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Frank Farian: Boney M founder dies aged 82
BBC News ^ | 23 January 2024 | BBC

Posted on 01/23/2024 10:16:48 AM PST by Kriggerel

German music producer Frank Farian - founder of the disco band Boney M - has died at the age of 82, according to his family.

They released a statement on Tuesday via Farian's agency saying he had passed away at his home in Miami. Boney M, which formed in 1976, had a string of hit singles including Daddy Cool, Rasputin and Rivers of Babylon. Farian also went on to found the duo Milli Vanilli, who were involved in a lip-synching controversy.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: boneym; disco; fakebands; fakesinginggroups; frankfarian; lipsynching; lipsyncing; millivanilli
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To: Kriggerel

Stunned that our American cousins haven’t heard of Boney M.

Gotta Go Home was sampled a lot including a fairly big hit: Duck Sauce’s Barbra Streisand...

I can’t believe you won’t recognise it instantly.

:https://youtu.be/8Je2hBEoPvA?si=-BN3Mv2GMe2NwykE


21 posted on 01/23/2024 2:43:18 PM PST by MalPearce ("You see, but you do not observe" - Holmes to Watson, A Scandal in Bohemia)
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22 posted on 01/23/2024 3:14:21 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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