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Frank Farian

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Frank Farian (born Franz Reuther 18 July 1941, Kirn, Germany) is a German record producer and songwriter, best known as the founder and voice behind the 1970s' disco-pop group Boney M. and as the mastermind and voice behind the lip-synching group Milli Vanilli. [1]

80 relations: All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album), Amanda Lear, Arrangement, Baby Do You Wanna Bump, Blind Before I Stop, Bobby Farrell, Bobby Kimball, Boney M., Cover version, Daddy Cool (Boney M. song), Daddy Cool (musical), Daniel Lopes, David Paich, Disco, Duke Special, Eruption (band), Eurodance, Fab Morvan, Far Corporation, Germany, Ghostwriter, Gift, Gilla (singer), Girl You Know It's True, Gold – 20 Super Hits, Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Harvey (MC), Hit record, Javine Hylton, John Parr, Kirn, La Bouche, La Mama (band), Le Click, Led Zeppelin, Liz Mitchell, Love for Sale (Boney M. album), Lynsey de Paul, Marcia Barrett, Meat Loaf, Miami, Michelle Collins, Milli Vanilli, Music industry, Musical theatre, Musician, My Promise, Netherlands, Nightflight to Venus, No Mercy (pop band), ..., Oceans of Fantasy, Palma de Mallorca, Phonograph record, Precious Wilson, Prince Buster, Rapping, Record chart, Record producer, Rob Pilatus, Robin McAuley, Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries, Ron Roker, Session musician, Shaftesbury Theatre, Simon Phillips (drummer), Singing, Solomon King, Songwriter, Spain, Stairway to Heaven, Steve Lukather, Supergroup (music), Switzerland, Take the Heat off Me, The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits, The New York Times, Top 40, Toto (band), UK Singles Chart, West End theatre. Expand index (30 more) »

All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)

All or Nothing is the debut album by dance pop duo Milli Vanilli, released only in Europe on the Hansa label in November 1988.

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Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear (née Tapp; born 18 November 1939) is a French-Italian singer, lyricist, painter, television presenter, actress and former model.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Baby Do You Wanna Bump

"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" is a song recorded by German record producer Frank Farian under the name Boney M. and included on the 1976 album Take the Heat off Me.

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Blind Before I Stop

Blind Before I Stop is a 1986 album by Meat Loaf.

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Bobby Farrell

Roberto Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949 – 30 December 2010) was a Dutch dancer and performer from Aruba, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.

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Bobby Kimball

Robert Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer, best known as the original and longtime frontman of the rock band Toto.

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Boney M.

Boney M. was a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Daddy Cool (Boney M. song)

"Daddy Cool" is a song recorded by Boney M. and included on their debut album Take the Heat off Me.

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Daddy Cool (musical)

Daddy Cool is a musical based upon the works of Boney M and other Frank Farian produced artists.

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Daniel Lopes

Daniel Lopes (born 12 November 1976) was a German-Brazilian contestant on the first season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.

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David Paich

David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, composer, recording producer, and arranger, best known for his work with the rock band Toto.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Duke Special

Duke Special (born Peter Wilson; January 4, 1971) is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Eruption (band)

Eruption were a popular disco, R&B and soul band in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Eurodance

Eurodance (sometimes known as Euro-NRG or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe.

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Fab Morvan

Fabrice Morvan (born 14 May 1966) is a French singer-songwriter, dancer and model.

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Far Corporation

Far Corporation were a British band created by record producer Frank Farian, who created the bands Boney M. and Milli Vanilli.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author.

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Gift

A gift or a present is an item given to someone without the expectation of payment or return.

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Gilla (singer)

Gilla (born Gisela Wuchinger, 27 February 1950) is an Austrian singer from the late 1970s disco era.

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Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True is a 1989 album that was the U.S. debut of German pop group Milli Vanilli.

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Gold – 20 Super Hits

Gold – 20 Super Hits is a 1992 greatest hits album by group Boney M. Shortly after record label PolyGram had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian followed suit with Boney M.'s Gold - 20 Super Hits which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see The Greatest Hits) and most other European countries since 1980's The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

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Grammy Award for Best New Artist

The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959.

