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BONEY M
Germany
* 1976

Line-Up (1993):

Liz Mitchell - voc
Carol Grey - voc
Patricia Lorna Foster - voc
Curt Dee-Daran - voc

Former Members:

Bobby Farrell (voc, 1976-87); Marcia Barrett (voc, 1976-87); Maizie Williams (voc, 1976-87); Reggie Tsiboe (voc, 1976-87)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Take The Heat Off Me	4/1977	Hansa		40
2.	Love For Sale produced by: Frank Farian	15.07.1977	Hansa		13
3.	Nightflight To Venus produced by: Frank Farian	14.07.1978	Hansa		1
4.	The Best Of Boney M	1978	Hansa
5.	Oceans Of Fantasy produced by: Frank Farian	06.07.1979	Hansa		1
6.	The Magic Of Boney M	4/1980	Atlantic/Hansa		1
7.	Boonoonoonoos	20.11.1981
8.	Christmas Album	1981
9.	10 000 Light Years	1984
10.	Fantastic	1984
11.	Kalimba De Luna	1984
12.	Eye Dance	1986
13.	The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs	1986
14.	The Best Of 10 Years - 32 Superhits	8/1986			35
15.	Greatest Hits Of All Times Remix	1988
16.	Greatest Hits Of All Times Remix Volume 2	1989
17.	The Greatest Hits	3/1993	Telstar		14
18.	Gold	18.04.2000	RCA
19.	The Greatest Hits	12/2001	BMG		66
20.	The Magic Of Boney M	27.11.2006	Sony BMG		45
21.	Christmas with Boney M	27.11.2007	Sony BMG
22.	Collection	11.03.2008	Sony BMG
23.	Rivers Of Babylon	02.06.2008	Sony BMG
24.	2 in 1 Boney M	09.09.2008	Sony BMG
25.	Ultimate Boney M: Long Versions & Rarities (Volume 1: 1976 - 1980)	15.09.2008	Sony BMG
26.	Christmas Time	30.09.2008	Sony BMG
27.	The Complete Boney M. (8CD/DVD box set)	04.11.2008	Sony BMG Europe
28.	Best 12" Versions	11.11.2008	Sony BMG Europe
29.	Collection	07.04.2009	Sony BMG Europe
30.	Ultimate Boney M: Long Versions and Rarities, Vol. 3	28.08.2009	BMG
31.	Feliz Navidad: A Wonderful Christmas	23.11.2010	MCI Music
32.	Ultimate 2.0	2/2011	Sony
33.	Barbra Streisand: Boney M. Goes Club	22.02.2011
34.	Back To Back & Kool And The Gang	11/2011	Universal
35.	Un'ora Con	30.07.2013	Columbia
36.	Diamonds	30.03.2015
37.	World Music For Christmas feat. Liz Mitchell & Friends	12/2017
38.	Gold	11/2019	Crimson		41

