#Which boney m album has ma baker on it series#
#Which boney m album has ma baker on it tv#

released their second album, Love for Sale, which contained the hits ' Ma Baker' and ' Belfast'. Both singles were also Top 10 hits in the UK, which would become one of their biggest markets.

The group's popularity had also grown throughout Europe, with 'Daddy Cool' reaching no.1 in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, France and Austria. Another single, ' Sunny' (a cover of the 1966 Bobby Hebb song) gave the group their second no.1 hit. The song quickly went to no.1 in Germany, with the album following the success of the single. and in their daring stage costumes, where they performed the song ' Daddy Cool'. appeared on the live music show on 18 September 1976, after 10:00 p.m. The group's big break came when, at the end of summer 1976, German television producer Michael 'Mike' Leckebusch (of Radio Bremen) requested the group for his show Musikladen. However, the group rigorously toured discos, clubs and even country fairs to earn a reputation for themselves. The album's commercial performance was initially lukewarm. As Maizie Williams' voice was not considered suitable for recording purposes by Farian, and a try-out with Bobby Farrell performing ' No Woman No Cry' did not work, Farian decided to use only Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett along with his own studio-enhanced voice to create the Boney M. It contained tracks that Marcia Barrett had already recorded with Farian, including the title track and 'Lovin' or Leavin'', both of which were previously recorded in German by another Farian act, Gilla. Farian found model-turned-singer Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat), Bobby Farrell, a male exotic dancer from Aruba, singer Marcia Barrett from Jamaica who brought in Liz Mitchell, also from Jamaica and a former member of the Les Humphries Singers.īoney M.'s first album, Take the Heat off Me, was released in 1976.

#Which boney m album has ma baker on it tv#

It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to create a group for TV appearances. Īfter a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. Nice name, I thought – Boney, Boney, Boney. I just caught the credits and it said Boney. I turned on the TV one day and it was the end of a detective series.

#Which boney m album has ma baker on it series#

When the record was released as a single, it was credited to 'Boney M.', a pseudonym Farian had created for himself after watching the Australian television detective series Boney. Farian sang the repeated line 'Do you do you wanna bump?' in a deep voice (entirely studio created) as well as performing the high falsetto chorus. German singer-songwriter Frank Farian recorded the dance track ' Baby Do You Wanna Bump' in December 1974.