GUARDIAN (UK): Boney M. define Europop

Admin 11/6/2011, 12:55

18 September 1976: Number 20 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop music

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Boney M. perform live on stage in Germany in 1977
Photograph: Ellen Poppinga - K & K/Redferns

Move over Bill Grundy – the most scandalous pop TV appearance of 1976 was Boney M doing Daddy Cool on Musikbladet, Germany's Top of the Pops. Bobby Farrell's wild gyrations – and the band's revealing costumes – did more than jump-start their career. They sparked the look and ethos of Europop. Eye-popping costumes, gravelly spoken bits, big-lunged divas singing outrageously catchy nonsense – everyone from Snap! to the Black Eyed Peas has used this formula and they all owe a debt to Boney M.

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GUARDIAN (UK): Boney M. define Europop

GUARDIAN (UK): Boney M. define Europop

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