Bobby Farrell

Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949  – 30 December 2010) was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M. Farrell was born and raised on the island of Aruba in the Lesser Antilles, where he lived until the age of 15. After finishing school he worked as a sailor for 2 years, travelling across the oceans before settling in Norway. From Norway, he went to the Netherlands, where he found occasional work as a DJ in the Netherlands before finding better opportunities in Germany. In Germany, he worked mostly as a DJ until producer Frank Farian spotted him for his new Boney M. group. He became the sole male singer in the group, although Farian later revealed that...