He was behind the success of Boney M and the Milli Vanilli scandal. Frank Farian died at the age of 82

Information about Frank Farian’s death was reported by the BBC, citing a statement written by his family. We read from its content that the musician died at his home in Florida. The station recalled that last year he had a heart attack, which resulted in him having trouble speaking and breathing and using a wheelchair.

Liz Mitchell, the vocalist of Boney M, also announced Farian’s death on social media. “I am grateful to the God of music who allowed us to meet to create and present Boney M’s music to the world,” we read. On the Facebook profile we also learn that the German producer has recently been working on music for No Mercy and Milli Vanilli. He had plans to produce a musical.

You may not recognize him, but this band is already a hit. Everyone knows “Rasputin”.

Farian’s (actually Franz Reuther – editor’s note) career began with co-creating the Frankie Farian and the Shadows project in 1961, but great fame came over a decade later when, in 1974, under the name Boney M, he released the single “Baby do You wanna bump”.

A moment later, the group’s line-up became clear, and after two years he brought the British band Eruption to Germany, who supported the famous group during their concerts. It was then that such hits as, among others, were created. “Rasputin”, “Daddy Cool” and “Rivers on Babylon”. He was also one of the founders of La Bouche.

Milli Vanilli turned out to be a hoax. The scandal surfaced after some time

Farian was also the founder of the popular duo Milli Vanilli, which became very controversial. What caused the scandal? As the German admitted, the band members did not sing on “their” recordings. After some time, they were even stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The producer also cooperated with such music celebrities as Stevie Wonder and Meat Loaf, and the total sales of albums in which he participated amounted to approximately 800,000. pieces.