Silver Convention ~ Get Up & Boogie (That’s Right) 1976 Disco Purrfection Version

Music to get you over the hump and on to finish a great week! This one came together so easily, its very catchy and full of the strange string arrangements that almost sound like something from a hoe down. They made their first splash with “Save Me“ as Silverbird, but changed the name to avoid confusion with another band with the same name. Listen to my remix of that song here “Save Me“ was big in Europe and led to recording the #1 pop disco hit “Fly Robin Fly“ we all know and love. Their second single of note is “Get Up & Boogie (That’s Right)“, written in 1974 but recorded in 1976. The punchiness of the drum and bass are tempered by the amazingly odd string section. Recorded in Germany, the violin section was actually written for horns only, but since there were not any acceptable horn players to record it, the instrument was changed to strings which is what makes the song so unique. For example, strings were b