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Do You Wanna Bump / Do You Wanna Bump Part II	12/1975	Creole
2.	Daddy Cool / No Woman No Cry	1976	Hansa
	Daddy Cool / Sunny (v Německu)	7/1976	Ariola
	Daddy Cool / Take The Heat Off Me produced by: Frank Farian	19.11.1976	Atlantic	6	65
3.	Sunny / New York City produced by: Frank Farian (v Německu 12/76)	25.02.1977	Atlantic	3
4.	Ma Baker / Still I'm Sad produced by: Frank Farian	10.06.1977	Atlantic	2	96
5.	Ma Baker / A Woman Can Change A Man	1977	Pepita
6.	Belfast / Plantation Boy produced by: Frank Farian	04.11.1977	Atlantic	8
7.	Dancing In The Streets / Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night	1978	Hansa
8.	Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring	14.04.1978	Atlantic	1	30
9.	Rasputin / Painter Man	8/1978	Hansa
	Rasputin / Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night	9/1978	Atlantic	2
10.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	1978	Hansa
	Mary's Boy Child / Dancing in The Streets	11/1978	Atlantic	1	85
11.	Painter Man / He Was A Steppenwolf	23.02.1979	Atlantic	10
12.	Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday / Ribbons Of Blue	4/1979	Atlantic	3
13.	Gotta Go Home / El Lute	10.08.1979	Atlantic	12
14.	I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama	12/1979	Atlantic/Hansa	29
15.	New Members In Plateringen EP & Precious Wilson & A La Carte	1980	SR
16.	My Friend Jack / I See A Boat (On The River)	4/1980	Carrere	57
17.	Children Of Paradise / Gadda-Da-Vida (v GB 23.1.81)	10/1980	Atlantic	66
18.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (reissue)	05.12.1980	Atlantic
19.	Felicidad / Strange	12/1980	Carrere
20.	Malaika / Consuela Biaz	7/1981
21.	We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) / Boonoonoonoos	13.11.1981	Hansa	29
22.	Little Drummer Boy / 6 Years Of Boney M Hits	12/1981	Hansa
	Little Drummer Boy / Zion's Daughter	1981	Atlantic
23.	Going Back West / The Carnival is Over	26.11.1982	Atlantic
24.	Jambo-Hakuna Matata (No Problems) / African Moon	30.09.1983	Atlantic
25.	Somewhere In The World	5/1984
26.	Kalimba De Luna / 10.000 Light Years	28.09.1984	WEA
27.	Happy Song / School's Out	12/1984	Hansa
28.	My Cherie Amour / Sample City	6/1985	Hansa
29.	Young, Free And Single / Blue Beach	9/1985	Hansa
30.	Amiga Quartet EP (Kalimba De Luna / Felicidad / My Cherie Amour / Consuela Biaz)	1986	Amiga
31.	Mary's Boy Child (Megamix)	12/1988		52
32.	Rasputin (remix) / Megamix	2/1989	Ariola	100
33.	Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker / Custer Jammin'	1989	Beat Box Sweden
34.	Summer Megamix / Calendar Song	8/1989		92
35.	Stories (Special Club mix) / Stories (Radio mix) / Rumours (Instrumental)	4/1990		94
36.	Boney M Megamix / Babysitter / Bang Bang Lulu	23.11.1992	Arista	6
37.	Boney M Christmas Megamix (Mary's Boy Child / Zion's Daughter)	1992
38.	Brown Girl In The Ring (Remix '93) / Calendar Song	05.04.1993	Arista	38
39.	Ma Baker (Radio edit, Bonnie & Clyde mix, Trance mix) / The Most Wanted Women	1993
40.	Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring	1996
41.	Ma Baker - Somebody Scream vs Sash!	18.01.1999	Lutstark/BMG
	Ma Baker / Somebody Scream vs Horny United	26.04.1999	BMG	22
42.	Daddy Cool '99 credited to: Boney M 2000 feat Moby T	8/1999
43.	Caribbean Nightfever Megamix credited to: Boney M 2000	11/1999
44.	Sunny	14.02.2000	BMG
45.	Daddy Cool 2001	12/2001	BMG	47
46.	The Greatest Hits (Megamix)	08.05.2006
47.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	11/2007		47
48.	Rivers Of Babylon	1/2011	Sony
49.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2015	Sony Music	74
50.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2016	Sony Music	50
51.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2017	Sony Music	29
52.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2018	Sony Music	26
53.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2019	Sony Music	47
54.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2020	Sony Music	80
55.	Rasputin & Majestic	3/2021	Ministry Of Sound	11
56.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2021	Sony Music	60
57.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	12/2022	Sony Music	52
58.	Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord	11/2023	Sony Music	51

Marcia Barrett:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	You / I'm Lonely	1981

Bobby Farrell:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Hoppa Hoppa	4/1987
2.	Aruban Style / In Da Style (S.Cream mix, Nick Sushi touch) & S Cream	17.11.2003

Videos:

1. On Stage & On The Road - 15.9.2008, Sony BMG

Awards:

1978 Melody Maker Best Selling Singles Artist

Various:

disbanded 1987
reunited 1993

Liz Mitchell:

appeared on the LP:

Ziggy Marley: Family Time (5.5.09, Tuff Gong)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1979	4		110		profile
1979	12		359
1993	6		34	Recenze	album review
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1977	12	19.03.1977	26	Singles	single review
1977	27	02.07.1977	18	Singles	single review
1977	35	27.08.1977	35		interview
1977	45	05.11.1977	28	Singles	single review
1977	45	05.11.1977	66	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	16	22.04.1978	22	Singles - Soul	single review
1979	7	27.02.1979	24	Singles	single review
1979	21	02.06.1979	4	News
1979	30	11.08.1979	18	Singles	single review
1979	35	15.09.1979	54	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	37	29.09.1979	37	Albums	album review
1980	43	06.12.1980	15	Singles	single review
1981	4	24.01.1981	17	Singles	single review
1982	48	27.11.1982	27	Singles	single review
1984	33	29.09.1984	27	Singles	single review
1993	15	10.04.1993	28	Singles	single review