Goombay Dance Band is a German band created in 1979 by Oliver Bendt, named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Their music, is a mixture of soca, calypso and western pop. The group enjoyed their greatest commercial success at the beginning of the 1980s, with number one hits Sun of Jamaica, Seven Tears and Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again. Goombay Dance Band were popular in South Africa too, where Sun of Jamaica and Aloha-Oe entered the charts.

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Goombay Dance Band is a German band created in 1979 by Oliver Bendt, named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Their music (somewhat similar to Boney M.), is a mixture of soca, calypso and western pop. The group enjoyed their greatest commercial success at the beginning of the 1980s, with number one hits Sun of Jamaica, Seven Tears and Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again. Goombay Dance Band were popular in South Africa too, where Sun of Jamaica and Aloha-Oe entered the charts.\n

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History

The band released the song \"Sun of Jamaica\" at the end of 1979. It topped the German single charts for nine weeks in 1980. Their next single was \"Aloha-Oe, Until We Meet Again\", based on a Liliuokalani composition \"Aloha ʻOe\". The song reached the top 5 in the European charts, including the number 1 spot in Austria. The group's debut album Zauber der Karibik, internationally known as Sun of Jamaica, was met with commercial success, reaching the top 5 in several countries. The second album, Land of Gold, performed poorly, not reaching the German top 40, but spawned hits \"Eldorado\" and \"Rain\".\n

In 1981, the band released the album Holiday in Paradise, which featured the song \"Seven Tears\". When released in the UK next year, \"Seven Tears\" became the band's breakthrough hit on the British market, where it topped the singles chart for three weeks and was also a million-seller. This success was followed by the release of the compilation Seven Tears, which was well received in the UK, while in mainland Europe, the band released the retrospective Tropical Dreams to a modest success. \n

However, the group's subsequent releases did not draw as much attention. The next studio album, Born to Win, failed to chart and did not produce any impactful hits. In 1984 and 1985, Goombay Dance Band released several non-album singles, which were commercial failures. In late 1986, Goombay Dance Band later disbanded due to massive commercial decline in the mid-80s, they did not released any albums or singles until they reformed in 1995. In the 1990s, the band released several albums, including the Christmas Album and the compilation Island of Dreams, which was met with moderate chart success and featured a new version of \"Sun of Jamaica\". The band celebrated their 30th anniversary with a collection of new songs and re-recorded hits in 2009. The following year, they recorded \"Is This the Way to the World Cup\" to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup.\nOliver Bendt toured with the Goombay Dance Band until the end of 2016, when he retired shortly after his 70th birthday.\n

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Band members

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Oliver Bendt
Alicia Bendt
Dorothy Hellings
Wendy Doorsen
Dizzy Daniel Moorehead
Mario Slijngaard
Kátia Waléria Ferreira
Ernest Clinton
Diana Hoogdorp

Discography

Studio albums

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A^ In German speaking countries, the album Sun of Jamaica was released as Zauber der Karibik, and in Spain, as Sol de Jamaica.
B^ Von Hawaii bis Tomé was re-released as Sommer, Sonne, Strand and Montego Bay in 1993.
C^ Christmas Album was re-released as Christmas by the Sea in 1997.

Compilations

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Singles

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She's a Dynamite Single 2017 1 Song, 3 Min. 42 Sec.\nOne Love 2020 1 Song, 2:55\n

References

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External links

Official website
Goombay Dance Band discography at Discogs

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History

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Singles

See also

References

External links

Goombay Dance Band

Broadcast History