Marcia Barrett
Background information
Birth name	Marcia Barrett
Born	October 14, 1948 (1948-10-14) (age 58)
Origin	St Catherine, Jamaica
Genre(s)	Dance-pop, Dance, Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1970 - present
Label(s)	Hansa Records, Sony-BMG, BSC Music
Associated acts	Boney M.

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The early years

She was brought up in England and like many other aspiring artists, she moved to Germany in the late 60s where the creative environment was blossoming at the time. She joined a band and soon after found herself touring with people like Karel Gott and Rex Gildo, gaining stage routine and performing experience. In 1971, she was signed to Metronome and released her record debut "Could Be Love", a song penned for her by Drafi Deutscher. It sold very poorly and is today a highly sought collector's item among Boney M. fans. Nevertheless, she kept touring with a selection of songs like "Son of a Preacher Man", "Oh Happy Day", "Big Spender" and another Deutscher-composition "Londonderry", later to become a big hit for Boney M. as "Belfast". Karel Gott singing in German (Triumph of the Golden Voice) Karel Gott (born July 14, 1939) is one of the most successful and widely-known Czech singers (crooners). ... Rex Gildo (July 2, 1939 - October 26, 1999), also known as Ludwig Alexander Hirtreiter, was a German singer. ... A mechanical wind-up metronome in motion A digital metronome set to pulse at four beats per measure at a tempo of 130 BPM A metronome is any device that produces a regulated audible and/or visual pulse, usually used to establish a steady beat, or tempo, measured in beats... Drafi Deutscher (* May 9, 1946 as Drafi Franz Richard Deutscher in Berlin, † June 9, 2006 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German singer and composer. ... Boney M. was a pop and disco group, comprised of four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ... Dusty in Memphis track listing So Much Love (2) Son of Preacher Man (3) I Dont Want to Hear It Anymore (4) Son of a Preacher Man is a single released by Dusty Springfield in 1968 and featured on the 1969 album, Dusty in Memphis. ... Oh Happy Day is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. ... Big Spender is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical play Sweet Charity. ...

The Boney M. years

In 1975, she was asked to join the group Boney M. which by then was merely a group of models and dancers to do discotheque and TV performances of a song recorded by producer Frank Farian, called "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". Always wanting to be a solo singer, she only reluctantly joined. The single was slowly starting to take off in the Benelux countries. When singer Claudja Barry left the formation early 1976, Marcia suggested a fellow Jamaican she'd met, Liz Mitchell, as her replacement. Liz Mitchell also happened to be a singer - and so Frank Farian decided to try Liz and Marcia for a follow-up recording to "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". The resulting recording was "Daddy Cool" and Boney M.'s first album Take the Heat Off Me, 1976. After a performance in the German TV show Musikladen in September, the group was suddenly on top of the charts all over Europe, and a phenomenal series of hit singles and albums followed over the next decade. Franz Reuther (born July 18, 1941), better known as Frank Farian, is a German music producer, singer-songwriter and fraudster. ... Claudja Barry, born in Jamaica, raised in Toronto, Canada and later based in Germany, is a Pop, Hi-NRG and House music singer and actress who has performed in the European versions of the stage musicals Hair and Catch My Soul. ... Liz Mitchell, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, on July 12, 1952, was Boney Ms lead singer. ... Take The Heat Off Me is the debut album by Boney M.. The album became a major seller outside of the United States, where the album just missed making the chart. ... Musikladen was a German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. ...

Marcia as a singer in Boney M.

Although Boney M. counted four members, only Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett were in the studio when Boney M.'s records were recorded. Producer Frank Farian (and from 1982-85 also new male member Reggie Tsiboe) provided the male vocals. While Liz Mitchell is generally considered the lead singer of Boney M. due to an overall larger number of lead vocals, Marcia Barrett sang on all of the group's hits and also shared the lead vocals with Mitchell on such hits as "Ma Baker" and "Rasputin". She was also featured as a lead singer on a couple of tracks on each of the group's studio albums up to Christmas Album (1981) including the title track of the first album Take the Heat Off Me and "Lovin' or Leavin'" (both previously recorded in German by Gilla). These tracks were also released as a Marcia Barrett solo single in 1977. From the second album Love for Sale, Marcia's song "Belfast" from her solo years became the second single off the album and a German #1 and a European Top 10 hit. On that album, she also performed "Silent Lover" which was later covered by American disco group El Coco. Reggie Tsiboe (born 1950, in Ghana) was one of the lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982-1986 and later between 1989-1990. ... Christmas Album is the sixth studio album by Boney M.. It was recorded in the summer of 1981 and released on November 23, 1981. ... Take The Heat Off Me is the debut album by Boney M.. The album became a major seller outside of the United States, where the album just missed making the chart. ... Alternate cover US edition Love for Sale is the second album by Boney M.. The album includes the hits Ma Baker (#96 on the Billboard Hot 100, #31 on the Club Play Singles chart), Belfast, Have You Ever Seen the Rain? and Im Still Sad. // Side A Ma Baker...

The classic line-up of Boney M. From left to right; Liz Mitchell, Bobby Farrell, Maizie Williams, and Marcia Barrett.

