Boney M.

Boney M不僅是一支在上個世紀七、八十年代風靡一時的迪斯科樂隊，更是整個迪斯科時代的一個傳奇。是制作人弗朗克·菲林最初在德國創(chuàng)辦了Boney M, 這支樂隊就在70年代末80年代初就雄踞歐洲音樂排行榜之首，它的一系列具有獨特的迪斯科名曲至今仍膾炙人口。Boney M第一首歌出現(xiàn)于1974年12月，是制作人他以假名“Boney M”創(chuàng)作了歌曲“Baby Do You Wanna Bump”波尼是一部電視連續(xù)劇中的英雄。這首歌曲最初只在夜總會獲得成功，每周唱片銷量約500張。1975年底：荷蘭電視臺和Discos公司希望Boney M 能夠出現(xiàn)在舞臺上，于是找來了4名黑人女歌手和一名男歌手Boney M合作，這是Boney M演唱組的雛形。演唱組成員不斷更換，來了靈魂莉茲·麥考爾，她演唱了絕大多數(shù)的歌曲。莉茲出生于牙買加，上個世紀60年代末來到了德國。在聽取了住在漢堡的制作人馬奇拉·巴萊特的建議之后她加入了Boney M演唱組。制作人弗朗克.菲林后來說：“就算換掉演唱組中所有的成員都不會對演唱組造成傷害，但只有莉茲除外。”而莉茲首唱的歌中最著名的就是《巴比倫河》(River of Babylon)，而《爸爸真酷》、《陽光燦爛》等也是她的原唱。
 
Boney M. is a 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 Jamaican-born British singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba. The group was formed in 1975 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s.
 
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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
 
Nightflight to Venus Although they never had much success in America, the Euro-disco group Boney M. were a European phenomenon during the '70s. After German record producer Frank Farian (born in 1942) recorded the single &Baby Do You Wanna Bump?& (which was successful in Holland and Belgium), he created Boney M. to support the song, bringing in four West Indian vocalists who had been working as session singers in Germany -- Marcia Barrett (b. October 14, 1948, St. Catherines, Jamaica), Liz Mitchell (b. July 12, 1952, Clarendon, Jamaica), Maizie Williams (b. March 25, 1951, Monserrat, West Indies), and Bobby Farrell (b. October 6, 1949, Aruba, West Indies, d. December 30, 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia). &Daddy Cool& reached the U.K. Top Ten in February 1977, followed in April by a remake of Bobby Hebb's &Sunny.& In July, &Ma Baker& just missed the U.K. number one spot, and &Belfast& hit the Top Ten in December. In 1978, Boney M. were at the height of their popularity with &Rivers of Babylon&/&Brown Girl in the Ring,& which became the second-biggest selling single in U.K. chart history. &Rivers of Babylon& also was Boney M.'s only U.S. Top 40 hit. Boney M.'s album, Nightflight to Venus, also topped the U.K. charts. In October 1978, &Rasputin& became another U.K. Top Ten hit, followed by the seasonal chart-topper &Mary's Boy Child&/&Oh My Lord,& which became the fifth-biggest selling single in U.K. history. In March 1979, &Painter Man& hit the U.K. Top Ten, followed in May by &Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday.& In September, the album Oceans of Fantasy hit number one. Their music continues to sell well in Europe, with a compilation hitting the U.K. Top Ten in 1994. Farian went on to create the late-'80s dance sensation Milli Vanilli.