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Boney M. Was A German-Caribbean Vocal Group That Specialized In Disco And Funk Created By German Record Producer Frank Farian Who Was The Group's Primary Songwriter. Originally Based In West Germany The Four Original Members Of The Group's Official Line-Up Were Liz Mitchell And Marcia Barrett From Jamaica Maizie Williams From Montserrat And Bobby Farrell From Aruba. The Group Was Formed In 1976 And Achieved Popularity During The Disco Era Of The Late 1970s. Since The 1980s Various Line-Ups Of The Band Have Performed With Differing Personnel. The Band Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Is Known For International Hits Including "Daddy Cool" "Ma Baker" "Belfast" "Sunny" "Rasputin" "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" And "Rivers Of Babylon". Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Boney_M. Studio Albums
Take The Heat Off Me 1976 Love For Sale 1977 Nightflight To Venus 1978 Oceans Of Fantasy 1979 Boonoonoonoos 1981 Christmas Album 1981 Ten Thousand Lightyears 1984 Eye Dance 1985
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"Rivers Of Babylon" Is A Rastafarian Song Written And Recorded By Brent Dowe And Trevor McNaughton Of The Jamaican Reggae Group The Melodians In 1970. Rivers Of Babylon Was Covered In 1978 By Germany-Based Disco Band Boney M With A Version That Was Released As A Single. Boney M.'s Release Stayed At The #1 Position In The UK For Five Weeks And Was Also The Group's Only Significant US Chart Entry Peaking At #30 On The Billboard Hot 100. 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. In Canada The Song Was A Top 25 Hit On The RPM Magazine Top 100 Singles Chart And Reached #9 On The Adult Contemporary Chart. The Song Was The First Single From The Band's Equally Successful 1978 Album Nightflight To Venus. Some Controversy Arose When The First Single Pressings Only Credited Frank Farian And Reyam Aka Hans-Jörg Mayer Of Boney M After An Agreement With Dowe And McNaughton These Two Were Also Credited On Later Pressings. Boney M. Performed An Early Mix Of The Song In A German TV-Show Singing "How Can We Sing King Alpha's Song" Although It Was Changed To "the Lord's Song" As In The Biblical Quote In The Released Versions. King Alpha Refers To Haile Selassie. Selassie's Wife Menen Asfaw Is Known As Queen Omega Aka The Queen.
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Boney M. Was A German-Caribbean Vocal Group That Specialized In Disco And Funk Created By German Record Producer Frank Farian Who Was The Group's Primary Songwriter. Originally Based In West Germany The Four Original Members Of The Group's Official Line-Up Were Liz Mitchell And Marcia Barrett From Jamaica Maizie Williams From Montserrat And Bobby Farrell From Aruba. The Group Was Formed In 1976 And Achieved Popularity During The Disco Era Of The Late 1970s. Since The 1980s Various Line-Ups Of The Band Have Performed With Differing Personnel. The Band Has Sold More Than 100 Million Records Worldwide And Is Known For International Hits Including "Daddy Cool" "Ma Baker" "Belfast" "Sunny" "Rasputin" "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" And "Rivers Of Babylon". Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Boney_M. Studio Albums
Take The Heat Off Me 1976 Love For Sale 1977 Nightflight To Venus 1978 Oceans Of Fantasy 1979 Boonoonoonoos 1981 Christmas Album 1981 Ten Thousand Lightyears 1984 Eye Dance 1985 read less
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Take The Heat Off Me 1976 Love For Sale 1977 Nightflight To Venus 1978 Oceans Of Fantasy 1979 Boonoonoonoos 1981 Christmas Album 1981 Ten Thousand Lightyears 1984 Eye Dance 1985 read less
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"Rivers of Babylon" is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. Rivers of Babylon was covered in 1978 by Germany-based disco band Boney M, with a version that was released as a single. Boney M.'s release stayed at the #1 position in the UK for five weeks and was also the group's only significant US chart entry, peaking at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. 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. In Canada, the song was a Top 25 hit on the RPM Magazine top 100 singles chart and reached #9 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was the first single from the band's equally successful 1978 album Nightflight to Venus. Some controversy arose when the first single pressings only credited Frank Farian and Reyam (aka Hans-Jörg Mayer) of Boney M; after an agreement with Dowe and McNaughton, these two were also credited on later pressings.
Boney M. performed an early mix of the song in a German TV-show singing "How can we sing King Alpha's song" although it was changed to "the Lord's song" (as in the biblical quote) in the released versions. King Alpha refers to Haile Selassie. Selassie's wife Menen Asfaw is known as Queen Omega aka The Queen.
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Nightflight To Venus Is The Third Album By The Band Boney M And Was Released In July 1978. The Album Became A Major Success In Continental Europe Scandinavia And Canada Topping Most Of The Album Charts During The Second Half Of 1978 And Also Became Their First UK Number One Album. Nightflight To Venus Includes Their Worldwide Hits "Rivers Of Babylon" And "Brown Girl In The Ring" A Double A-Sided Single That Topped The UK Singles Chart And Sold Close To 2 Million Copies There. The Follow-Up Was Another Boney M. Classic "Rasputin" In Most Countries Also A Double A-Side Coupled With "Painter Man" A Cover Of A 1966 Hit By The Band The Creation. In The UK "Rasputin" And "Painter Man" Were Released Separately As A-Sides By Atlantic Records Both Reaching The Top 10. Nightflight To Venus Also Became Boney M.'s Most Well Received Album In The United States Peaking At #134 On The Billboard 200. "Rivers Of Babylon" Which Peaked At #30 On The Billboard Hot 100 Became Their Biggest US Hit. In Europe And Most Other Parts Of The World The Album Was Followed In November 1978 By Christmas Single "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" Backed With "Dancing In The Streets" Another Chart Topper - Selling Over 1.85 Million Copies In The UK Alone. Upon Its Original 1978 Release These Two Tracks Did Not Appear On Nightflight To Venus But They Were Included On The 2007 CD Reissue. There Were Four Different Pressings Of The Original Hansa Records Vinyl LP All With Slightly Altered Edits Of The Tracks. The Most Significant Difference Was The Length Of The Title Track "Nightflight To Venus". On The Very First German Pressing It Was 7 09 Minutes Making The Segued Medley With The Also Extended "Rasputin" 13 48 In Total The Second Pressing 5 55 The Third 4 58 And The Final And Also The One Appearing On The UK And US Editions 4 46. The Timings Given Here Are Those Of The 1994 And 2007 CD Re-Issues.