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Juergen Wind
Also known asJ. Wind, Jay W, Jay Wind, Jürgen Wind, George Torpey
BornBerlin, Germany
Occupation(s)music producer, songwriter, musician, publisher
Years active1986-2005

Juergen Wind, known professionally as J. Wind or George Torpey, is a German record producer, songwriter and musician who wrote and produced the Real McCoy Platinum and Gold hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and Maxx hits "Get-A-Way" and "No More (I Can't Stand It) in the mid-1990s.

Early life and education

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Wind started as a ______ before moving into the music industry. In the early days of his career, he was keen to attain success as a ______t, but he made little impact on the popular music scene______, became successful.

Music Career

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1987: Beginnings with Freshline Records

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Shying away from the spotlight, he hired performers to front for public performances. The lead vocals for songs on Boney M. albums in the 1970s were sung by Farian, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell, who quickly became synonymous with the group. Boney M.'s frontman, Bobby Farrell, was only allowed to record vocals in the 1980s (although all four members of the group did sing live for all their concert tours). Bobby Farrell was fired from the group for unreliability in 1981.[citation needed]

1989-1994: European Success

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In 1990, he admitted orchestrating the events which led to the Milli Vanilli scandal, a musical equivalent of ghostwriting. As a producer, he had assembled a group from session musicians, fronting it with visually attractive dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. The story broke when Farian confirmed to the press that someone else had sung on the records.[1] After these details emerged, Milli Vanilli had their 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist withdrawn, and at least 27 different lawsuits were filed in the United States[2] under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws.[3][4] Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar Eurodance groups La Bouche and Le Click.

M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy

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Farian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]

Maxx

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Farian also started the supergroup Far Corporation (named after the first syllable of his last name), which featured Steve Lukather, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Simon Phillips, and Robin McAuley, many of Toto fame. Far Corporation is notable for being the first act to chart with a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", becoming a top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number 8 in October 1985.[5]

1995: Mainstream success with Real McCoy

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In 1986, Farian produced and mixed the Meat Loaf album Blind Before I Stop. He also sang backing vocals on the first single from the album "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries", which was credited to Meat Loaf featuring John Parr.[6]

Some other groups that Farian has been involved with are Eruption (he became a manager in 1977) and No Mercy.

On 15 August 2006, the musical Daddy Cool opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. The line-up included Michelle Collins, Michael Harvey, Javine Hylton, and singer/songwriter Darvina Plante. The £3 million show was produced by Farian and Robert Mackintosh. The story, written by Stephen Plaice with Amani Naphtali, is predominantly based on the songs of Boney M., but also features songs by Milli Vanilli and No Mercy. A second show opened on 23 April 2007 in Berlin, Germany and the show also toured in the Netherlands[7] from August 2011 to February 2012, Spain (Palma de Mallorca) in July 2012, Switzerland from, November 2015 to January 2016[8] Anniversary tour in Germany 2016.[9]

1997: Real McCoy decline

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Also in 2006, Farian was credited as co-writing a new song, entitled "Doin' Fine", with British producers Nathan Thomas and Carl M. Cox. (Other writers involved in this song were, Chris Rudall, Baz Qureshi, Peter Wilson, Chris Richards and George Reyam.) Described as paying tribute to the 'sound' of Boney M., the song was essentially a brand new composition, which featured the string arrangement from Boney M.'s 1976 number one hit, "Daddy Cool". The song was recorded by Australian pop singer, Peter Wilson.[10] It was initially released in the UK on 16 April 2007 in its extended format, entitled "Daddy's Cool 12" Mix", charting at number one on the EuroDanceHits EuroNRG Top 40 in May 2007.[11] The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, Follow Me,[12] which was released in the UK on 8 October 2007. The song was also recorded in 2008 by Amanda Lear.

