M. either since "her voice wasn't suited for this kind of music", as Farian stated in an interview with German teen magazine "Bravo". Since this had become common practice within the disco genre of the late '70s, few people cared – unlike when Farian did the same thing with Milli Vanilli in the late 1980s. While only two of Boney M.'s official members actually contributed to the band's records, all four members of the group, including Williams and Farrell, performed the vocals live at Boney M. concerts. The band's live sound was also augmented by several backing vocalists, which served to

neg: Reggie Tsiboe both went their separate ways. Reggie appeared on the last three Boney M. albums: "Ten Thousand Lightyears" (1984), "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs" (1984) and "Eye Dance" (1985) and also recorded Christmas songs with the group, which were internationally released only after the split of the band on the new Boney M. Christmas album, "The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs" in 1986. Reggie sang the main vocals on a number of Boney M. songs, including "Kalimba de Luna", "Happy Song", "Going Back West", "My Chérie Amour", "Young, Free and Single", "Dreadlock Holiday" and "Barbarella Fortuneteller". On 21 September 2006,

neg: Marcia Barrett album "Strange Rumours" had been announced to follow, the album was put on hold when she was hit by another bout of cancer. Barrett is currently living in Berlin. June 2018 saw Barretts biography "Forward - My life with and without Boney M." being published. A German edition of her biography was also published with the title "Immer weiter: Mein Leben mit und ohne Boney M." Marcia Barrett Marcia Barrett (born 14 October 1948) is a Jamaican-born British singer and one of the original singers with the vocal group Boney M. Barrett was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica; her

neg: Stories (Boney M. song) sleeve is incorrect 12" CD Reggie Tsiboe - vocals Liz Mitchel - vocals, rap Sharon Steven - backing vocals Patty Onoyewenjo - backing vocals Frank Farian - backing vocals Stories (Boney M. song) "Stories" is a 1990 single by German band Boney M. It peaked at #26 in Switzerland and #94 in the UK. The single was based on an instrumental 1989 underground favourite by Izit, which itself was a re-work of a 1972 recording by Belgian group Chakachas. With added lyrics by Peter Bischof-Fallenstein, "Stories" was released as a response to the withdrawn "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine

neg: Maizie Williams had also done, she formed her own Boney M group, billed as Boney M featuring Maizie Williams. The group also featured Sheyla Bonnick from the short-lived original 1975 line-up. Williams herself would finally front as a lead singer in the group's renditions of the hits "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", "Sunny" and "Daddy Cool". It is stated on Williams' official site that "it's no secret that although she sang in the studio Williams' less dominant voice appears to have been mostly excluded from many of the recordings, with the exception of some backing vocals, for

neg: Mega Mix (Boney M. song) new remix of the group's 1978 chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord". While the original members were no longer together, lead singer Liz Mitchell's line-up with Carol Grey, Patricia Foster and Curt Dee Daran did the promotion for the single and album. Germany 7" 12" CD UK 7" 12" CD Mega Mix (Boney M. song) "Mega Mix" is a 1992 single by German band Boney M. It returned the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since 1979, peaking at #7, and was also a hit single in the rest of Europe and launched a

neg: Love for Sale (Boney M. album) live performance. 7" 7" 7" Love for Sale (Boney M. album) Love for Sale is the second studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" and "Belfast". It also includes covers: "Love for Sale" (by Cole Porter), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (by Creedence Clearwater Revival), and "Still I'm Sad" (by The Yardbirds). It has been released on vinyl, cassette and later on CD. The standard cover art features the male member Bobby Farrell "naked [with] a futuristic golden thong" chaining female members, resembling African sexual slaves. American label Atlantic Records found the

neg: Love for Sale (Boney M. album) Love for Sale (Boney M. album) Love for Sale is the second studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" and "Belfast". It also includes covers: "Love for Sale" (by Cole Porter), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (by Creedence Clearwater Revival), and "Still I'm Sad" (by The Yardbirds). It has been released on vinyl, cassette and later on CD. The standard cover art features the male member Bobby Farrell "naked [with] a futuristic golden thong" chaining female members, resembling African sexual slaves. American label Atlantic Records found the cover "raunchy", so they used