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Harvey (MC)

Michael Harvey Jr (born 1 May 1979 in Plymouth, Devon, England), better known as MC Harvey or simply Harvey, is an English rapper, actor, television personality and former non-League footballer.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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Javine Hylton

Javine Dionne Hylton (born 27 December 1981), often known simply as Javine, is an English R&B singer.

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John Parr

John Parr (born 18 November 1952) is a Grammy nominated English musician, who had two number one hits, best known for his 1985 US number one hit single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" and for his 1984 single "Naughty Naughty".

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Kirn

Kirn is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

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La Bouche

La Bouche (French for "The Mouth") is a multi-platinum award winning '90s duo act best known for the dance hits "Be My Lover", "Sweet Dreams", "Fallin' in Love", "I Love to Love" and "Tonight is the Night".

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La Mama (band)

La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian's studios in the first half of the 1980s.

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Le Click

Le Click was a Eurodance duo created in Germany by the record producer, Frank Farian.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Liz Mitchell

Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell (born 12 July 1952) is a Jamaican-British singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/reggae band Boney M.

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Love for Sale (Boney M. album)

Love for Sale is the second studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" and "Belfast".

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Lynsey de Paul

Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter.

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Marcia Barrett

Marcia Barrett (born 14 October 1948) is a Jamaican-born British singer and one of the original singers with the vocal group Boney M.

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Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Michelle Collins

Michelle Danielle Collins (born 28 May 1961) is an English actress and TV presenter, best known for her roles in the British soap operas EastEnders and Coronation Street.

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Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli was a German R&B duo from Munich.

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Music industry

The music industry consists of the companies and individuals that earn money by creating new songs and pieces and selling live concerts and shows, audio and video recordings, compositions and sheet music, and the organizations and associations that aid and represent music creators.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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My Promise

My Promise is the 1996 debut album of the German-based trio, No Mercy.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nightflight to Venus

Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M., and was released in July 1978.

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No Mercy (pop band)

No Mercy is a trio of American singers who were originally brought together in Germany by producer Frank Farian.

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Oceans of Fantasy

Oceans of Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. Released in September 1979, Oceans Of Fantasy became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features hits "El Lute / Gotta Go Home" and "I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama".

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Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca, frequently used name for the city of Palma, is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.

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Phonograph record

A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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Precious Wilson

Precious Wilson (born 18 October 1957 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a soul singer.

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Prince Buster

Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Rob Pilatus

Robert Pilatus (8 June 1965 – 2 April 1998) was an American-German model, dancer, and singer.

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Robin McAuley

Robin McAuley (born 20 January 1953, County Meath, Ireland) is an Irish rock vocalist known mostly for his work in McAuley Schenker Group and before that Grand Prix with whom he recorded two albums.

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Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries

"Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" is a single by Meat Loaf and John Parr, released in 1986.

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Ron Roker

Ron Roker (born Ronald Ernest Alfred Roker, 23 January 1941) is an English songwriter, singer and record producer Roker has written UK chart hits for Jackie Lee, The Fortunes, Barry Blue, Tina Charles, Polly Brown, The Pearls, The Real Thing and Sweet Dreams.

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Session musician

Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances.

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Shaftesbury Theatre

The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End Theatre, located on Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden.

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Simon Phillips (drummer)

Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer songwriter, and producer, best known for his studio and session work with seminal English rock acts throughout the 1970s and 1980s and for being the drummer for Toto from 1992 to 2014.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Solomon King

Solomon King (August 13, 1931 – January 21, 2005) - accessed March 2011 was an American 1960s and 1970s popular music singer.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Stairway to Heaven

"Stairway to Heaven" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971.

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Steve Lukather

Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known for his work with the rock band Toto.

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Supergroup (music)

A supergroup is a music group whose members have successful solo careers or are part of other groups or well known in other musical professions.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Take the Heat off Me

Take the Heat Off Me is the debut album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M..

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The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits

The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. issued in February 1980 which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday", key album tracks from Take The Heat Off Me, Love for Sale, Nightflight to Venus and Oceans of Fantasy as well as their most recent double A-side single release "I See A Boat On The River"/ "My Friend Jack" (Germany #5 and Norway#6).

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Toto (band)

Toto is an American rock band formed in 1976 in Los Angeles.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Farian

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