Young people seem to find Rasputin fascinating

LIZ MITCHELL OF BONEY M TALKS TO ALEX GREEN ABOUT RECLAIMING HER MUSICAL LEGACY AND HER VIRAL HIT ON TIKTOK

EVEN if you do not recognise the name Liz Mitchell, you will know her voice from countless hits.

As part of disco juggernauts Boney M, the Jamaican-British singer was ever present during the 70s and 80s.

Songs such as Daddy Cool, Rivers Of Babylon and Mary's Boy Child remain hugely popular to this day, and a recent TikTok trend even saw their single Rasputin rocket back into the charts.

But Liz, 70, has had to fight against claims the group, put together by German record producer Frank Farian in his native country, lacked authenticity.

When they split up, shortly after their 10th anniversary in 1986, she released a solo album and toured with the aim of making sure the band's music was represented properly for the future.

"There was a lot of negative press which was not supporting the positive side of Boney M," she explains.

"I found myself defending that literally. I went out singing my songs a capella just so that people could hear that the music of Boney M was authentic, that it was not factory made that every song that you will hear, I can actually do it a capella." Liz says it was that tour that got her "hooked" and set the scene for the rest of her career.