Andrew was disappointed that I didn’t mention that Boney M’s singer, Bobby Farrell, passed away December 30^th, at the tender age of 61… so here is the brief mention.

I honestly have only have “Rasputin”, because I need a sample to be used when Robin talked about the record store in California.

More details from
observer.ug:

Boney M’s ‘Daddy Cool’ is dead
Written by Moses Serugo
Sunday, 02 January 2011 17:12

(excerpt)

Boney M’s frontman died on December 30, 2010 while on tour in Russia after a gig. He was found dead by staff at St Petersburg’s Ambassador hotel after failing to respond to a wake-up call. The cause of death was heart failure.

The impressive thing, though, was that at 61, Farrell was still carrying the Boney M torch. Following his 1986 departure from the disco quartet whose other members included [actual vocalists] Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, and Maizie Williams, he formed his own Boney M team, which saw him play up nostalgia touring all over the world.

I was told that Farrell died on the same day that Grigori Rasputin died (although a quick look on Wikipedia suggests that they died a day apart). Still, perfectly acceptable irony for Boney M’s most popular song, “Rasputin”.