Bobby Farrell
The classic line-up of Boney M. From left to right; Liz Mitchell, Bobby Farrell, Maizie Williams, and Marcia Barrett.
Background information
Born	October 06, 1949 (1949-10-06) (age 58)
Origin	Aruba
Genre(s)	Dance-pop, Dance, Soul
Occupation(s)	Dancer, Entertainer
Years active	1975 - present
Label(s)	Hansa Records, Sony-BMG
Associated acts	Boney M.

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Farrell left Aruba at age 15 to become a sailor. He lived in Norway and the Netherlands before moving to Germany. There, he worked as gay-for-pay and also as a DJ when producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M. group. He became the sole male singer and sex symbol in the group, although Farian later revealed that Bobby made little, if any, vocal contributions to the group's records, with Farian himself performing the male parts on the songs. Farrell did, however, perform live. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Franz Reuther (born July 18, 1941), better known as Frank Farian, is a German music producer, singer-songwriter and fraudster. ...

He appeared as dancer in late 2005 in the Roger Sanchez videoclip of Turn on the Music. Roger Sanchez is one of the most popular commercial house DJs in the last years, who scored many hits in the European and World Charts. ...

Farrell currently lives in Amsterdam. For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ...

Discography

Singles

• 1982: Polizei / A Fool In Love
• 1985: King OF Dancing / I See You
• 1987: Hoppa Hoppa / Hoppa Hoppa (Instrumental)
• 1989: Tribute To Josephine Baker
• 2004: Aruban Style (Mixes) S-Cream Featuring Bobby Farrell
• 2006: The Bump EP

Bobby Farrell's Boney M. / Boney M. Featuring Bobby Farrell / Bobby Farrell Featuring Sandy Chambers

• 2000: The Best Of Boney M. (DVMore)
• 2001: Boney M. - I Successi (DVMore)
• 2001: The Best Of Boney M. (II) (compilation)
• 2001: The Best Of Boney M. (III) (compilation)
• 2005: Boney M. - Remix 2005 (featuring Sandy Chambers) (compilation) (Crisler)
• 2007: Boney M. - Disco Collection (compilation)

Please note, all of these releases contain re-recordings of Boney M.'s hits - not the original versions.

External links

• Bobby Farrell on MySpace.com