neg: Liz Mitchell Even though Madeleine Davis took her place in the group, Farian eventually called Mitchell back for a second remix album by the end of 1989 and also had her front a new Boney M. line-up for the single, "Stories", as an answer-back to an unofficial Boney M. single, "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker", recorded by the other three with Madeleine Davis, without Farian's approval. In 1990, Mitchell re-formed her 1988 line-up with Patricia Foster replacing Celena Duncan and kept touring the cabaret circuit. In April 1991, she released the single "Mocking Bird", produced by longtime Boney M. collaborator,

neg: The Complete Collection (Boney M. album) best-selling albums "Love For Sale", "Nightflight to Venus", "Oceans of Fantasy", as well as 1989 single "The Summer Mega Mix" and concludes with tracks from the Boney M. "Christmas Album". "The Complete Collection" was a major commercial success in Denmark, peaking at #7 in the albums chart, which made it Boney M.'s best chart entry in the country since the late 1970s and the compilation was later awarded with a Platinum disc. The Complete Collection (Boney M. album) The Complete Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG/CMC Records in Denmark in late 2000. Just

neg: Fantastic Boney M. 1981's "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" and "Felicidad (Margherita)". Most of the versions used on this release are edits taken from 1980's "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits". Side A: Fantastic Boney M. Fantastic Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Hansa Records in Germany in December 1984. This collection, subtitled "Die Grossen Erfolge", which was issued shortly after "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs" focuses on the early career of the band and their best-known hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon"

neg: Daddy Cool (Boney M. song) does not fade out at the end but has a hard ending and thus runs slightly longer 5:03 instead the common 4:58. This rare version has so far not been released on CD. In 1977, "Daddy cool" was awarded gold certification for sales in France, Germany and platinum record for sales in Benelux. Boney M.'s 10th anniversary was celebrated with a TV special and the album "The Best of 10 Years – 32 Superhits". The original plans of releasing another single ("Dreadlock Holiday") from the group's final album "Eye Dance" were cancelled, instead producer Frank Farian recorded a new version

neg: Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, and Madeleine Davis) as backing singers for Precious Wilson's first album but since Farian also used them to do demos, their vocals were in some cases kept in the final mix on some 80s Boney M. recordings. The single "Gadda-Da-Vida" was one track which featured only La Mama and Frank Farian on all of the vocals. Rumours about a frosty relationship at the time between Farian and the group because of royalty disputes indicate that Farian's intention was to show them that he could do a Boney M. record without their help. Farian tried

neg: Eye Dance Eye Dance Eye Dance is the eighth and final studio album by the vocal group Boney M., released in 1985. The cover artwork was significant of the state the group was in at that time, as neither the famous "Boney M." logo nor the group members appeared on the cover, replaced by an anonymous drawing. "Eye Dance" was recorded with a number of session singers. Original group members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett only appeared on a few of the tracks, the main focus being on Reggie Tsiboe. The singles "My Cherie Amour" and "Young Free and Single", promoted by

neg: Ultimate Boney M. Ultimate Boney M. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities is a series of compilation albums of Boney M.. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 is the first of a series of Boney M. releases, gathering the original 12" versions, non-album tracks and alternate versions of the group's recordings. Volume 1 sums up the group's most successful period, the years 1976-1980 and features 12 tracks of which six have never been available on CD before. The disc omits the 12" version of "Rasputin" which was included on "Rivers Of Babylon (A Best Of Collection)" (2008).

