The Goombay Dance Band is a German

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 based band

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 of the 1970s created by Oliver Bendt

Oliver Bendt

Oliver Bendt is a German singer and actor.Knoch grew up the son of an actress in Munich, where he played children's roles in several films, including Königswalzer and Weil du arm bist, musst du früher sterben...

. The band is named after a small bay on the Caribbean

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 island of St. Lucia

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Their music

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 has a distinctive sound (somewhat similar to Boney M.), a mixture of Caribbean soca

Soca music

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 or calypso

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 and western pop

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The group built up a fan

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 base across Europe

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 and in total released some 15 singles

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 between 1979 and 1985, within which time they enjoyed their greatest commercial success. They proved very popular in South Africa too, where "Sun of Jamaica

Sun of Jamaica

"Sun of Jamaica" is a song co-written by Ekkehard Stein and Wolfgang Jass, performed by the German band Goombay Dance Band.The lyrics recount the narrator's desire to visit Jamaica after seeing Mutiny on the Bounty as a boy. When he visits he falls in love with a woman, and vows to later return to...

" and "Aloha-Oe" topped the singles charts. "Seven Tears" also charted, while "Rain" and "Eldorado" also proved popular.

Their most successful song was "Sun of Jamaica" which topped the German single charts for nine weeks in 1980 and sold 11 million copies, although it never reached the Top 40 in the UK

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. However, in 1982, their song

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 "Seven Tears

Seven Tears (song)

"Seven Tears" was a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981.Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982...

" topped the UK Singles Chart

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 for three weeks and was also a million-seller. It was the eighth best selling single in the UK during 1982. Another song which did not reach the chart was "Indio Boy" (1982). "Sun of Jamaica" also reached the top of the German music charts in 1980, when performed under the title "Nie mehr allein sein" by singer Tony Holiday

Tony Holiday

Tony Holiday was a German pop singer and songwriter.Knigge was born in Hamburg, Germany. He began his career initially as a textile businessman and fashion designer. In 1974 he received a record contract with Hans Bertram, who rechristened him "Tony Holiday". His first two singles met with little...

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Band members

• Oliver Bendt (original name: Jörg Knoch)
• Alicia Bendt
• Dorothy Hellings
• Wendy Doorsen
• Mario Slijngaard

Albums

Year	Title
1980	Zauber der Karibik (also issued under Sun Of Jamaica)
	Land Of Gold
1981	Holiday in Paradise
1982	Born To Win
	Tropical Dreams
1991	Sun of Jamaica 1991 (compilation)
1992	Greatest Hits (compilation)
1993	Sommer, Sonne, Strand
1995	Island Of Dreams (compilation)
	Sun of Jamaica 1995 (compilation)
	Caribbean Beach Party (compilation)
1997	Christmas By The Sea
1998	Sun of Jamaica 1998 (compilation)

Singles

• 1979 "Sun Of Jamaica
  Sun of Jamaica
  "Sun of Jamaica" is a song co-written by Ekkehard Stein and Wolfgang Jass, performed by the German band Goombay Dance Band.The lyrics recount the narrator's desire to visit Jamaica after seeing Mutiny on the Bounty as a boy. When he visits he falls in love with a woman, and vows to later return to...
  
  " / "Island of Dreams"
• 1979 "Ring Ting Ting" / "Sunny Caribbean"
• 1980 "Aloha-Oe (Until We Meet Again)" / "Conga Man"
• 1980 "Eldorado" / "Love and Tequila"
• 1980 "Rain" / "King of Peru"
• 1981 "Seven Tears
  Seven Tears (song)
  "Seven Tears" was a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981.Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982...
  
  " / "Mama Coco"
• 1981 "Christmas At Sea" / "Ave Maria No Morro"
• 1982 "Santorini Goodbye" / "Carry The Load"
• 1982 "Robinson Crusoe" / "The Magician"
• 1982 "My Bonnie" / "Alice, My Love"
• 1983 "If You Ever Fall In Love" / "Jericho"
• 1983 "Born To Win" / "Caribbean Dreams"
• 1984 "Don't You Cry, Caroline" / "Storybook Lovers"
• 1985 "Marlena" / "Young Hearts"
• 1985 "A Typical Jamaican Mess" / "Canta mi lengua"