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.
appeared on the live music show on September 18, 1976, after 10 pm and in their daring stage costumes, where they performed the song " Daddy Cool". 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. Liz Mitchell claimed that only she, Marcia Barrett and Farian had sung on the hit recordings, but that Farrell did perform live in some of the various later touring incarnations of 'Boney M'. As Maizie Williams' voice wasn't considered suitable for recording purposes by Farian, and a try-out with Bobby Farrell performing "No Woman No Cry" didn't 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. The line-up was finalised with Liz Mitchell (lead singer & front woman) Maizie Williams, Marcia Barrett, and Bobby Farrell.īoney M.'s first album, Take the Heat off Me, was released in 1976. Finally Liz Mitchell, former member of the Les Humphries Singers, stepped in. Singer Marcia Barrett (also from Jamaica) joined the group, which then went through another change in line-up when Claudja Barry – tired of merely lip-synching – left in February 1976 to pursue a solo career as a disco singer. Then Bonnick and Mike left, and Maizie Williams brought in Bobby Farrell, a male exotic dancer from Aruba. Also during 1975, a girl named Nathalie joined but was soon replaced by Claudja Barry. The Katja Wolfe booking agency found model-turned-singer Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat) and her Jamaican singer friend Sheyla Bonnick for him, along with a dancer known only as "Mike" for the first gigs.
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It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to 'front' the group for TV performances. After a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. 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 detective show 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 (real name Franz Reuther) recorded the dance track " Baby Do You Wanna Bump" in December 1974.
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