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    Franz Reuther (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024), known professionally as Frank Farian, was a German record producer and singer who founded the 1970s disco-pop...
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    German duo R&B music act from Munich. The act was created in 1988 by Frank Farian, founder of Boney M., and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus as...
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    second half of the 1970s. The band was created by German record producer Frank Farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany...
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    noticed by German music producer Frank Farian, who signed them to be part of a musical act. They signed contracts with Farian without taking legal advice....
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  • as well as Matthias Schweighöfer as the instigating music producer Frank Farian. Robert 'Rob' Pilatus - a mixed-race child adopted by a German couple...
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    against Boney M.'s producer Frank Farian and Sony/BMG concerning her rights to perform under the name "Boney M". Farian was promoting Liz Mitchell's...
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  • During one of these appearances, he came to the attention of producer Frank Farian, who wanted him to provide the vocals that would later be attributed...
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  • The Moment of Truth (The Real Milli Vanilli album) (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    performed the vocals with which they were credited in the band, producer Frank Farian formed the group the Real Milli Vanilli, with the actual singers on the...
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    performances of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", a song recorded by record producer Frank Farian. The single was sold in the Benelux countries. When singer Claudja Barry...
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    for Milli Vanilli in the 1980s after meeting German music producer Frank Farian. Farian approached Davis to work on a project with him, but did not disclose...
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    Forget Me" and "S.O.S." La Bouche was founded in 1994 by record producer Frank Farian in Frankfurt am Main. He worked together with techno DJ Ulli Brenner...
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  • Rivers of Babylon (category Song recordings produced by Frank Farian)
    Some controversy arose when the first single pressings only credited Frank Farian and Reyam (aka Hans-Jörg Mayer) of Boney M.; after an agreement with...
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    producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new group, Boney M., and made Farrell the lone male singer in the group. In 1978, however, Farian confirmed...
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  • Take the Heat off Me (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    European countries) and the debut single "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". Producer Frank Farian was in a hurry to capitalize on the sudden success of "Daddy Cool" and...
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  • Daddy Cool (Boney M. song) (category Songs written by Frank Farian)
    co-written by Frank Farian who had founded the group Boney M. to visually perform to his songs on TV and while touring discos. Farian also provided the...
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  • singers who were originally brought together in Germany by producer Frank Farian. The group consists of Bronx-born Marty Cintron and twin brothers Ariel...
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  • German record producer Frank Farian, who created the bands Boney M. and Milli Vanilli. The name was shortened from "Frank Farian Corporation", which was...
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  • Oceans of Fantasy (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    Frank Farian, Heinz Huth, Jürgen Huth; lyrics: Fred Jay) - 3:46 "Bye Bye Bluebird" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, George Reyam) - 4:42 "Bahama Mama" (Frank...
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  • Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan were impostors. Milli Vanilli producer Frank Farian reportedly paid Shaw $150,000 to retract his statements and fired him...
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  • Nightflight to Venus (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    Golden Hits). "Nightflight to Venus" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Dietmar Kawohl) – 4:46 "Rasputin" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer))...
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  • Rasputin (song) (category Songs written by Frank Farian)
    studio album Nightflight to Venus (1978). Written by the group's creator Frank Farian, along with George Reyam and Fred Jay, it is a song about Grigori Rasputin...
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  • Length 3:58 Label Hansa Songwriter(s) Chris Kindt, Frank Farian, Franz Reuther Producer(s) Frank Farian Milli Vanilli / The Real Milli Vanilli singles chronology...
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  • 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024. Keepnews, Peter (January 23, 2024). "Frank Farian, the Man Behind Milli Vanilli, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved...
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  • Love for Sale (Boney M. album) (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    Can You Waddle" (Frank Farian, George Reyam) – 3:57 Side B "Plantation Boy" (Fred Jay, King) – 4:27 "Motherless Child" (Frank Farian, Liz Mitchell) –...
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    a discography of Milli Vanilli, a pop/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The discography...
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  • Liz Mitchell provided the song's lead vocals, backed by Reggie Tsiboe, Frank Farian, Cathy Bartney, Madeleine Davis and Judy Cheeks. The single performed...
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  • Ten Thousand Lightyears (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    a Moviestar" and Frank Farian's planned duet single with Sandy Davis, a cover of Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" were both shelved. Frank Farian heard Tony Esposito's...
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  • Christmas Album (Boney M. album) (category Albums produced by Frank Farian)
    Frank Farian) – 2:53 "Winter Fairy-Tale" (Instrumental) (Harald Baierl) – 2:58 "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Hela Lorin, Frank Farian...
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    against Bohlen and demanding that sections of the book be modified. Frank Farian was also angered by Bohlen's literary output and released a book in which...
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    a rock/soul group. Morvan and Pilatus were noticed by music producer Frank Farian, who signed them as part of a musical act called Milli Vanilli. The duo...
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