An introduction to Bo Wagner and the greatest marimba solo ever recorded
The late Bo Wagner tore up the 'rimbas for Starbuck's 1976 single "Moonlight Feels Right"

Unless you’re Paul F. Tompkins or the creator of the video below, it’s pretty unlikely you’ve given Starbuck’s 1976 hit “Moonlight Feels Right” more than a passing thought lately. But those who have are likely to have found themselves spellbound by the track’s most bizarre, captivating element: Its kick-ass marimba solo.
Refusing to let the world live in ignorance of the story behind that solo, Chris Ward decided to make a video that gives us an introduction to both the song and its key player, the late Robert “Bo” Wagner.
After ensuring every viewer knows know that “Moonlight Feels Right” exists, Ward explains that its marimba breakdown was performed by a man who first emerged into the spotlight as the dancing, drumming “pride of Dayton, Ohio” on an old episode of The Mickey Mouse Club. The video then fast forwards a couple of decades, catching up with Bo Wagner again once Starbuck is burning up the charts.