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Sun of Jamaica. " Sun of Jamaica " is a song performed by German group Goombay Dance Band, written by Ekkehard Stein and Wolfgang Jass. The song was released at the end of 1979, and subsequently included on their debut album, Sun of Jamaica . The lyrics recount the narrator's desire to visit Jamaica after seeing Mutiny on the Bounty as a boy.
Goombay Dance Band is a German band created in 1979 by Oliver Bendt, named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Their music has a distinctive sound (somewhat similar to Boney M. [ 1] ), which is a mixture of soca, calypso and western pop. The group enjoyed greatest commercial success at the beginning of the 1980s, spawning ...
Sun of Jamaica, also known as Zauber der Karibik (English: Magic of the Caribbean ), is the debut studio album by the German group Goombay Dance Band, released in 1980 by CBS Records . The album achieved commercial success across Europe, including number 1 position in Austria. It spawned two major hits: "Sun of Jamaica" and "Aloha-Oe, Until We ...
Here he had the idea for the Goombay Dance Band, which brought him his greatest successes in 1979/1980. The greatest success in Germany was the song Sun of Jamaica. Internationally it was Seven Tears. This single sold 11 million copies, and was in the chart for 12 weeks in the UK including three weeks at number one.
Goombay Dance Band songs. This is a set category. It should only contain pages that are Goombay Dance Band songs or lists of Goombay Dance Band songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Goombay Dance Band songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories.
The song was a reworking of "Sun of Jamaica" by the German band Goombay Dance Band. Holiday subsequently hosted several music programs on television and released several more singles throughout the 1980s.
Seven Tears (song) " Seven Tears " is a song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981. It was released as the only single from their third studio album, Holiday in Paradise, and was subsequently featured on the UK-only compilation Seven Tears . Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass, and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears ...
Goombay Dance Band: Sun of Jamaica: Claimed sales 327,000 [202] 1967 Jarema Stępowski Szemrane Tango: Claimed sales 319,370 [200] 1968 Violetta Villas: Przyjdzie na to czas: Claimed sales 318,530 [200] 1970 Katarzyna Sobczyk O mnie się nie martw: Claimed sales 315,805 [200] 1970 Orkiestra z ulicy Chmielnej Zakazane piosenki: Claimed sales ...