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Artist Biography For Boney M

The Group Was Created By Producer Frank Farian In 1975 And Was Composed Of Four West Indian Artists Working In London Germany And The Netherlands Singers Marcia Barrett And Liz Mitchell Model Maizie Williams And DJ Bobby Farrell. Boney M Is Noted For The Mix Of White And Black Music—the Producer Farian Is White And The Singers Are Black Significantly Many Songs Are Black Freedom Songs For Example “No More Chain Gang” In The Album Oceans Of Fantasy. Farian First Released The Single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump?” In 1975 Under The Name Boney M. He Performed The Sparse Vocals Of The Song Himself. The Song Went On To Become A Hit And It Was Then That Farian Decided To Hire A Team Of Dancers And Vocalists To ‘front’ The Group. The Line-Up Of The Group Went Through Numerous Changes Maizie Williams Being The Only Original Member That Remained. Not Satisfied With Merely Miming To Farian’s Songs One Of The Members Claudja Barry Left On Short Notice In February 1976 - Days Before The Group Was Scheduled To Appear On A Local Television Gig In Saarbruecken. Liz Mitchell Then An Unemployed Singer And Formerly A Member Of The Les Humphries Singers Was Brought In As A Temporary Replacement For The Gig Under The Recommendation Of Marcia Barrett. Farian Was Impressed With Her Performance And She Went On To Record Boney M’s First LP Take The Heat Off Me. Farian Had Previously Recorded Some Songs With Marcia Barrett The Other Vocalist Of The Group. A Couple Of The Songs “Lovin’ Or Leavin’” And “Daddy Cool” Were Included On Take The Heat Off Me. The Commercial Response To The Album Was Lukewarm. However The Group Rigorously Toured Discos Clubs And Even Country Fairs To Earn A Reputation For Themselves. The Group’s Big Break Came When At The End Of That Summer Music-TV-Producer Michael ‘Mike’ Leckebusch Of Radio Bremen Requested The Group For His Show “Musikladen”. Boney M Appeared On The Live Music Show On 18 September 1976 After 10pm In Their Now Trademark Daring Costumes. By The End Of The Following Week “Daddy Cool” Became Germany’s #1 Single In The Charts. The Album Was To Follow The Success Of The Single. Despite His Success With Boney M Controversy Followed The Group’s Founder Frank Farian In What Was To Later Shadow His Involvement With Milli Vanilli. Bobby Farrell – The Male Face Of The Group – And Maizie Williams Contributed To Studio Recordings But For Reasons Only Known To Frank Farian Were Apparently Left Off The Final Mixes While Their Numerous And Highly Competent Live Performances From 1977 Onwards Were Never In Any Doubt. Almost All Of The Male Vocals Along With Some Of The Choir Sections In Songs Such As “Dancing In The Streets” And “Bye Bye Bluebird” Were Performed By Farian Himself. Farrell As Farian Finally Had Admitted On German Television In 2003 Had Been Chosen For His Personality And Innovative Dancing.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Rasputin

"Rasputin" Is A 1978 Euro-Disco Hit Single By The Germany-Based Pop And Euro Disco Group Boney M. The Second From Their Album Nightflight To Venus. The Song Is A Semi-Biographical Song About Grigori Rasputin A Friend And Advisor Of Tsar Nicholas II Of Russia And His Family During The Early 20th Century. The Song Variously Sensationalizes Rasputin As A Playboy Mystical Healer And Political Demiurge. The Tune Of The Song Is Based On Turkish Song Kâtibim. The Song References Grigori Rasputin's Alleged Healing Of Hemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei Of Russia And How This Endeared Him To The Boy's Mother The Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna Former Princess Alix Of Hesse . It Also Claims That Rasputin Was Alexandra's Paramour "Ra Ra Rasputin Lover Of The Russian Queen - There Was A Cat That Really Was Gone" . As "Russia's Greatest Love Machine" The "Moscow Chicks" Thought Him Lovely. The Song States That Rasputin's Political Power Overshadowed That Of The Tsar Himself In "all Affairs Of State". When His Sexual And Political Acts Became Intolerable "men Of Higher Standing" Plotted His Downfall Despite The Fact That "the Ladies Begged" Them Not To. The End Of The Song Recounts A Modified Version Of A Popular Description Of The Events That Culminated In Rasputin's Assassination As Perpetrated By Felix Yusupov Vladimir Purishkevich And Dmitri Pavlovich Of Russia On December 16 1916 O.S. . Specifically The Song States That Rasputin's Assassins Fatally Shot Him After He Survived The Poisoning Of His Wine With A Very Large Dose Of Cyanide. While The Song Accurately Indicates That Many Unfavorable Rumors Damaged Rasputin's Reputation There Is No Verifiable Evidence To Suggest That He Had An Affair With Alexandra. The Song Rose To The Top Of The Charts In Germany And Austria And Went To #2 In The United Kingdom And Switzerland. It Was Another Number 1 Hit For Boney M. In Australia Providing Them A Second And Last Chart Topper In That Country The Other One Being "Rivers Of Babylon" . Although The Song Was Written And Performed In English With A Smattering Of German - But The Kasatschok He Danced Really Wunderbar! It Enjoyed Great Popularity In The Soviet Union And Is Credited With Making Rasputin Famous Again There Although It Was Omitted From The Russian Pressing Of The Album And Boney M. Were Barred From Performing The Song During Their Ten Performances In Moscow In December 1978. During Their Visit To Poland In 1979 Boney M. Performed Rasputin Despite Being Asked Not To By Government Officials. The Show Was Broadcast On National TV The Next Day After The Song Was Edited Out Of Their Performance. The Song Has Been Covered By A Number Of Other Bands In Varying Musical Styles Perhaps Most Notably By The Finnish Folk Metal Band Turisas. Boiled In Lead Also Covered It In A Heavy Metal Version. The Washington D.C.-Based Dance/rock Band Ra Ra Rasputin Takes Its Name From The Song. The Song Also Appears On The Video Game Just Dance 2.

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