Also known as
  • Bony M,
  • Boney M. 2000,
  • Boney M
Boney M. is a pop and disco group masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian. The four original members of the band were Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell. Frank Farian (Franz Reuther), an unsuccessful German schlager singer, wasn't happy with the choice of material his record company wanted him to sing. He would much rather have done black music but it was unthinkable for him to front such a project. He went into the studio in December 1974 and recorded the song single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump?", a monotonous dance track, singing the repeated "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice (entirely studio created) as well as performing the high female chorus vocals in his falsetto voice. The record came out, credited to Boney M. Frank Farian had been watching an Australia detective show, where the lead character was called Boney, and Farian decided that this would make a good name for a group, and added the M. After a slow start it became a... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
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