Fly Robin Fly by The Silver Convention [Import - Canada] [12" Vinyl Single]
Track Listing:
  1. Fly Robert Fly - The Silver Convention   2. Lady Bump - Penny McClean

With Silver Convention's Jupiter Records single "Save Me" becoming a huge international disco hit, producer Michael Kunze and arranger/songwriter/keyboardist Sylvester Levay began assembling songs for an album.  Levay woke up one morning with a catchy riff in his head. He used to riff, completed writing the song with Stephan Lager, and titled it "Run Rabbit Run," a reference to the Volkswagen Rabbit.  The day of the recording session for the song, Levay heard a song on the Armed Forces radio station titled "Run Rabbit."  When he told Kunze about it, Kunze changed the title to "Fly Robin Fly."  "Fly Robin Fly" became a huge worldwide disco hit and was picked up by Bob Reno for New York-based Midland International Records after meeting Jupiter's Ralph Siegel at MIDEM '75, an annual record business convention.  "Fly Robin Fly" nested at number one R&B and stayed at number one pop for three weeks in the fall of 1975.  It was included on the Save Me album which went gold, going to number one R&B, number ten pop, and yielded the radio-aired/disco cut "I Like It."  "Fly Robin Fly"'s follow-up "Get Up and Boogie (That's Right)" also went gold, peaking at number five R&B and parking at number two pop for three weeks in the spring of 1976. ~ Ed Hogan
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Penny McLean had already released several singles as a solo artist and as a member of several groups when she became part of the Silver Convention lineup in 1975. But it wasn't until the success of Silver Convention's "Fly Robin Fly" that her own career picked up steam.  The outbreak came in the form of "Lady Bump," a chipper, slightly funky disco number that became one of the first big hits of the genre to be supported by a 12" single.  Following in the footsteps of Van McCoy's "The Hustle," "Lady Bump" bears angelic background vocals and engaging strings as an enticement to listeners to "bump" along.  But most notably, the song possesses a sure-fire vocalist in McLean, who delivers the tune's irresistible hook with a zesty, soulful grit. Unfortunately, the corresponding album primarily consists of material that is derivative of its hit single, but never quite stands on its own.  Michael Kunze's smooth production is indeed pleasant and there are particularly enjoyable moments to be found in "Big Bad Boy" and "Devil Eyes," but overall, the hooks are not as strong and McLean doesn't sound quite as enthused.  The landscapes of her subsequent albums, Penny and Midnight Explosion, are considerably more versatile and energetic, making Lady Bump an essential only for those particularly seeking to develop a more thorough knowledge of producer Michael Kunze's techniques. ~ Justin Kantor


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