Farian, who was born on July 18, 1941, became famous mainly for founding the German pop group Boney M. in 1974. He was the author of its hits Daddy Cool, Rasputin and Brown Girl in the Ring. He also collaborated with Stevie Wonder and Meat Loaf.
During his career, however, he was also embroiled in one of the biggest scandals in pop music history, when it was discovered that the members of the band he co-founded, Milli Vanilli, did not sing live at the 1990 Grammy Awards, and none of the singers were real. them.
The revelation was the beginning of one of the biggest scandals in the history of the music business. Arista then pulled the group’s records from sale, the Grammy Award was revoked, and a debate began about the nature of pop music at the time.
As a singer, Farian’s only success was with the ballad Rocky, a cover version of the song by American singer Austin Roberts. According to the magazine The mirror has sold more than 850 million records throughout his career.