11 Facts About Marcia Barrett

When singer Claudja Barry left in early 1976, Marcia Barrett suggested a fellow Jamaican, Liz Mitchell, as replacement.

Mitchell was a singer, and Farian engaged her and Marcia Barrett to make a follow-up recording, "Daddy Cool".

Marcia Barrett led on a couple of tracks on each of the group's studio albums up to Christmas Album, including the title of the first album Take the Heat off Me and "Lovin' or Leavin'".

Marcia Barrett sang lead on the single "We Kill the World " in 1981.

In 1983, Marcia Barrett was introduced to Eddy Grant who produced demos with her for CBS.

Marcia Barrett did all lead and backing vocals on the A-side, but Farian withdrew the single, angry that the group used the name Boney M After a court case in 1990, the group members went their separate ways.

Marcia Barrett had a recurrence of her disease and was unable to work.

Marcia Barrett made her second album, Come into My Life, in 2005.

Marcia Barrett toured with her own version of Boney M Marcia Barrett attended with Liz Mitchell and Frank Farian at the London and Berlin premieres of the Daddy Cool musical.

Marcia Barrett is currently living in Berlin with her husband Marcus James who was a guitarist in the band of Eddy Grant.

Marcia Barrett has a son who was born in the UK when she was aged 16.