Frank Farian, the German singer, songwriter and producer behind Eurodisco hit machine Boney M, pop duo Milli Vanilli and numerous other chart-topping artists, has died at the age of 82, his agency said. The office announced.
Born Franz Reuter in Kiln, western Germany, he began his career as a solo musician and enjoyed a string of hits. schrager Around the same time, he came up with the idea for Boney M, a disco group of four West Indian singers and dancers, which he masterminded.
The band charted around the world with songs such as Daddy Cool (1976), Ma Baker (1977), Rasputin (1978), and Rivers of Babylon (1978). Farian sang the deep-voiced male vocal part in the studio, and Bobby Farrell was the man. The faces of the group that performed the song live.
Farian later produced the pop duo Milli Vanilli, but they were embroiled in a huge scandal when it was revealed that they had simply lip-synced the vocals on their hit songs.
With an estimated 800 million records sold worldwide, Farian was one of the most successful pop producers of the 20th century.
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