Frank Farian "Rocky"
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
Uploaded on Jan 1, 2009
1976
http://www.sonymusic.de/Frank-Farian
http://frankfarian.com
http://frankfarrian-info.narod.ru
Franz Reuther (born 18 July 1941), better known as Frank Farian, is a German music producer and singer-songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music business. His musical productions have won more than 800 gold and platinum records.
Career
His trademark is that he very commonly inserts himself as a backup or lead vocal in place or in tandem with the male performers in the groups that he produces. Starting out, Farian wanted to become a solo artist. He wanted to write, produce and sing R&B-style music. When his song "Do you do you wanna bump?", published under the pseudonym Boney M., became successful, Farian hired performers to 'front' for TV performances. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums were sung by Farian, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, Bobby Farrell, was only allowed to record vocals in the eighties (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Maizie Williams was a dancer in the group.
Farian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", barely making the charts in the U.S., while becoming a top-10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.
In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the Meat Loaf album Blind Before I Stop. He also sang backing vocals on the first single from the album ("Rock N' Roll Mercenaries) which was credited to "Meat Loaf featuring John Parr and Frank Farian".
In 1990, he admitted orchestrating the events which led to the Milli Vanilli scandal, a musical equivalent of ghostwriting. As a producer, he had assembled a group from German session musicians, fronting it with two good-looking dancers. The story broke when Farian, who was fighting with the "singers" over money at the time, confirmed to the press that someone else had sung on the records.
Some other groups that Farian has been involved with are Eruption (he became a manager in 1977) and No Mercy. Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar Eurodance groups La Bouche and Le Click.
On the 15 August 2006, the much anticipated West End musical Daddy Cool opened at the Shaftsbury Theatre in London. Featuring a line up including, Michelle Collins, former So Solid Crew member Michael Harvey and UK Eurovision entrant Javine Hylton, the £3 million show produced by Frank Farian and Robert Mackintosh, opened to rave reviews. The story, written by Stephen Plaice with Amani Naphtali, is predominantly based on the songs of Boney M., but also features songs by Farian's other acts Milli Vanilli and No Mercy. A second show opened on 23 April 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
Also in 2006, Farian was credited as co-writing a new song, entitled "Doin' Fine", with British producers, Nathan Thomas and Carl M. Cox. (Other writers involved in this song were, Chris Rudall, Baz Qureshi, Peter Wilson, Chris Richards and George Reyam). Described as paying tribute to the 'sound' of Boney M., the song is essentially a brand new composition, which features the famous string arrangement from Boney M.'s 1976 Number 1 hit, "Daddy Cool". The song was recorded by Australian pop singer, Peter Wilson. It was initially released in the UK in its extended format, entitled "Daddy's Cool 12" Mix", on 16 April 2007 on the album, "Mad About The Boy" where it charted at Number 1 on "Euro Dance Hits", EuroNRG Top 40 in May 2007. The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, "Follow Me" which was released in the UK on 8 October 2007. The song has since been recorded in 2008 by the legendary disco diva Amanda Lear and will feature on her next studio album.
-
Category
-
License
Standard YouTube License
-
Artist
Frank Farian
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
-
4
videos
Play all
Top Tracks for Frank Farian
-
3:52
Abba - Dancing Queenby AbbaFeatured
31,719,610
-
4:01
saragosa band sun of jamaicaby simona simo
729,632 views
-
3:29
Boney M Daddy coolby adygehayri
9,593,210 views
-
5:40
Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord - Boney Mby Driftwood145
1,784,936 views
-
4:21
Milli Vanilli- Girl, I'm gonna Miss Youby StopDeleting
21,450,392 views
-
4:14
BONEY M SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLDby thepiperchile
716,451 views
-
105
videos
Play all
Das waren noch Zeiten...by Majari50
-
4:05
Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rainby SpringzAnd1
8,861,124 views
-
4:26
Boney M. - I'm Born Againby abagoff
336,149 views
-
2:37
Boney M - Rivers of Babylon 1978by fritz5173
4,395,039 views
-
4:43
Boney M - Rasputinby ceefour
27,338,549 views
-
4:03
Frank Farian "Spring über deinen Schatten, Tommy"by abagoff
128,577 views
-
3:22
Frank Farian - Spring über deinen Schatten,Tommyby Schlagermusikgirl11
15,323 views
-
4:04
Boney M. - I See A Boat On The Riverby abagoff
1,143,629 views
-
3:42
Boney m Brown girl in the ringby thepiperchile
1,707,864 views
-
4:10
Goombay Dance Band Rainby kiilakas777
96,076 views
-
Frank Farian
278 videos36
-
6:33
Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain (12 Inch Version)by fkdiscoclub
368,850 views
-
6:45
Boney M. "Rivers Of Babylon" (Sopot 79)by abagoff
258,688 views
-
4:40
BONEY M - El Lute.flvby Neklauzada60
258,697 views
-
3:24
Goombay Dance Band - Aliciaby marceletor
310,863 views
-
2:56
Goombay Dance Band - Sun Of Jamaicaby MorcegoXPTO
2,300,923 views
- Loading more suggestions...
All Comments (11)
SirGalahadXs 2 years ago
10/10 song so many memories!!!!!!!!! Love this and Tommy amazing songs from an amazing singer!!
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
VinylKidReborn 2 years ago
When I saw the title, I thought it was a cover of Gonna Fly Now, the theme from the first Rocky movie.
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
rocky essany 3 years ago
peter fonda
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
morningstar1960 3 years ago
ich weine heute noch in manchen minuten....mittlerweile bin ich 50 Jahre
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
BeeGeesFan999 3 years ago
USA (ORGINAL): Dicky Lee
Niederlände : Don Mercedes
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
Martin Hell 3 years ago
super schööööööööööööönnnn
DANKE
M
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
TAPICTURES 3 years ago
Geiles Lied....fand ich schon immer gut.
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube
abagoff 4 years ago
It was N1 in Germany in 1976.
Sign in to YouTube
Sign in to YouTube