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From: marcos@sdchem.UUCP (David A. Pearlman)
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Subject: Re: Night Flight to Venus?
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 22:49:49 EDT
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In article <1001@dataioDataio.UUCP> bjorn@dataioDataio.UUCP (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) writes:
>I am looking for some songs that I heard between 7 and 9 years ago, and 
>haven't heard since.  I have asked around at record stores, used record 
>stores, radio stations, and so on, but no one locally seems to have heard 
>of the group, the album or the songs.  
>Do you know where I can get the album?
>
>Group:	bon amme'	(phonetically)
>	Bon Hamme	(maybe spelled this way)
>	Bon Hommon	(or maybe this way)
>			(or maybe something else)
>
The name of the group is Bonnie M. But I guess Bon Homme would have been
a good guess?

>Album:	Night Flight to Venus	(i think)
>
Yes, they did release an album titled "Night Flight to Venus", along with
a few others in the U.S. They were released on Sire Records (see,
Seymour Stein didn't jump into the disco fold with Madonna). They didn't
do much here (a couple of very minor dance hits, I think). But in Europe
they were hot stuff: lots of hits and one mammoth one--"By the Rivers
of Babylon". This all occurred in the late `70's. By the `80's they
had walked the worn road to footnote heaven in Europe. And of course,
they weren't ever much in the U.S. to begin with. There was a "best of"
released in Europe (through K-Tel, I think), which might still be available
somewhere. Otherwise check the used record bins. I've seen their stuff
from time to time (too bad; I gave away my reviewer copies last year for
nothing. If you'd only asked earlier...).


					     David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlman

"I've suffered with my music for years.
 Now it's your turn..."