neg: The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album) "The Greatest Hits" reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart in early 1993, which made it Boney M.'s highest charting album since 1980's "The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits". UK CD The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album) The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Boney M., released in 1993. It is the UK version of BMG's "Gold – 20 Super Hits", with alternate album art and a slightly different track listing. Besides Boney M.'s best known hits like "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers of Babylon", this fourteen track compilation also includes the

neg: Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 is a greatest hits album by Boney M. issued in June 1981 in Germany. The album wasn't commercially available but a Club Edition release only. Vol. 1 - "Greatest Hits of Boney M." - was a 16 track Club Edition of "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", excluding four of the tracks, namely "Painter Man", "No Woman No Cry", "Oceans of Fantasy" and "Still I'm Sad", which instead appeared on "Children

neg: Bobby Farrell DJ until producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M. group. He became the sole male singer in the group, although Farian later revealed that Bobby made almost no vocal contributions to the group's records, with Farian himself performing the male parts on the songs in the studio. Liz Mitchell claimed that only she, Marcia Barrett and Farian had sung on the hit recordings. Farrell did, however, perform live in some of the various incarnations of 'Boney M', including the main 1970s incarnation. Farrell left the group in 1981, after clashes with Farian. He was replaced by Reggie

neg: Sheyla Bonnick accepted the offer to become the lead singer of Maizie's group. The group toured the world for 10 years in a line-up featuring Kelly Rahman and Toyin Adekale. Sheyla left the group and later formed her own tribute show "Sounds of Boney M." Bonnick". She released the single "Live Better" with Latvian artist Rassell on May 20, 2013 before producing the album "Angel Cures" by fellow "Sounds of Boney M." member Francesca Mowatt . She also published the book "Women Are Like Cats And Men Are Like Dogs - Or Are They?" under pseudonym Kat Brown. On 16 June 2013

neg: The Complete Collection (Boney M. album) The Complete Collection (Boney M. album) The Complete Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG/CMC Records in Denmark in late 2000. Just like the Dutch "25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool" this two disc forty track compilation celebrated the 25th anniversary of breakthrough single "Daddy Cool". "The Complete Collection" was the first Boney M. CD collection to include most of the original singles issued by the band between the years 1976 and 1986 in chronological running order, from the aforementioned "Daddy Cool" to final release "Bang Bang Lulu". The compilation also contains selected tracks from

neg: The Collection (1991 Boney M. album) new artwork as "Cristal Collection" in 1994 and as "Sunny, Daddy Cool, Rivers Of Babylon" and "L'Essentiel", both in 2001. The Collection (1991 Boney M. album) The Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by label BMG-Ariola in 1991. "The Collection" was part of BMG's first mid-price CD campaign, the company released a large number of "Collection"s containing back-catalogue material by artists ranging from Modern Talking, Imagination and Amanda Lear to Chuck Berry, Glenn Miller and Elvis Presley. The majority of the tracks on this release are taken from 1980 compilation "The Magic of Boney M.

neg: The Collection (1991 Boney M. album) The Collection (1991 Boney M. album) The Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by label BMG-Ariola in 1991. "The Collection" was part of BMG's first mid-price CD campaign, the company released a large number of "Collection"s containing back-catalogue material by artists ranging from Modern Talking, Imagination and Amanda Lear to Chuck Berry, Glenn Miller and Elvis Presley. The majority of the tracks on this release are taken from 1980 compilation "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", subsequently most of them appear in slightly edited form. BMG-Ariola France has re-issued this compilation with

neg: Boney M. Farian released a brand new single called "Felicidad America (Obama Obama)" under the name-check "Boney M. feat. Sherita O. & Yulee B." featuring two new vocalists. The song is a remake of the 1980 Boney M. classic Felicidad (Margherita) with new vocals and re-written lyrics now referring to the new US president Barack Obama. In July 2010, Maizie Williams headlined a Boney M. performance at Ramallah's Cultural Palace, in the West Bank, as part of the Palestine International Festival. The band played "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Brown Girl in the Ring", but refrained from playing "Rivers of Babylon", rumored

