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Silver Convention Was A German Disco Recording Act Of The 1970s. The Group Was First Named "Silver Bird Convention" Or "Silver Bird". The Group Was Originally Founded In Munich By Producers And Songwriters Sylvester Levay And Michael Kunze. "Silver" Is Actually Sylvester Levay's Nickname. Using Female Session Vocalists For Their First Recordings They Scored A Hit Single In The United Kingdom In 1974 With The Song "Save Me" And Realised They Would Need To Find A Public Face For What Was At The Time Only A Studio Group. They Recruited Vocalists Linda Thompson Real Name Linda Übelherr Who Would Be Billed On Her Solo Records As Linda G. Thompson Penny McLean Real Name Gertrude Wirschinger And Ramona Wulf Real Name Ramona Kraft . As "Silver Convention" They Scored Two Major U.S. Hit Singles. "Fly Robin Fly" Whose Complete Lyrics Consisted Of Only Six Words Spent Three Weeks At Number 1 In 1975 And Won The Group A Grammy Award For Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Their Follow-Up Hit "Get Up And Boogie" Spent Three Weeks At Number 2 In 1976. Michael Kunze Actually Wrote The Lyrics On The Two First Albums Under The Pseudonym Stephan Prager. During This Time The Three Singers Released Their Own Solo Work. McLean And Thompson Achieved Hit Singles With "Lady Bump" And "Ooh What A Night" Respectively. Wulf's Solo Effort Was Only A Moderate Success. Silver Convention Represented Germany In The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 With A Song Entitled "Telegram" Finishing 8th Just After Dream Express. The Entry Had Only English Lyrics But Was Allowed To Enter In Spite Of The Language Rule Being Reintroduced This Year Because The Song Was Chosen To Represent Germany Before The Reintroduction Was Announced. With A New Producer John Davis And A Revised Line-Up Of Singers Suzie McClosky Aka Zenda Jacks Rhonda Heath And Ramona Wulf Silver Convention Hit It Big In The Clubs In 1978 With The LP "Love In A Sleeper". The 12" Single Release From The LP Was "Spend The Night With Me" Backed With "Mission To Venus". The Further Singles Released By The Trio Attempted To Duplicate The Sound That Had Made Them Briefly Successful But The Singles "Tiger Baby" And "No No Joe" Were Only Minor Hits. Levay Also Worked With Giorgio Moroder And Kunze Went On To Work With Jim Steinman. The Solo Careers Of The Three Singers Faded Quickly And They Left The Music Business.
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"Fly Robin Fly" Is A 1975 Record By The German Group Silver Convention. The Song Was Released As A Single From Their 1975 Album Save Me. In The United States It Rose To #1 On The Billboard Hot 100 In November 1975 Staying There For Three Weeks. The Single Also Was #1 On The Soul Singles Chart For One Week. 1 "Fly Robin Fly" Also Spent Three Weeks At #1 On The Disco/dance Charts. 2 It Was The First Song By A German Pop Group To Reach Number One On The American Music Charts. In Canada The Song Also Reached The Pole Position In The Charts Hitting Number One In The RPM Top Singles Chart On January 17 1976 3 Knocking The Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" From The Top Slot Managing To Keep It For A Single Week Only Before Being Replaced By C.W. McCall's "Convoy" A Week Later. 4 "Fly Robin Fly" Carries The Distinction Of Being A Billboard Chart-Topper With One Of The Fewest Numbers Of Unique Words Six. The Chorus Simply Repeats "Fly Robin Fly" Three Times With An Ending Of "Up Up To The Sky!" During A Segment On VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs It Was Revealed That The Working Title Was "Run Rabbit Run". "Fly Robin Fly" Won A Grammy Award For Best R&B Instrumental Performance In 1976. The Song Was Featured In The Film Boogie Nights 1997 .
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Silver Convention Was A German Disco Recording Act Of The 1970s. The Group Was First Named "Silver Bird Convention" Or "Silver Bird". The Group Was Originally Founded In Munich By Producers And Songwriters Sylvester Levay And Michael Kunze. "Silver" Is Actually Sylvester Levay's Nickname. Using Female Session Vocalists For Their First Recordings They Scored A Hit Single In The United Kingdom In 1974 With The Song "Save Me" And Realised They Would Need To Find A Public Face For What Was At The Time Only A Studio Group. They Recruited Vocalists Linda Thompson Real Name Linda Übelherr Who Would Be Billed On Her Solo Records As Linda G. Thompson Penny McLean Real Name Gertrude Wirschinger And Ramona Wulf Real Name Ramona Kraft . As "Silver Convention" They Scored Two Major U.S. Hit Singles. "Fly Robin Fly" Whose Complete Lyrics Consisted Of Only Six Words Spent Three Weeks At Number 1 In 1975 And Won The Group A Grammy Award For Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Their Follow-Up Hit "Get Up And Boogie" Spent Three Weeks At Number 2 In 1976. Michael Kunze Actually Wrote The Lyrics On The Two First Albums Under The Pseudonym Stephan Prager. During This Time The Three Singers Released Their Own Solo Work. McLean And Thompson Achieved Hit Singles With "Lady Bump" And "Ooh What A Night" Respectively. Wulf's Solo Effort Was Only A Moderate Success. Silver Convention Represented Germany In The Eurovision Song Contest 1977 With A Song Entitled "Telegram" Finishing 8th Just After Dream Express. The Entry Had Only English Lyrics But Was Allowed To Enter In Spite Of The Language Rule Being Reintroduced This Year Because The Song Was Chosen To Represent Germany Before The Reintroduction Was Announced. With A New Producer John Davis And A Revised Line-Up Of Singers Suzie McClosky Aka Zenda Jacks Rhonda Heath And Ramona Wulf Silver Convention Hit It Big In The Clubs In 1978 With The LP "Love In A Sleeper". The 12" Single Release From The LP Was "Spend The Night With Me" Backed With "Mission To Venus". The Further Singles Released By The Trio Attempted To Duplicate The Sound That Had Made Them Briefly Successful But The Singles "Tiger Baby" And "No No Joe" Were Only Minor Hits. Levay Also Worked With Giorgio Moroder And Kunze Went On To Work With Jim Steinman. The Solo Careers Of The Three Singers Faded Quickly And They Left The Music Business.
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"Fly, Robin, Fly" is a 1975 record by the German group Silver Convention. The song was released as a single from their 1975 album Save Me. In the United States, it rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1975, staying there for three weeks. The single also was #1 on the soul singles chart for one week.[1] "Fly, Robin, Fly" also spent three weeks at #1 on the disco/dance charts.[2] It was the first song by a German pop group to reach number one on the American music charts. In Canada, the song also reached the pole position in the charts, hitting number one in the RPM Top Singles Chart on January 17, 1976,[3] knocking the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" from the top slot, managing to keep it for a single week only before being replaced by C.W. McCall's "Convoy" a week later.[4]
"Fly, Robin, Fly" carries the distinction of being a Billboard chart-topper with one of the fewest numbers of unique words: six. The chorus simply repeats "Fly, robin, fly" three times, with an ending of "Up, up to the sky!"
During a segment on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs, it was revealed that the working title was "Run, Rabbit, Run".
"Fly, Robin, Fly" won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance in 1976.
The song was featured in the film Boogie Nights (1997).
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