Originally released on Reprise in 1967, Pata Pata was Miriam Makeba's first album for the label, after a period recording for RCA. She had written the title song in 1956, when she still lived in South ...
From Egypt to South Africa, The Africa Report invites readers to rediscover five legendary music hits that will never fade away… Umm Kulthum: ‘Enta Omri’, a song to advance Nasser’s brand of ...
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world-famous song "Pata Pata", a South African dance hit from 1967, is being re-released with new lyrics to spread information about coronavirus ...
In Vinyl Retentive, A.V. Clubbers share what we find while crate-digging in our own houses. Miriam Makeba "Pata Pata" b/w "The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men" Reprise, 1967 Format: 7-inch single File ...
Once called the “world’s most defiantly joyful song”, Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’ has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of ...
Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy.
If you are wondering what today’s Google Doodle image is all about, the African-style sketch of a woman singing into a microphone, in front of the Google logo, represents South African singer MIRIAM ...
South African activist and singer Miriam Makeba visited playwright and singer Somi Kakoma—known in jazz circles by her first name only—in her dreams. It was 11 years ago, and Somi was mourning her ...
SHE told reporters she was shy. When Nelson Mandela came in the 1950s to meet the band she sang with, she sat quietly in the corner and let the men do the talking. Years later, when she was introduced ...
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