neg: Liz Mitchell in November 2004. Just a few months later, the album "Liz Mitchell Sings the Hits of Boney M.", recorded in Prague, backed by a Czech symphony orchestra, was released. A song recorded in 2006, called "A Moment Of Love", can be found on the compilation album, "The Magic of Boney M.". She is still touring, billed as Boney M. featuring Liz Mitchell. Albums 7" Singles ""Got a Man on My Mind" was taken from Boney M.'s 1976 album "Take the Heat Off Me". "Perfect" was a 1974 demo with Malcolm Magaron (despite the label crediting Farian as the producer)." CD

neg: Ultimate Boney M. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 is the second of a series of Boney M. recordings, gathering the original 12" versions, non-album tracks and alternate versions of the group's recordings. Volume 2 sums up the years 1980-83, a period which saw a decline in the group's popularity, and the group's charismatic dancer Bobby Farrell being replaced with singer Reggie Tsiboe in 1982. Of the 11 selected tracks, 9 of them are previously unreleased on CD. Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 is the third of a series of Boney M. recordings, gathering

neg: Ultimate (Boney M. album) Ultimate (Boney M. album) Ultimate is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola France. Early 1999 saw the release of "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" which was a collaboration with Horny United and German band Sash! which peaked at #22 in the UK and was also a Top 30 hit in Germany. In France the single was followed up by compilation "Ultimate" which in addition to the new remix contained edited versions of the band's hits previously issued on "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits" and "Fantastic Boney M.", an extended version of

neg: Christmas Time (Boney M. album) the instrumental "Winter Fairy-Tale" and the eight-minute "Christmas Medley" are completely omitted on this release. Christmas Time (Boney M. album) Christmas Time is another Christmas compilation by Boney M., released 2008, containing most of the songs from their original 1981 "Christmas Album" plus a selection of songs recorded in 1984 for the album "Christmas with Boney M. (1984)". For the first time released on CD since the mid-1980s are both the full original 1981 versions of "White Christmas" and "Feliz Navidad". "Jingle Bells" is however presented here in a 30 seconds shorter version and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" is

neg: Boney M. In the UK, a new album of their greatest hits, entitled "The Magic of Boney M." was released via BMG on 27 November 2006. Special additions to this release were a Mousse T. remix of "Sunny" and a brand new song from 2006, featuring Liz Mitchell, entitled "A Moment of Love". On 10 April 2007, Boney M.'s first four albums were reissued on compact disc with bonus tracks, this time also in the United States (the first time these were available to the U.S. music market since their original releases in the 1970s). In September 2007, Boney M.'s last four

neg: Christmas Time (Boney M. album) Christmas Time (Boney M. album) Christmas Time is another Christmas compilation by Boney M., released 2008, containing most of the songs from their original 1981 "Christmas Album" plus a selection of songs recorded in 1984 for the album "Christmas with Boney M. (1984)". For the first time released on CD since the mid-1980s are both the full original 1981 versions of "White Christmas" and "Feliz Navidad". "Jingle Bells" is however presented here in a 30 seconds shorter version and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" is an edited remix dating back to 1992. "Darkness Is Falling", "Oh Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)",

neg: Fantastic Boney M. Fantastic Boney M. Fantastic Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Hansa Records in Germany in December 1984. This collection, subtitled "Die Grossen Erfolge", which was issued shortly after "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs" focuses on the early career of the band and their best-known hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon" but also includes their latest single releases at the time, cover version "Kalimba de Luna", "Somewhere In The World" from album "Ten Thousand Lightyears", 1983's non-album single "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", as well as

neg: Boney M. in the UK, which would become one of their biggest markets. In 1977, Boney M. released their second album, "Love for Sale", which contained the hits "Ma Baker" and "Belfast". 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'). "Love for Sale" was certified Gold a year after its release in the UK. Both singles from the album reached no.1 in Germany and the UK Top 10. 1978 was the group's biggest year. They released a new double

