Wohl eher ein deutsches Ding, falls die jungen Leute hier auf Hive jemals davon gehört haben - ich hab 1978 Rivers of Babylon kennenlernen dürfen, damals kein Vinyl sondern Music Cassette (Dinger mussten man in Geräte reinstecken und zuklappen - komplizierter als CDs später - alles vor Internet, Smartphone und so. Wahr kein Fan aber das Projekt war eines der wenig erfolgreichen weltweit - wenige wussten, dass dies auch noch aus dem Saarland kam - und Frank Farian (Produzent, davor im Schlager unterwegs) auch fast alles gespielt und männliche Stimmen gesungen hat, egal wer später auf der Bühne stand. Das war damals Skandal - er hatte später ein anderes Projekt wo es arger war. Heute ist das normal, keiner weiss wer wirkloch was singt, damals war es neu
I continue with Pop Classics - by definition difficult anyway - my focus older pop starting in the 1970ies - so we had Kool & the Gang as well as Abba - next one is a band produced from Germany, in the smallest territory called Saarland. Frank Farian who started in German Schlager invented the band / project - he produced, composed all and also did sing most male voice parts (no matter who performed on stage).
At that time is was new - kind of scandal later on but now seems common in the global music industry.
Boney M. is (or better was) a German reggae, funk and disco music group founded in 1974.
It achieved popularity during the disco era in the second half of the 1970s. The band was created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter and singer. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the band's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat, and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with different members. (Source Wikipedia)
My favourite songs and the most popular ones in the following.
