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'''Juergen Wind''' (known professionally as '''J. Wind''' or '''George Torpey''') is a German record producer, songwriter, musician and music publisher from [[East Berlin]]. He is best known for his work as the executive producer, lead composer, and co-writer behind the '90s [[eurodance]] projects Maxx and Real McCoy. In 1994, he won a Gold award in Germany and a Silver award in the the UK for his work on the debut Maxx hit "Get-A-Way" which sold over 1.1 million records across Europe. By 1995, he had won Platinum and Gold awards in North America for co-writing and producing the Real McCoy hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and a Platinum award for the Real McCoy album ''Another Night''. His other major hits from the '90s include -- "No More (I Can't Stand It)", "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)", "You Can Get It", "Love & Devotion," "One More Time" and a cover version of hit "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone. After his commercial success in the '90s, Wind continued to produce music for a number of different German artists and bands while also acting as a music publisher before retiring from the music industry in 2005.
'''Juergen Wind''' (known professionally as '''J. Wind''' or '''George Torpey''') is a German record producer, songwriter, musician and music publisher best known for his work as the executive producer, lead composer, and co-writer behind the '90s [[eurodance]] projects Maxx and Real McCoy. In 1994, he won a Gold award in Germany and a Silver award in the the UK for his work on the Maxx hit "Get-A-Way" which sold over 1.1 million records across Europe. By 1995, he had won Platinum and Gold awards in North America for co-writing and producing the Real McCoy hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and a Platinum award for the Real McCoy album ''Another Night''.
His other major hits from the '90s include -- "No More (I Can't Stand It)", "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)", "You Can Get It", "Love & Devotion," "One More Time" and a cover version of the hit "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone. After his commercial success in the '90s, Wind continued to produce music for a number of different German artists and bands while also acting as a music publisher in Germany before retiring from the music industry in 2005.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 23:39, 12 August 2018

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, musician and music publisher best known for his work as the executive producer, lead composer, and co-writer behind the '90s eurodance projects Maxx and Real McCoy. In 1994, he won a Gold award in Germany and a Silver award in the the UK for his work on the Maxx hit "Get-A-Way" which sold over 1.1 million records across Europe. By 1995, he had won Platinum and Gold awards in North America for co-writing and producing the Real McCoy hits "Another Night" and "Run Away" and a Platinum award for the Real McCoy album Another Night.

His other major hits from the '90s include -- "No More (I Can't Stand It)", "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)", "You Can Get It", "Love & Devotion," "One More Time" and a cover version of the hit "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone. After his commercial success in the '90s, Wind continued to produce music for a number of different German artists and bands while also acting as a music publisher in Germany before retiring from the music industry in 2005.

Early life and education

Farian started as a trained cook before moving into the music industry. In the early days of his career, he was keen to attain success as a solo artist, but he made little impact on the popular music scene until his song "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (a remake of Prince Buster's song "Al Capone" from 1967), released under the pseudonym Boney M., became successful. He also had a minor hit in 1973 with "Was kann schöner sein", a German version of "When You've Gotta Go" originally by Solomon King, co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Ron Roker.[1]

Music Career

1987: Beginnings with Freshline Records

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

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.[2] 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[3] under various U.S. consumer fraud protection laws.[4][5] Following the Milli Vanilli controversy, Farian went on to develop similar Eurodance groups La Bouche and Le Click.

M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy

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.[6]

Maxx

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.[6]

1995: Mainstream success with Real McCoy

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.[7]

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[8] from August 2011 to February 2012, Spain (Palma de Mallorca) in July 2012, Switzerland from, November 2015 to January 2016[9] Anniversary tour in Germany 2016.[10]

1997: Real McCoy decline

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.[11] 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.[12] The original version of "Doin' Fine" featured on Peter Wilson's debut album, Follow Me,[13] 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

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

References

  1. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  2. ^ Tobler, John (1991). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 479. CN 5585.
  3. ^ "Judge Rejects Milli Vanilli Refund Plan", The New York Times, August 13, 1991. Accessed March 21, 2006.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 358. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  8. ^ "Daddy Cool Musical". Daddycoolmusical.com. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  9. ^ "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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Daddy Cool Das Boney M Musical - Frank Serr Showservice Int. e.K". Showservice-international.de. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  11. ^ [1] Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Euro Dance Hits : Site News". Eurodancehits.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
  13. ^ "Klone Records!". Klone Records!. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2014-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)



Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:Boney M. Category:Entertainment scandals Category:German record producers Category:German songwriters Category:German male singers Category:German pop singers Category:German music managers Category:German expatriates in the United States Category:Milli Vanilli Category:Musical hoaxes Category:20th-century hoaxes

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