Saturday 15 January 2011

♪♫ Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly (1975)


Best remembered for their disco smash "Fly Robin Fly," the Munich, Germany-based ensemble Silver Convention was formed by producers Silvester Levay and Michael Kunze, debuting in 1975 with the LP Save Me and scoring a U.K. hit with the title track. After topping the American charts with "Fly Robin Fly," Levay and Kunze recruited a trio of vocalists -- Linda Thompson (not to be confused with the same-named singer and wife of guitarist Richard Thompson), Ramona Wulf, and Penny McLean -- who began appearing publicly under the Silver Convention banner; they were featured on the follow-up, "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)," which was also a smash in 1976. While another single, "Telegram," proved a success that same year in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, Silver Convention's popularity quickly faded, and by the end of the decade the group was no more. (Jason Ankeny)

Germany's answer to the Love Unlimited Orchestra
Jesus, what dresses, what moves, those were the days...
Probably my last post here if mona discovers this :)

Bonus:

Get up and Boogie 1975
listen to the lyrics...

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