Silver Convention
Silver Convention was a German disco lineup of the 1970s.
Band History
The group Silver Convention was called to Munich by producer Michael Kunze in life. Composer was the then studio pianist Sylvester Levay, whose nickname "Silver" gave the group its name. The group was a typical representative of the so-called Munich Sound, a subspecies of the disco music of the 1970s. For their first recordings Kunze and Levay dedicated studio musician and studio singers. After they were able to land a hit in the UK with the first single release Save Me under the name Silver Bird Convention in 1975, they had to find real faces for the studio lineup. She eventually committed Linda G. Thompson, an ex- member of The Les Humphries Singers, Penny McLean and Ramona Wulf for the live performances. Penny McLean had already released several records as a solo artist and in a duo and also Ramona Wulf had already published numerous hit by her stage name Ramona.
After the initial success with Save Me Silver Convention 1975 came with Fly, Robin, Fly an international top hit. The complete text of the song consists only of the multiple repeated phrase " Fly, Robin, fly, up up to the sky ". Thus they reached # 1 on the U.S. charts, which had succeeded a German production previously only once with Bert Kaempfert Strangers in the Night. The song about a flying robin gave the creators Kunze and Levay a Grammy Award for Best R & B Instrumental performance.
The follow-up title Get Up and Boogie reached # 2 on the U.S. charts. The following singles offered mainly a repetition of the once successful sounds. With No, No, Joe and Everybody's Talkin '' Bout Love Silver Convention could reach two middle chart entries. End of 1976, Linda G. Thompson left the band and was replaced by Rhonda Heath. In 1977, Silver Convention represented Germany at the Euro Vision Song Contest in London with the song Telegram. They were ranked number eight and reached the German charts with the title for the last time the Top 30 in 1978 changes the cast one more time. For Penny McLean came Zenda Jacks, but only for a year belonged to the group. The last single with new material was then resumed in 1979 with Penny McLean.
The members of the starting cast made at the same time also solo recordings and published both singles and albums. By Linda G. Thompson singles Ooh What a Night and Come Softly published, Ramona brought the singles Save the Last Dance for Me, Natural Man, and Parlez -moi d' amour and the album Natural Woman out. However, they were commercially very successful. Only Penny McLean was able to achieve with Lady Bump and 1-2-3-4 Fire in Germany two solo success with top rankings in the charts, further quotations in the middle ranks. The brought out of her albums bore the title Lady Bump Penny and Midnight explosion.