Showing posts with label Boney M. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boney M. Show all posts

Friday, April 30, 2021

Music History Today: May 1, 2021

May 1, 1978: Boney M's double-sided hit -  "Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring" - was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

"Rivers of Babylon" is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. 

Boney M
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Music History Today: December 9, 2020

December 9, 1999: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the biggest-selling artists of the century in the United States.