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Biography
Refimprove|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist| | name = Goombay Dance Band| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Hamburg Germany | genre = Pop music|Pop , Eurodisco , Europop | years_active = 1979& ndash;present| label = CBS Records|CBS | current_members = Oliver Bendt Alicia Bendt Dorothy Hellings Wendy Doorsen Mario Slijngaard| past_members = Beverlee Wallace Wendy Walker| associated_acts =| website = http://www.goombaydanceband.net/ goombaydanceband.netThe Goombay Dance Band is a Germany|German based band (music)|band of the 1970s created by Oliver Bendt . The band is named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia|St. Lucia .
Their music has a distinctive sound (somewhat similar to Boney M. ), a mixture of Caribbean Soca music|soca or Calypso music|calypso and western Pop music|pop .
The group built up a fan (person)|fan base across Europe and in total released some 15 single (music)|singles between 1979 and 1985, within which time they enjoyed their greatest commercial success. They proved very popular in South Africa too, where " Sun Of Jamaica|Sun of Jamaica " and "Aloha-Oe" topped the singles charts. "Seven Tears" also charted, while "Rain" and "Eldorado" also proved popular.
Their most successful song was "Sun of Jamaica" which topped the German single charts for nine weeks in 1980 and sold 11 million copies, although it never reached the Top 40 in the United Kingdom|UK . However, in 1982, their song " Seven Tears (song)|Seven Tears " topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks and was also a million-seller. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php? id=9812 Seven Tears, Chart Stats, retrieved 22 December 2009 It was the eighth best selling single in the UK during 1982. Another song which did not reach the chart was "Indio Boy" (1982). "Sun of Jamaica" also reached the top of the German music charts in 1980, when performed under the title "Nie mehr allein sein" by singer Tony Holiday .
Band members
Oliver Bendt (original name: Jörg Knoch)
Alicia Bendt
Dorothy Hellings
Wendy Doorsen
Mario Slijngaard
Albums
Title
1980
Zauber der Karibik (also issued under Sun Of Jamaica )
Land Of Gold
1981
Holiday in Paradise
1982
Born To Win
Tropical Dreams
1991
Sun of Jamaica 1991 (compilation)
1992
Greatest Hits (compilation)
1993
Sommer, Sonne, Strand
1995
Island Of Dreams (compilation)
Sun of Jamaica 1995 (compilation)
Caribbean Beach Party (compilation)
1997
Christmas By The Sea
1998
Sun of Jamaica 1998 (compilation)
Singles
1979 " Sun Of Jamaica " / "Island of Dreams"cite web | url = http://www.discogs.com/master/103260 | title = Goombay Dance Band - Sun Of Jamaica | accessdate = 2009-07-03 | publisher = Discogs | location = Portland, Oregon 97225-1403, United States
1984 "Don't You Cry, Caroline" / "Storybook Lovers"
1985 "Marlena" / "Young Hearts"
1985 "A Typical Jamaican Mess" / "Canta mi lengua"
References
Reflist
External links
official website| http://www.goombaydanceband.net/
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Category:Musical groups established in 1979 Category:Eurodisco groups Category:Musicians from Hamburg Category:Caribbean music
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