Other prominent European pop and disco groups were Luv ' from the Netherlands and Boney M, a group of four West Indian singers and dancers masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian.

Boney M charted worldwide hits with such songs as " Daddy Cool ", " Ma Baker " and " Rivers of Babylon ".

* 2010 – Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer ( Boney M ) ( b. 1949 )

Boney M had a number one hit in the UK with a similar song in 1978 under the title Rivers of Babylon, which was not based on this one, although using the same text from Psalm 137.

* 1952 – Liz Mitchell, Jamaican singer ( Boney M .)

* 1951 – Maizie Williams, British singer ( Boney M .)

* 1948 – Marcia Barrett, singer ( Boney M )

* Ultimate ( Boney M. album )

* October 6 – Bobby Farrell, West Indian-born dancer ( Boney M .) ( d. 2010 )

* " Stories " ( Boney M. song ), 1990 single

** Boney M., disco group

*" Rasputin " ( song ), disco song performed by the group Boney M

" To Zion Goes I ", Sublime, Lauryn Hill, Boney M. (" Rivers of Babylon "), Black Uhuru " Leaving to Zion ", Fluid Minds " Zion ", Dreadzone with the reggae-tinged track " Zion Youth.

*" Sunny " ( song ), a 1966 song by Bobby Hebb, covered by Boney M.

In the 1990s blues and R & B were introduced and more recently the festival has increased its capacity to 2500 persons and has offered a wide range of popular music including James Brown, Status Quo, Blondie, Boney M, Robert Cray, Hot Chocolate, Howard Jones, Go West, The Pretenders, The Drifters and Simple Minds.

Global sales of Modern Talking, after the duo's second and final break-up in 2003, had reached 120 million singles and albums combined, making them the biggest-selling German music act in history, so far outselling even Frank Farian's projects Boney M. and Milli Vanilli, Michael Cretu's Enigma, Sandra as well as Scorpions and Rammstein.

In late 1981 Germany-based Caribbean disco band Boney M. released a Stars on 45 type medley under the title " 6 Years of Boney M. Hits-Boney M. on 45 " featuring some twenty of their best-known recordings.

A few years later, German group Boney M. released " Jambo-Hakuna Matata ", an English-language song.

In Joe Simpson's 1988 book, Touching The Void, he talks about not being able to get the tune " Brown Girl in the Ring " by Boney M, out of his head.

" It changed music forever and meant we never had to listen to Boney M again.

With a structure similar to Boney M .' s breakthrough single " Daddy Cool " with the same gimmick percussion, alternating answer-back vocals, a spoken mid-part, the song also opened with a snarling " Freeze, I'm Ma Baker, put your hands in the air!

Boney M .' s version was remixed the same year, 1993 and again in 1998.

The original 7 inch label of one of the best selling Hansa Records singles, Boney M .' s " Rivers of Babylon ".

Boney M .' s single edit is completely different from the edit used for Frank Farian's Gilla recording in German that followed in November 1978 ( without success ).

Cheeks also appears as a backing vocalist on Lear's 1979 album Never Trust A Pretty Face and on Boney M .' s Ten Thousand Lightyears and Kalimba de Luna-16 Happy Songs as a member of vocal trio La Mama.

The melody of this song as it is usually sung formed the basis for Boney M .' s hit Hooray!

" Ma Baker " is the title of a song by German euro disco band Boney M. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in Germany and their best yet placing in the UK, peaking at # 2 ( only surpassed by Donna Summer's " I Feel Love ") although only a minor single in the US (# 96 ).

Boney M. would use the double A-side format in this period, typically with the A1 being the song intended for radio and A2 being more squarely aimed at discos.

Many famous performers such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elaine Page, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Elton John, Sarah Brightman, Roxette, Julio Iglesias, The O ' Jays, Boney M., Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Laura Branigan and Thomas Anders ( of Modern Talking fame ) also performed at the ' Sun City Super Bowl ', a large auditorium which seats 6, 230.

* 1981: A version of the song by the German band Boney M. was released both on their 1981 Christmas album, Christmas Album, and as a single ( which peaked at no.

Boney Bus by John McKinnon is located at the front of the station and consists of an abstract bus shape made from giant metal beams.

* Arthur Upfield-author of Boney series ; worked at Burracoppin

But he is best known as manager, and at different times has managed artists as diverse as The Yardbirds, John's Children, Marc Bolan, Japan, London, Asia, Ultravox, Boney M, Sinitta, Wham !, Blue Mercedes, Alsou and Candi Staton.

Massacres of the Kurnai / Gunai people led by McMillan occurred at Nuntin, Boney Point, Butchers Creek, Maffra, Warrigal Creek, and other unspecified locations in Gippsland.

Artists that have performed at the hall include Michael Bolton, Boney M, Lepa Brena, James Brown, José Carreras, Joe Cocker, Bryan Ferry, Diana Krall, Muse, Nightwish, Pain, Pet Shop Boys, P! nk, Seal and Simple Minds, among others.

It reached # 8 on the Canadian AC chart in July 1979, becoming the third Boney M song to reach the top 10 on that chart, after " Rivers of Babylon " and " Rasputin.

Both Harry Belafonte and Nina and Frederick had hits with " Mary's Boy Child ", but it was Boney M who gave this slow ballad a reggae rhythm in 1978 and took it to # 1 in the British charts for four weeks.

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Boney James, ( born James Oppenheim, September 1, 1961 in Lowell, Massachusetts ) is a saxophonist, songwriter and producer who popularized urban jazz ( an updated version of contemporary jazz that contains elements of R & B and hip-hop ).

In the UK Boney M. sold more than 1, 985, 000 copies of the song, meaning the single was awarded a platinum disc and is one of the top ten all-time best-selling singles in the UK.

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 ").

Under the channel name WeinervilleTV The channel launched its first video February 1, a video of Boney announcing the big news as " We're Back !!".