neg: 6 Years of Boney M. Hits 6 Years of Boney M. Hits "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" is a greatest hits medley by Boney M., inspired by the success of the hit medleys by Stars on 45. Originally released on the B-side of the band's 1981 Christmas single "Little Drummer Boy", the single was flipped over in January 1982 with the medley as an A-side. While failing to chart in Germany, the medley reached #6 in the Spanish charts and was also an A-side release in France and Japan. The 12" version featured a faded version on the German pressing and

neg: Christmas Album (Boney M. album) Christmas Album (Boney M. album) Christmas Album is the sixth studio album by Boney M. It was recorded in the summer of 1981 and released on 23 November 1981. The album, which in certain territories was given the alternate title "Christmas with Boney M.", was issued just three weeks after the moderately successful "Boonoonoonoos" and had originally been planned as Liz Mitchell's first solo album. After the lukewarm reception of "Boonoonoonoos", plans were, however, changed, and it was instead released under the name Boney M. to strengthen the band's declining commercial position. The album includes the million-selling 1978 Christmas number

neg: 6 Years of Boney M. Hits an unfaded version on the French pressing, while the UK version (included on the B-side of their UK top 40 hit "We Kill the World") was extended with their Christmas chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord". "+ indicates inclusion in 12" version only" 7" singles 12" singles 6 Years of Boney M. Hits "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" is a greatest hits medley by Boney M., inspired by the success of the hit medleys by Stars on 45. Originally released on the B-side of the band's 1981 Christmas single "Little Drummer Boy", the

neg: Boney M. Farrell's Boney M. performed a concert at the Amphi in Ra'anana, Israel in May 2007. On 28 June 2007 Boney M. featuring Matthew Felsenfeld and Liz Mitchell performed at the "Oktiabrsky" concert hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. In September 2007, Maizie Williams' Boney M. line-up performed live at the Royal Albert Hall, UK, to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in Africa, performing her own renditions of "Brown Girl in the Ring" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday". The legal rights to the name "Boney M." have been a matter of controversy, and even court cases, between the former members of the

neg: Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 the same thing with "Felicidad" but the record company eventually declined to release it, so Liz Mitchell was called in to overdub the song with her lead vocal. Germany 7" 12" 12" double-pack UK 7" Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 Children of Paradise – The Greatest Hits of Boney M. – Vol. 2 is a greatest hits album by Boney M. issued in June 1981 in Germany. The album wasn't commercially available but a Club Edition release only. Vol. 1 - "Greatest Hits of Boney M." - was a 16 track Club

neg: Daddy Cool (Boney M. song) Daddy Cool (Boney M. song) "Daddy Cool" is a song recorded by Boney M. and included on their debut album "Take the Heat off Me". It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music, and became Boney M.'s first United Kingdom hit. It was the second Boney M. single, released in 1976, without making any major impact at first. After a spectacular performance on the "Musikladen" TV show in September the single became a hit, topping most European charts. It reached number six in the United Kingdom charts and number 65 in the United States "Billboard" Hot 100.

neg: Reggie Tsiboe Reggie and the two other lead singers of Boney M., Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, were special guests in London at the premiere of the musical "Daddy Cool", which is based on the music of the famous group. Before he joined the group he was a movie star in Ghana. One of the movies that gained him popularity was the film "Love Brewed in an African Pot". Following his Boney M period Tsiboe returned to acting. Reggie now lives in Marlborough, Wiltshire in England. Reggie Tsiboe Reggie Tsiboe (born 7 September 1950 in Kumasi, Ghana) is one of the former

neg: Boonoonoonoos "Train To Skaville" as a rapper. He also did the spoken intro on "We Kill The World". Boney M. member Maizie Williams had also done a small part on "Train To Skaville" (featured in the group's TV special), and so the track would be the first recording to actually feature all four group members, but her part was eventually re-recorded by Liz Mitchell for the released version of the song. "Boonoonoonoos" also marked the first time Farian used additional singers on a Boney M. record. Vocal group La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, and Madeleine Davis) had originally been hired

