Bobby Farrell
Sign in to saveDutch dancer and singer (1949–2010)
Person
- Born
- 1949-10-06
- Died
- 2010-12-30
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · San Nicolaas, Aruba, Antillas Neerlandesas
Roberto Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949 – 30 December 2010) was an Aruban dancer, visual performer, singer and DJ. He was a member of the 1970s and 1980s disco group Boney M. Farrell was born and raised on the Caribbean island of Aruba in the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (later known as the Netherlands Antilles). He left after having finished school at age 15 and was a sailor for two…
Known for
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Sheila, toutes ces vies-là — Self (archive footage)2022
- Boney M. - Diamonds — Self2015
- Die ultimative Chartshow — Self2003
- Star Factory2002
- ZDF-Kultnacht — Self (archive footage)2002
- Boney M: The Greatest Hits — Self2001
- Old Songs About the Main Thing 3 — Cameo - Boney M.1998
- Sacrée soirée — Self - Boney M.1987
- Champs-Elysées — Self - Boney M.1982
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,819
- Total plays
- 26,224
Tags
80s70sDiscothe netherlandsboney m
Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949 Aruba, Netherlands Antilles – 30 December 2010 Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a dancer and performer. He is best known as the male member of the successful 70s pop and disco group Boney M. which gained popularity from 1975 on and he stayed active until his death in 2010. Farrell left Aruba at age 15 to become a sailor. He lived in Norway and the Netherlands before moving to Germany. There, he worked mostly as a DJ when producer Frank Farian spotted
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Productive Efficiency
· 1957 · cited 9,255x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,723x
- Spatial reconstruction of single-cell gene expression data
· 2015 · cited 6,720x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,587x
- Reference sequence (RefSeq) database at NCBI: current status, taxonomic expansion, and functional annotation
· 2015 · cited 5,948x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-10-06 ) 6 October 1949, San Nicolaas , Aruba
- Died
- 30 December 2010 (2010-12-30) (aged 61), Saint Petersburg , Russia
- Occupations
- Dancer singer DJ
- Years active
- 1975–2010
- Spouse
- Jasmina Shaban ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
- Formerly of
- Boney M.
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 6 October 1949
- Died
- 30 December 2010
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roberto
- Family name
- Farrell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- San Nicolas
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- disc jockey
- Genre
- disco
- Instrument
- voice
Article
Roberto Alfonso "Bobby" Farrell (6 October 1949 – 30 December 2010) was an Aruban dancer, singer and DJ. He was a member of the 1970s and 1980s disco group Boney M.
Biography