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"Sunny" is a soul jazz standard written by the American singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb in 1963. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs , with hundreds of versions released and its chord progression influencing later songs.
Boney M. is a reggae, funk and disco music group founded in 1974, who achieved popularity during the disco era of the second half of the 1970s. [1] The band was created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter and singer.
Take the Heat off Me is the debut album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album became a major seller in Europe, specifically in the Nordic countries (number 1 in Sweden and Finland, number 2 in Norway), but in the U.S. the album just missed the album chart.
It should only contain pages that are Boney M. songs or lists of Boney M. songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Boney M. songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
The Magic of Boney M. is a compilation album by German disco group Boney M., released by Sony BMG in October 2006. An updated version of 1992's Gold – 20 Super Hits and 2001's The Greatest Hits, the compilation includes eighteen of the group's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T., as well as one new track ...
The single chosen to promote the finished album was the ballad "Somewhere in the World"; it became the fourth consecutive Boney M. single not to reach the German Top 40. With the album only reaching #49 in the German charts in July, the second single "Living Like a Moviestar" and Frank Farian's planned duet single with Sandy Davis, a cover of ...
Released as a single in 1966, "Sunny" reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 3 on the R&B charts, and No. 12 in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] When Hebb toured with The Beatles in 1966 his "Sunny" was, at the time of the tour, ranked higher than any Beatles song then on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The first Boney M. recording "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) is based on Prince Buster's "Al Capone" (1967). " Motherless Child " (1977) is a rewrite of " Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child ". " Ma Baker " is a rewrite of a Tunisian traditional song, Sidi Mansur.