neg: Reggie Tsiboe Reggie Tsiboe Reggie Tsiboe (born 7 September 1950 in Kumasi, Ghana) is one of the former lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982 and 1986 and later between 1989 and 1990. In 1982 Reggie originally replaced the dancer Bobby Farrell, but in 1984 Farrell rejoined the group and they became a quintet. In 1986, the original band split after 10 successful years, but in 1989, Liz Mitchell and Reggie formed a new official version of Boney M. and in 1990 released with the help of the producer Frank Farian the single "Stories", but a few months later

neg: Gold – 20 Super Hits the group their tenth UK Top 10 entry. EU 7" 12" Side A Side B Side A Side B CD Gold – 20 Super Hits Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package "", BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s "Gold - 20 Super Hits" which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see "The Greatest Hits") and most other European countries since 1980's

neg: Eruption (band) for several concerts in Germany. In 1977 they went on the road in Germany where they were discovered by Hans-Jörg Meyer who worked as a talent scout for Frank Farian (the producer of Boney M.) Farian signed the group with the Germany-based Hansa Records and the band was the backing band and the support act for Boney M's first European tour. After their single "Party, Party", their cover of "I Can't Stand the Rain" was an international hit, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 18 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Both songs were included in

neg: Kalimba de Luna compilation album "Kalimba de Luna – 16 Happy Songs". With lead vocals by new group member Reggie Tsiboe, the original idea was to release it as a solo single, and a video was shot with Reggie only before the plans were changed to release it as a Boney M. single, and a new video with the group was done. Neither Liz Mitchell nor Marcia Barrett sang on this recording—the backing vocals were done by producer Frank Farian and session singers Amy & Elaine Goff. 7" Single 12" Single Note : This single is the first which does not have the

neg: Malaika the first single taken from their fifth album "Boonoonoonoos" (1981). It peaked at #13 in the German charts, their lowest placing so far after their commercial breakthrough. Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos. "Consuela Biaz" was first promoted as the A-side in Germany where the group performed it in pop show Musikladen. After a promotional visit to Spain where the group found "Malaika" had become a Top 10 hit, the title was remixed and then promoted as

neg: Rivers of Babylon Rivers of Babylon "Rivers of Babylon" is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie "The Harder They Come", which made it internationally known. The song was popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version, which was awarded a platinum disc and is one of the top ten all-time best-selling singles in the

neg: Rivers of Babylon when the first single pressings only credited Frank Farian and Reyam (aka Hans-Jörg Mayer) of Boney M.; after an agreement with Dowe and McNaughton, these two were also credited on later pressings. The Rastafarian language was excised from the lyrics for the Boney M. version. Although the group performed an early mix of the song on a German TV show and sang "How can we sing King Alpha's song" as in the Melodians version, it was changed to "the Lord's song", restoring the original, biblical words, in the versions that were to be released. To fit the meter, "O Far-I"

neg: Baby Do You Wanna Bump Baby Do You Wanna Bump "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" is a song recorded by German record producer Frank Farian under the name Boney M. and included on the 1976 album "Take the Heat off Me". It was the first Boney M. single and a minor hit in the Netherlands and Belgium, which prompted Farian to create a proper group to promote his studio project. In the United Kingdom the single was released by label Creole Records, but went unnoticed. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump"—a remake of Prince Buster's song "Al Capone" from the 1960s—was written by Frank Farian under

neg: Marcia Barrett in September, the group was in the charts all over Europe, and a series of hit singles and albums followed over the next decade. Boney M. counted four official members, but only Barrett and Mitchell were in the recording studio when Boney M.'s records were recorded. Frank Farian (and, from 1982-85, Reggie Tsiboe) provided male vocals that Bobby Farrell mimed to on stage. While Mitchell was regarded as the lead singer, owing to her larger number of songs on which she performed lead vocals, Barrett contributed harmony on many the group's well-known songs and shared the lead with Mitchell on

