Boney M – “a time to remember, a time to love”

Many of Boney M’s songs just play made listeners want to dance. They are among the group of legendary bands in the memories of international music lovers in Vietnam. Many of Boney M’s songs have been memorized by a generation of Vietnamese people.

Boney M first came to Vietnam in 2016. At that time, they really caused a fever, leaving a lasting memory. Memorable concept for fans. The original Boney M has now disbanded, but the group’s strong female frontman – Liz Mitchell – can still bring back to the public a musical space of nostalgic memories that listeners once had about Boney M. .

Returning to Vietnam in 2019 Boney M will have a music night with the once famous boy band from Austria – group Joy. In Vietnam, international music lovers used to hunt for cassette tapes to listen to Joy’s songs like “Touch by Touch” “Hello” “Valerie” “Japanese Girl”…

This is Joy group first came to Vietnamese audiences. Joining forces with Boney M, this nostalgic music event about “a time to remember” will truly explode. Boney M and Joy’s music night will be held on the evening of March 8, 2019 in Hanoi.

The accidental reason for the birth of Boney M

Boney M is a “coincidental” band that was born without any intention Before everything happened very randomly because music manager Farian suddenly released his own record one day but did not want to appear in public, so Boney M… “came down to earth”.

< p>It has been 42 years since Boney M released the group’s classic debut album – “Take the Heat off Me” (1976) and began the journey to conquer every disco floor around the world with hits. in albums like “Daddy Cool” “Sunny” “Baby Do You Wanna Bump”…

About the name Boney M There is a famous story that is often told that the manager who founded the group and helped bring Boney M to the pinnacle of success – Mr. Frank Farian – once watched a series of film Australian television broadcast on air German television series in which there is a male character named Boney.

Farian was immediately impressed by this name and started muttering it in his head until finally it came out – Boney M. So is the name of the band that was born…

In the international music industry, when an artist or group wants to be promoted to international stardom, they must have certain marks in the music market. the world’s largest – America. However, Boney M never actually had any significant success in the US, mainly making a splash in European disco music in the 1970s.

The founding fate of Boney M must include the hit “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” – the group’s debut single but not performed by the group.

The story begins with German music manager Frank Farian after completing the single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” (which would later be very successful in the Netherlands and Belgium) he immediately decided to create a “fictitious” music group called Boney M to promote this single.

In reality, Frank Farian is not just a musician. music manager and also a singer with a good voice, but Farian (real name Franz Reuther) has no interest in developing his own singing career.

After recording the single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” herself last month December 1974 in which Farian was the one who repeatedly sang the line “Do you do you wanna bump?” With a low key and also a tenor voice expressing the “howls” in the song, Farian thought about how to get the single released to the public without having to reveal his name.

So when releasing the single, Farian named the singer Boney M – a nickname Farian gave to himself after encountering the character Boney in an Australian television series. What makes Farian excited about the name Boney M is because these sounds, according to him, sound very good but simple.

After this song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium Farian started Receiving requests to order Boney M to perform, he suddenly came up with an idea – to create a real Boney M band to perform…

Initially, Boney M continuously had There were fluctuations in members, but in the end there was a Boney M as the public knows and is familiar with 3 women and 1 man.

In fact, in Boney M’s records, manager Frank Farian often who contributed vocals on studio recordings in place of male member Bobby Farrell. Farrell usually only actually performs at TV shows and live shows.

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The fateful single “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” contributed to the birth of the legendary Boney M and a series of hits that followed such as “Daddy Cool” “Sunny” ” Ma Baker”… also caused fever on European disco floors.

In 1978 Boney M was at the peak of his fame with “Rivers of Babylon” “Brown Girl in the Ring” “Rasputin” “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord”. To this day, 42 years have passed since Boney M’s first release and music continues to be listened to by vintage disco music lovers.

In Vietnam to this day, many of Boney M’s songs still resonate loudly. Perhaps there is no international band as closely associated with Vietnamese wedding events as Boney M because whenever Boney M’s music plays, the atmosphere becomes bustling.

Music Boney M’s music is catchy and fun, making listeners immediately feel excited and want to dance.

The 4 members of Boney M include Liz Mitchell (from Jamaica, an island country in the coastal waters). Caribbean) Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams (both from the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean) and the only male member Bobby Farrell (from the island of Aruba also in the Caribbean).

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The band was formed in 1976 and achieved peak fame during the “era of pop music”. disco” in the late 1970s. Boney M had a golden age when the four-member band reached an international level with songs that were loved in many countries and continents regardless of difference in skin color language.

If Boney M is no longer mentioned much in the Western music market, there is one of their songs that many Westerners watch every Christmas. often heard in stores is “Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord” – a song that topped many music charts during the Christmas season of 1978.

These version of Boney M today

The band Boney M broke up in 1986, a full decade after the band was formed. However, the echoes of Boney M’s influence still exist today, many Western singers continue to find inspiration from Boney M’s famous songs.

After When Boney M disbanded, the members separated and formed “version” Boney M bands. There is no longer the original Boney M of the past.

However, the band Boney M, led by female vocalist Liz Mitchell, is the only band supported by German manager Frank Farian to have this name. Frank Farian was the one who founded the group and composed many hits that contributed to Boney M’s reputation in the past.

The name Boney M itself was also a controversial issue. controversy between former band members in the late 1980s when they began to separate and form their own Boney M bands.

They even had to resort to court arbitration. court and ultimately the court ruled in 1990 that all members of the “original” Boney M band had the right to name their band Boney M after the split and had the right to perform their songs. old Boney M song.

Bich Ngoc