Crazy Like a Fool

Boney M : Daddy Cool

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   Germany, 1977 : David Bowie releases two out of the three classic albums from his Berlin trilogy. Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer team up on their greatest single, "I Feel Love". And impresario Frank Farian turns a Caribbean quartet into a disco band that would rival ABBA in popularity. "Daddy Cool" was the first Boney M. single most of us heard. It's ridiculous. It's brainless.  And it's one of the most infectious singles of the entire decade. 

    There's a good chance we'd never have heard it if Bobby Farrell hadn't taken off his shirt halfway through the group's performance on Musikladen. The song shot up to #1 in almost every European country and kicking off a string of hits. Boney M. are the only artists to appear twice in the top 10 best selling singles of all time in the UK, with "Rivers of Babylon" in 7th place and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" at number 10 

Top 10 Fave Songs of Haysi Fantayzee's Kate Garner

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Taking a break from the 40 year itch to celebrate the 30 year itch. Former fashion photographer turned quirky new wave singer Kate Garner gave her top ten list to Smash Hits for their August 5, 1982 issue as the Haysi Fantayzee debut single "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" hit the charts. This list comes courtesy of Brian at Like Punk Never Happened

1.CAJUN GRASS BAND : La Cravat - It sounds like my friend Kim Bowen ( now a Hollywood costume designer) at 78 r.p.m.

2. DR JOHN Walk on Gilded Splinters - 'Cos it's spikey

3. T. REX Ride A White Swan - 'Cos it's bootiful

4. LONNIE DONNEGAN  Pick a Bale of Cotton - 'Cos it has good vocal harmonies

5. BLACK BLOOD Tumba - 'Cos it's jangly

6. BONEY M Brown Girl in The Ring - 'Cos it's got a groovy nursery rhyme

7. MY MUM The Spinning Song - 'Cos it's a fine traditional Irish tune and no-one sings it like my mum

8.  TOM TOM CLUB Genius of Love - 'Cos It's wacky

9. FELA KUTI Sorrow, Tears N' Blood - "Cos it hurts my stomach

10. BABY O In The Forest - "Cos it's good to sing along to in big American cars.