Editing Boney M. (section)

===1974–1976: Formation and early career===
German singer-songwriter [[Frank Farian]] recorded the dance track "[[Baby Do You Wanna Bump]]" in December 1974. Farian sang the repeated line "Do you do you wanna bump?" in a deep voice, as well as performing the high [[falsetto]] chorus. When the record was released as a single in early 1975, it was credited to "Boney M.". Farian had created this pseudonym for himself after watching the Australian television detective series ''[[Boney (TV series)|Boney]]'',<ref name="Boney">Boney M by John Shearlaw and David Brown, Hamlin Paperbacks, 1979 {{ISBN|0 600 20009 4}}-page 35-6</ref> whose main character was named Napoleon Bonaparte.  Farian said:

{{blockquote|I turned on the TV one day and it was the end of a detective series. I just caught the credits and it said Boney. Nice name, I thought – Boney, Boney, Boney... Boney M. Boney, Boney, Boney M. Nice sound. Simple.<ref name="Boney"/>}}

After a slow start, the song became a hit in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was then that Farian decided to hire performers to create a troupe for TV appearances. Farian found model-turned-singer [[Maizie Williams]], originally from [[Montserrat]], [[Bobby Farrell]], a dancer from [[Aruba]], and singer [[Marcia Barrett]] from Jamaica, who brought in singer [[Liz Mitchell]], also from Jamaica, and a former member of the [[Les Humphries Singers]].