1998-2005: Freshline Records continuation & hiatus

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Other acts he collaborated with include Gilla, Eruption, La Mama, Precious Wilson, Gift and Daniel Lopes.[citation needed]

Artist Title Date
The Alliance Action! 1988
The Admirers Come Into My Life - Rap 1988
The Alliance Action! - Remix 1988
The Admirers Come Into My Life - Rap (Re-Release) 1988
The Alliance Action! - Remix (Re-Release) 1988
D.J. Chrizz Hui Buh 1989
The Alliance Sweat 1989
EMCEE We're Cruisin´ 1989
The Admirers Tonite 1989
The All-Stars Hello Babe 1989
Michael L. Williams That Feelin´ 1989
Quickmix feat. La Rose Love Is In The House 1989
The Deep Curtain 1989
Berlin Adler Touchdown 1989
Rap IV Rap Keep On Movin´Rap 1989
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy Pump Up The Jam Rap 1989
Rap IV Rap Let's Come Together 1990
Masterplan Stars 1990
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy It's On You 1990
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy It's On You - Remix 1990
The Admirers Got To Get Rap 1990
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy It's On You - The Re-Remix 1990
The Admirers Out On A Limb 1990
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy Don't Stop 1990
Patsy Dreamin´ 1990
Sugar Daddy Are You Ready ? 1990
Jamtronik Another Day In Paradise - Remix 1990
Jay Rapper Wake Up 1991
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy Make A Move! 1991
Rap IV Rap Hold you tight - Rap 1991
PRO-A Trance 1991
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy No Showbo 1991
Construction Oh girl ! 1991
Hype-a-delics So what ! 1991
Lucky Nineties Ohh la la la 1991
M.C. Sar Let´s Talk About Love 1992
Inner Kneipe Breit (A La La La La Leer) 1992
Cold as Ice feat. Eboni ¡ Urgent ! 1992
Bruce & Bongo We Ain't Back 1992
Construction Sex Is Like Fire 1992
Kirk Smith Rise & Shine 1992
Inner Kneipe Ging Gang Golly 1993
Bozo Der Boss Ich Bin Der Farmer 1993
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy Another Night 1993
Maxx Get-a-way 1993
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy Automatic lover (Call for love) 1994
Maxx No More (I Can't Stand It) 1994
M.C.Sar & The Real McCoy Run Away 1994
Maxx You Can Get It 1994
Maxx I Can Make You Feel Like 1995
Maxx Move Your Body 1995
Real McCoy Come And Get Your Love 1995
Real McCoy Sleeping With an Angel/Ooh Boy 1995
Tronik Magic Fly 1996
Real McCoy One More Time 1997
Real McCoy I Wanna Come (With You) 1997
Juize Club Denise 1998
Troja Träume 1998
Admirers feat. Killer and Ayman Come Into My Life 1998
Savannah I´ll Be There 1998
Real McCoy It´s On You 1999
Killer Bring It On 1999
Real McCoy Hey Now 1999
Ann Shakes All Music 2004
Vanessa S. Blah, Blah, Blah 2004
Vanessa S. Don't Say (You're Sorry) 2005
Tenn McRae There For You 2005
Vanessa Mason Musik 2005

Album productions

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Artist Album Date
The Alliance It's Time ... 1988
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy On The Move! 1990
M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy Space Invaders 1994
Maxx To The Maxximum 1994
Real McCoy Another Night 1995
Real McCoy One More Time 1997
Vanessa Mason Musik 2005
Vanessa S. Independence 2005

References

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  1. ^ Tobler, John (1991). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 479. CN 5585.
  2. ^ "Judge Rejects Milli Vanilli Refund Plan", The New York Times, August 13, 1991. Accessed March 21, 2006.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Ulysses Torassa. "The Plain Dealer : Suit seeks refunds for Ohioans who bought Milli Vanilli album". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  5. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 358. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ "Daddy Cool Musical". Daddycoolmusical.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  8. ^ "DADDY COOL - das Musical mit den Welthits von Boney M. im Le Théâtre Kriens-Luzern". Le-theatre.ch. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Daddy Cool Das Boney M Musical - Frank Serr Showservice Int. e.K". Showservice-international.de. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  10. ^ [1] Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Euro Dance Hits : Site News". Eurodancehits.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  12. ^ "Klone Records!". Klone Records!. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
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