“Silver Convention” was a German music project founded in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze. The musical group was named after Sylvester Levay; "Silver" was his nickname as a boy. Levay had lived in Yugoslavia and had developed a real passion for American music as a teenager. He decided to become a music arranger and lyricist. In the 60s, Michael Kunze was a pop lyricist who wrote protest songs in German language then in the early 70s he started producing pop records and commercials. In 1975 they founded the band "Silver Convention" and immediately achieved good success with the release of the first single "Save Me" (position n.30 in the UK). Initially the band consisted of the three female vocalists Ingrid, Wilma and Monica. For the studio recording of the album, other singers were used: Gitta Walther, Lucy Neale, Betsy Allen, Roberta Kelly and Jackie Carter. Levay and Kunze mutually agreed to hire three professional female entertainers to introduce the band to audiences. Penny McLean, Ramona Wulfe and Linda G. Thompson thus became the image girls of "Silver Convention". The single "Fly Robin Fly" reached #1 in November 1975 and won the "Grammy Award" for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. "Fly Robin Fly" sold over a million copies and received a gold disc from the "RIAA" in December 1975. Initially the song was called "Run, Rabbit, Run", modified by the authors moments before recording. The follow-up single "Get Up And Boogie" reached number one in Canada on June 15, 1976, stayed for three weeks at number two in the United States and reached number seven in the United Kingdom in May 1976. After these resounding successes, Linda G. Thompson left the group and was replaced by New Yorker Rhonda Heath. "Silver Convention" represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with the song "Telegram", finishing in eighth place. In the late 1970s, Levay and Kunze dropped out of the project as interest in disco music was waning. Later they collaborated on the successful Viennese productions of the musicals “Elisabeth”, “Mozart!” and "Rebecca". As for the three image girls of the "Silver Convention" project, their careers ended definitively.
Album
1975 - Silver Convention
1976 - Get Up And Boogie
1976 - Madhouse
1977 - Summernights
1978 - Love Is A Sleeper
1974 - Save Me
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly
1975 - Always Another Girl
1976 - Get Up And Boogie
1976 - San Francisco Hustle
1976 - Everybody's Talking Bout Love
1976 - Dancing In The Aisles
1976 - Tiger Baby
1976 - No, No, Joe / Play Me Like A Yo-Yo
1976 - Fancy Party / Everybody's Talking 'Bout Love
1976 - You've Got What It Takes
1977 - Hotshot / Save Me '77
1977 - Summernights
1977 - The Boys From Liverpool
1977 - Telegram
1977 - Hollywood Movie
1977 - Dama De Media Noche
1978 - Café Au Lait
1978 - Spend The Night With Me
1978 - Love In A Sleeper
1981 - Get It Up
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