Boney M. - Worldmusic for Christmas [2CD] (2017)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Happy Birthday Jesus (Intro)
02. Carol of the Bells (For One and All)
03. Ave Maria
04. White Mountains
05. Tula Baba
06. Lonely Bell (I Hear Voices)
07. Like Diamonds in the Sky
08. Oh Christmas Day
09. Lullaby
10. Feliz Navidad all Over
11. Music from Heaven
12. Happy Birthday Jesus
13. Hallelujah (Michael Row the Boat...)
14. Now it's Christmas Time
15. Last Mananitas
16. Christmas Medley 1981 (Remastered 2017)
17. Christmas Medley 1983 (Remastered 2017)

CD2
01. Oh Christmas Tree
02. Hark the Herald Angel Sing
03. Zion's Daughter
04. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
05. Petit Papa Noël
06. White Christmas
07. Jingle Bells
08. When a Child Is Born
09. Little Drummer Boy
10. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
11. Auld Lang Syne
12. Joy to the World
13. Feliz Navidad

Although they never had much success in America, the Euro-disco group Boney M. were a European phenomenon during the '70s. After German record producer Frank Farian (born in 1942) recorded the single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump?" (which was successful in Holland and Belgium), he created Boney M. to support the song, bringing in four West Indian vocalists who had been working as session singers in Germany -- Marcia Barrett (b. October 14, 1948, St. Catherines, Jamaica), Liz Mitchell (b. July 12, 1952, Clarendon, Jamaica), Maizie Williams (b. March 25, 1951, Monserrat, West Indies), and Bobby Farrell (b. October 6, 1949, Aruba, West Indies, d. December 30, 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia). "Daddy Cool" reached the U.K. Top Ten in February 1977, followed in April by a remake of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny." In July, "Ma Baker" just missed the U.K. number one spot, and "Belfast" hit the Top Ten in December. In 1978, Boney M. were at the height of their popularity with "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring," which became the second-biggest selling single in U.K. chart history. "Rivers of Babylon" also was Boney M.'s only U.S. Top 40 hit. Boney M.'s album, Nightflight to Venus, also topped the U.K. charts. In October 1978, "Rasputin" became another U.K. Top Ten hit, followed by the seasonal chart-topper "Mary's Boy Child"/"Oh My Lord," which became the fifth-biggest selling single in U.K. history. In March 1979, "Painter Man" hit the U.K. Top Ten, followed in May by "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday." In September, the album Oceans of Fantasy hit number one. Their music continues to sell well in Europe, with a compilation hitting the U.K. Top Ten in 1994. Farian went on to create the late-'80s dance sensation Milli Vanilli.

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