neg: Boney M. to perform their own Boney M. shows). Bobby Farrell and Liz Mitchell have released solo albums containing their own re-recordings of Boney M.'s classic hits. Maizie Williams released her first solo album in 2006 and her own single version of Boney M.'s "Sunny". In 2007 her rendition of 'Daddy Cool' with Melo-M hit the number one spot in the Latvian (LMK) Charts. Marcia Barrett has released two solo albums with a third scheduled for release in 2010. As recounted in his 1988 book "Touching the Void", the British climber Joe Simpson was subsequently to find the catchy tune of "Brown

neg: Boney M. to be at the event organizers' request because of its description of the Jewish yearning for Zion. Bobby Farrell died at the age of 61 from heart failure on 30 December 2010. His agent said Farrell was complaining of breathing problems after performing with his band the evening before. Farrell lived in Amsterdam until his death. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he had been performing. It was announced in February 2014 that Maizie Williams' line-up of Boney M. would be touring Australia in June. They sang at Guilfest, Guildford, UK on

neg: Papa Chico Papa Chico "Papa Chico" is a song by Italian drummer Tony Esposito from his album "As tu as" (1985). Topping the charts in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy, "Papa Chico" became his biggest hit after "Kalimba de Luna" (1984). Both songs were covered by Boney M. 7" Single "Papa Chico" is a Boney M. single from 1994, recorded by original lead singer Liz Mitchell as one of four new tracks on the compilation album "More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II". The single, credited to Boney M. feat. Liz Mitchell, pictured the singer's line-up with Carol Grey, Patricia Foster

neg: Ultimate (Boney M. album) single "Kalimba De Luna" from "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs" and two tracks from 1993's "More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II". Ultimate (Boney M. album) Ultimate is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola France. Early 1999 saw the release of "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" which was a collaboration with Horny United and German band Sash! which peaked at #22 in the UK and was also a Top 30 hit in Germany. In France the single was followed up by compilation "Ultimate" which in addition to the new remix contained edited

neg: The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album) The Greatest Hits (1993 Boney M. album) The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Boney M., released in 1993. It is the UK version of BMG's "Gold – 20 Super Hits", with alternate album art and a slightly different track listing. Besides Boney M.'s best known hits like "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers of Babylon", this fourteen track compilation also includes the 1993 remix of "Brown Girl in the Ring" (UK #38) that was issued in both the UK and the rest of Europe as the follow-up single to the 1992 "Megamix" (UK #7). While still in

neg: Christmas Album (Boney M. album) final Boney M. album release on the Atlantic Records label, even though they would remain with the company in Canada and Japan to 1986. One of the biggest commercial hits of 1981 was the Dutch "Stars on 45" Beatles cover medley, a number one single in the US and number two in the UK. To promote the albums "Boonoonoonoos" and "Christmas Album", Frank Farian created a thirteen-minute medley in the style of Stars on 45 called "6 Years of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)", which was issued as both A- and B-side singles in certain territories. In the

neg: Boney M. Go Home" peaking at no.12 and "I'm Born Again" peaking at 35. In 1980, Boney M. released a greatest hits album, "The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits", which also contained two new songs, "My Friend Jack" and "I See a Boat on the River". It made the No. 1 spot in the UK, reaching Gold status within six weeks of release, though it was their last big-selling album in the UK. Boney M.'s fifth album had been scheduled for release in November 1980 but the recording sessions dragged on all through 1981. When "Boonoonoonoos" was finally released

neg: Boney M. a line-up of Liz Mitchell, Carol Grey, Patricia Lorna Foster and Curt Dee Daran (replaced by Tony Ashcroft in 1994). They released the single ‘Papa Chico’ but failed to chart. Maizie Williams assembled her own Boney M. line-up with her friend and short-time Boney M. member in the early days in 1975, Sheyla Bonnick, and two others. Bobby Farrell also toured with three ever changing female performers. Liz Mitchell was touring the world with her line-up of Boney M., which is the only line-up officially supported by Farian (the court ruling of 1990 stated that all four members are entitled