On Nightflight to Venus, Marcia sings a cover of "King of the Road" and the original "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" which became a standard during the group's live performances over the years. The latter was also covered by American singer Millie Jackson and became an R&B hit. While also singing the acapella intros of Boney M.'s enormeous Christmas hit 1978, "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord", and "Ribbons of Blue", she was the lead singer of "No Time to Lose" on the group's 1979 album Oceans of Fantasy and also had a solo part on the opening track "Let It All Be Music". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Liz Mitchell, born in Clarendon, Jamaica, on July 12, 1952, was Boney Ms lead singer. ... Bobby Farrell, born on Aruba on October 6, 1949, was a DJ in the Netherlands when producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M group. ... One of the key members in the music group, Boney M. Categories: Musician stubs | Musicians ... Nightflight to Venus is a 1978 Boney M album. ... King of the Road is a 1965 song written and originally recorded by Roger Miller. ... Millie Jackson is an African-American R&B singer. ... Marys Boy Child is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. ... Oceans of Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Boney M. Released in September 1979, Oceans Of Fantasy became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features hits El Lute, Im Born Again, Bahama Mama and Gotta Go Home. The album had been preceded in...

After an unsuccessful solo single "You" late 1980, produced by John Edmed and Kelvin James, she put her solo project on hold. Farian took one of the songs penned for her, "Breakaway", and used it on Boney M.'s next album Boonoonoonoos - with his own vocals on the verses. Marcia, however, became the lead singer of single "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" in 1981. Although only a modest hit in the UK (#39), it topped the charts in Spain and South-Africa and is often considered the final big hit single of the group whose popularity cooled off considerably from 1982 onwards when dancer Bobby Farrell was fired and replaced by Reggie Tsiboe. Alternate cover Limited edition double album. ... Bobby Farrell, born on Aruba on October 6, 1949, was a DJ in the Netherlands when producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M group. ... Reggie Tsiboe (born 1950, in Ghana) was one of the lead singers of the disco group Boney M. between 1982-1986 and later between 1989-1990. ...

2003 Benefit EP "No War! Peace and Love".

During the recording sessions of 1982-83, Marcia felt more and more overlooked by Farian as she was offered no new lead vocals. In 1983, her future husband Marcus James got her introduced to Eddy Grant who produced several demos with her for CBS. The recordings never saw the light of day since Farian came across and reminded her she was still contractually committed to Boney M. On their seventh album Ten Thousand Lightyears, apart from a short solo part on "Wild Planet", she is only occasionally heard on backing vocals. On their final album Eye Dance, she can barely be heard on other tracks than "Got Cha Loco", and on the group's reunion remix album, Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88, her vocals were toned down on most tracks. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Eddy Grant (born Edmond Montague Grant, 5 March 1948), is a Plaisance, Guyana born musician. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Ten Thousand Lightyears is the seventh studio album by Boney M. and the first to feature new member Reggie Tsiboe who had taken over Bobby Farrells role as the bands leading man in early 1982. ... Eye Dance is the eighth and final studio album released under the Boney M. moniker and was released in the autumn of 1985. ... Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix 88 is a remix album by Boney M. released in 1988. ...

After the departure of Liz Mitchell during the group's 1989 tour, singer Madeleine Davis joined the group. When Farian announced he wouldn't be making any new recordings, the group went to France to record the single "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" with producer Barry Blue. Marcia did all lead- and backing vocals on the A-side, but the single was withdrawn by Farian who was furious with the group using the name Boney M. It led to a sour court case in 1990 after which the group members went their separate ways. ) Born Matalyne Homernell Bryan, October 20, 1952, to parents Dr. & Mrs. ... Josephine Baker (or Joséphine Baker in francophone countries) (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975)[1] is one of Frances most beloved entertainers. ... Barry Greene A.K.A Barry Blue, is a Rock singer/producer from the United Kingdom who is most know for his songs, Dancing On A Saturday Night and Do You Wanna Dance from the 1970s. ...

2005 album "Come Into My Life".

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Life after Boney M.

"Life after Boney M. - my dear, I've been through hell and back," Marcia said in a radio interview, November 2001. After the group split up 1990, Marcia began recording some rock tracks in Munich when it was discovered that she was struck by cancer in her ovaries. During the next years, she suffered a second attack and was unable to work. Finally by 1997, she was back on feet again and began working with producer Scott Christina on a series of dance tracks. Getting a new record deal for the product didn't prove so easy, but the resulting album, appropriately entitled Survival finally appeared in November 1999. It was followed by the benefit EP No War! Peace and Love in 2003 as a protest against the US military invention in Iraq and generated $295 to the War Child charity organization. For other uses of the name War Child, see the disambiguation page. ...

Marcia Barrett today

The singer released her second album Come Into My Life in 2005 which saw her move into rock territory with a cover of Hey Joe (the single), a new version of "Belfast" as well as several original recordings co-penned by herself and her husband Marcus, and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's instrumental "Albatross" for which Marcia had been allowed to add her own lyrics by its composer Peter Green. She is currently touring with her own Boney M. line-up but reunited with her former colleagues Liz Mitchell and Frank Farian at the London and Berlin premieres of the Daddy Cool musical, based on Boney M.'s hit catalogue, although she wasn't given the dignity of an invitation to sing on the new recording "A Moment of Love", added to the group's most recent compilation The Magic of Boney M.. Hey Joe is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard, and as such has been performed in a multitude of musical styles. ... This article is about the band. ... Albatross is a guitar-based instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in 1969. ... Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... Boney M. was a pop and disco group, comprised of four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ... Daddy Cool is a British musical based upon the music of Boney M and other Frank Farian artists. ... The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits The Magic Of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October of 2006. ...

External links

• Official website
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• "Rivers Of Babylon" video