Maureen Carter - original back-vocalist of Boney M.

Boney M. - the name that charms, a group that affects even the most "cold" hearts of true music lovers for many years. The founder and guru of the group is Frank Farian, who actually found Bobby Farrell - one of the most talented members of the band. After a while Bobby and Frank became the best friends, and others could only envy their friendship. The ties of this friendship were so strong that Frank Farian gave Farrell the rights for the brand «Boney M.». That allowed him to use this right at public concerts without the prefix «feat» after the collapse of Boney M, in contrast to other former soloists. Without any doubt Frank was a perfect psychologist, so he selected the first composition of Bobby Farrell’s group, by himself, as it was with his first composition in 1975. During the selecting Farian evaluated not only the beautiful vocal of applicants but also the human qualities. The group selected for Bobby is the only compound which is officially supported by Frank Farian. Furthermore Frank invited two former members of the old Boney M (two backing vocalists - Maureen Carter and Marilyn Scharbaai), who worked on the same stage with Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams and Marcia Barrett. In this way Frank Farian continued the career of artists after the collapse of the old composition.

The death of Bobby wounded not only Frank’s heart, but also worsened the relationships within the group. Who will replace a talented singer? It was rather difficult, because Bobby was the soul of the group and its face as no one else. Frank didn’t refuse to patronize the band and began to support the project «Boney M and Bobby Farrell» in memory of his friend. Then he renamed it «Boney M. Frank Farian Original Band». He invited no less bright and talented singer and dancer Mario Slijngaard as a new soloist. However as Farelsaid "such as Bobby still need to look for ,and no one can replace him..."

In memory of Bobby Farrell «Boney M. Frank Farian Original Band» gave the world several tens of concerts, held under the title «The Boney M.In Memory Of Bobby Farrell». They were attended by former soloists of the group: Liz Mitchell and Maizie Williams. Frank Farian wrote some new songs especially for his friend, a popular performer of incendiary songs. These songs sounded at every concert of «Boney M. Frank Farian Original Band ». We heard them for the first time after the years of silence of the group. All these songs are heard from the stage in memory of Bobby Farrell so far.

Bobby Farrell is an idol for many people, this is a man,who is valued and respected not only by his colleagues and friends, but by the whole world. Thanks to Frank the group is not broken, and continues to gladden his fans with new and old songs. After the performances of the band in a new structure all of its fans stated that the new group will achieve the same stunning popularity, because it preserved its cheery spark, that won the hearts of millions of listeners in recent times. As soon as you hear the new songs of the band you begin to realize that there are similarities between Bobby and the new performer of Mario. And it’s definitely this zest that can ignite the whole group and can ignite people around the world in minimum time. This is what we have been looking forward to!