Goombay Dance Band

This Germany-based theatrical band is at an identical vein towards the more lucrative Boney M. These were led by Olivier Bendt, and included his wife Alicia, kids Danny and Yasmin, plus Dorothy Hellings, Wendy Doorsen, and Mario Slijngaard. Olivier can be by career a fire-eater who learnt his trade in St. Lucia, Western Indies. By 1980, the Goombay Dance Music group was probably one of the most effective functions in Germany, and moved into the UK graphs with ‘7 Tears’. Originally documented in 1980, it had been only released in the united kingdom in 1982 and, after many earlier flops, its achievement was something of the surprise. It ultimately went completely to #1 1, only the next UK chart-topper by way of a German act pursuing Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’. The follow-up ‘Sunlight Of Jamaica’ fared much less well as well as the music group came back to Germany to keep their domestic achievement. However, periodic singles still received a UK launch, such as for example 1986’s ‘A Normal Jamaican Clutter’.