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Silver Convention was a German disco recording act of the 1970s. The group was first named “Silver Bird Convention” or “Silver Bird”.

The group was originally founded in Munich by producers and songwriters Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze. “Silver” is actually Sylvester Levay’s nickname. Using female session vocalists for their first recordings, they scored a hit single in the United Kingdom in 1974 with the song “Save Me”, and realised they would need to find a public face for what was at the time only a studio group.

They recruited vocalists Linda Thompson (real name Linda Übelherr, who would be billed on her solo records as Linda G. Thompson), Penny McLean (real name Gertrude Wirshinger) and Ramona Wulf (real name Ramona Kraft). As “Silver Convention” they scored two major U.S. hit singles. “Fly, Robin, Fly” whose complete lyrics consisted of only six words, spent three weeks at number 1 in 1975, and won the group a Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. Their follow-up hit “Get Up and Boogie” spent three weeks at number 2 in 1976. Michael Kunze actually wrote the lyrics on the two first albums under the pseudonym Stephan Prager. During this time the three singers released their own solo work. McLean and Thompson achieved hit singles with “Lady Bump” and “Ooh What a Night” respectively. Wulf’s solo effort was only a moderate success.

Silver Convention represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 with a song entitled “Telegram”, finishing 8th, just after Dream Express.
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  • drastic67

    wow haven't herd this in years fly robin fly!!

    March 2012

  • CDPETE01

    gonna write here,I scrobbled get up and boogie but the disc I play says SILVER CONNECTION,media cockups.

    January 2012

  • chouchou58

    Fly robin fly toute mon heureuse enfance où mon père m'a ouvert à tous les styles musicaux comme ma biblio l'indique!

    May 2011

  • AztecPortal

    Get up and Boogie ! =)

    April 2011

  • Dooffer

    I ♥ Fly Robin Fly ∞

    October 2010

  • Retro_Saiyan

    It's a shame most of the solo work by these singers is out of print.

    May 2010

  • robikbeto

    fly robin fly, is very nice melody, enjoy it.

    May 2010

  • israaeel

    My mother used to hear this band all the time.... great tunes!

    June 2009
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