Following this came their biggest-selling album, Nightflight to Venus , which spawned further hit singles with " Rasputin " and " Painter Man ". Continuing with their success, they released " Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord ", which was the Christmas number one single in the United Kingdom and became another of the biggest selling singles of all time there. Also during , Boney M. 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 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.
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 s.
While only two of Boney M. It's a Holi-Holiday ", which became another Top 10 hit across Europe. The album also included a "Lead" and "Backing Vocals" credit for the first time.
Oceans of Fantasy reached no. It made the No. When Boonoonoonoos was finally released 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 after three consecutive No. Following this, the group released a Christmas Album. Reggie Tsiboe was hired to replace Farrell as the new male member of Boney M. The group, however, returned to the German Top 20 in the autumn of with "Kalimba de Luna" and "Happy Song", the latter seeing Bobby Farrell return to the group.
Both songs were carbon-copies of the original Italian hits by Tony Esposito and Baby's Gang respectively. By , Farian clearly began losing interest in the group, and their final and eighth studio album Eye Dance was widely regarded as uninspired and disappointing.
After celebrating Boney M. 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.
One version began touring in the first half of with Marilyn Scharbaai Carrilho taking Liz Mitchell's place. Mitchell returned for a second leg of the tour late , and Marcia Barrett soon left the band. At the same time, Bobby Farrell had set up a deal for a new Boney M. When Farrell failed to show up for either recording or tour, and Maizie Williams had never sung on record, the album ended up being released as Liz Mitchell's first solo album No One Will Force You.
Mitchell and Williams completed a tour during —88, adding singer Celena Duncan and Ron Gale as replacements for Barrett and Farrell. In October , the classic Boney M. 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.
Megamix" single returning the group to the UK Top 10 for the first time since , and a subsequent Greatest Hits album reaching the UK Top 20 in Maizie Williams assembled her own Boney M. Bobby Farrell also toured with three ever changing female performers.
Liz Mitchell was touring the world with her line-up of Boney M. Bobby Farrell and Liz Mitchell have released solo albums containing their own re-recordings of Boney M.
Maizie Williams released her first solo album in and her own single version of Boney M. As recounted in his book Touching the Void , the British climber Joe Simpson was subsequently to find the catchy tune of "Brown Girl in the Ring" haunting him in the final hours of his struggle to survive the descent of Siula Grande in the Andes , and the song was later used in the film of Touching the Void made by Kevin Macdonald. The lead singer of the German disco group Boney M.
Boney M. Bobby Farrell, the lead singer and the only male member of Boney M, was found dead in his hotel room in St Petersburg on Thursday after performing the night before, his agent and investigators reported. The year-old performer had been said he wasn't feeling well during his performance, though the cause of death is still unknown, his agent John Seine told AFP.
Farrell had suffered from ill health for the last decade, including "heart problems, shortage of breath and problems with his stomach," according to Seine. Farrell was "quite a bizarre person," he said. He was a fantastic person. Farrell was known for his electric stage presence, along with bell-bottomed costumes and large afro hairstyle. He was discovered there by producer Frank Farian who brought him to West Germany and put together the band Boney M in I was at secondary school in the late 70s when Boney M took off - a great pop group.
RIP Bobby! I loved Boney M. My first record when I was seven-years-old was Belfast. I still love that song. Boney M were part of my young life and so I still love for them - they can really sing brilliantly. I never met any of the Boney M members - but I really will think about this loss as part of a loss of my younger years.
I've been a fan since I was a child. Our three-year-old kids have been having a good boogie to it. A sad day - may he rest in peace forever by the Rivers of Babylon. Bobby was a character who will be remembered for his on-stage antics and husky voice - a member of Boney M, one of the greatest disco bands of all time that just kept on going unlike many others who came and went.
I loved all their hits but Ma Baker always stands out for me. Gary G, Northampton, UK. Bobby Farrell helped provide the soundtrack to my childhood. One of Boney M's most memorable songs was about Rasputin. May he rest in peace. There are so many great songs by Boney M and so many great memories.
I saw Bobby Farrell in and he was a brilliant show man. My loveliest memory is of him singing unaccompanied live a rendition of No Woman, No Cry - he sang and the crowd chanted back to him - a really nice man too. John Healy, Dublin, Ireland. This is very sad news indeed. My wife and I got hooked on Boney M in and we have been listening to their music ever since.
In fact we were listening to their Daddy Cool CD last night. For my wife, Rivers of Babylon is definitely the best Boney M song and she has that song as her ring tone on her mobile phone.
I have fond memories of listening to Boney M as a kid in India. Boney M was a hot favourite in my country in those days and we would never tire of listening to their hit songs over and over again. We even sang some of these songs in the school choir. Recently, I was surprised to hear the songs of Boney M playing in some shopping malls in Montreal.
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