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Choc Stars
The Choc Stars are a soukous band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The band was founded in 1983 by Ben Nyamabo, and has since published over 50 albums. The apex of their success was in the 1980s, when guitarist and vocalist Bozi Boziana wrote some of their most appreciated hits, such as ''Sandu Kotti'', ''Alena'', ''Mbuta-Mutu'', and ''Retrouvailles a Paris''.Martin Sinnock, From Choc Stars to Big Stars '' aAfrica Sounds When Boziana left to create his own ensemble, three singers were hired to replace him ( Carlito Lassa, Dieka Debaba e Defao Matumona). Many other talented congolese musicians have joined the Choc Stars over the years; some of them are Roxy Tshimpaka, Djuna Djanana, Monza Premier, Nzola Ndonga, Nzaya Nzayadio, Zemano Germain Kanza, Djo Mali, Carrol Makamba, Teddy Accompa, Wajery Lema, Ditutala Kuama and Djudjuchet. Most of these were coming from (or would later move to) other prominent soukous bands such as Zaiko Langa Langa, Langa Langa S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choc Stars En Concert à Kinshasa En 1986
Choc may refer to: * Chocolate * Choc (magazine), ''Choc'' (magazine), a French photography magazine * Choc (typeface), a typeface by Roger Excoffon * Choc Bay, in Gros Islet Quarter, Saint Lucia * Choč Mountains, in north-central Slovakia * Choc River, in the Soufrière Quarter, Saint Lucia * ''Le choc'' (''The Shock''), a 1982 French film People * Ramiro Choc, Guatemalan Mayan leader * Anthony Mundine (born 1975), Australian boxer nicknamed Choc * Choc Sanders (1900–1972), American football player, coach, and teacher See also * CHOC (other) * Choctaw, a community of people {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Accompa
Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer * Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), Minnesota Vikings quarterback * Teddy Dunn (born 1981), American actor * Teddy Edwards (1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist * Tivadar Farkasházy (born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist * Teddy Gipson (born 1980), American basketball player * Teddy Higuera (born 1957), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Teddy Hoad (1896–1986), West Indian cricketer * Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), long-serving American Senator from Massachusetts * Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem * Theodore Long (born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment * Teddy Morgan (1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player * Teddy Park (born 1978), record produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bango Oyo Baye
Bango may refer to: Music * Bango (music), a music style popular at the East African Coast that fuses traditional Portuguese, Arabic influenced taarab music and local coastal bantu languages * Bongo drum, an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed drums *Bango, a musical group best known for their 2006 cover of the song "Tarzan Boy" People *Bangó, surname Other *Bango (cannabis), a type of marijuana *Pangu (pronounced "Bango" in Korean), the creator in Chinese myth *Bango (mascot), the mascot of the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks *Bango, New South Wales, a locality near Yass, New South Wales *Kecap Bango, a brand of sweet soy sauce {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OK Jazz
OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for ''Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois de Jazz''), was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in 1996. Location The OK Jazz band was formed in 1956 in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa), in what was at the time the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). At one time in the late 1970s and early 1980s the band grew to more than fifty members. During that period, it often split into two groups; one group stayed in Kinshasa, playing in nightclubs there, while the other group toured in Africa, Europe and North America. History 1950–1959 The musicians who started OK Jazz included Vicky Longomba, Jean Serge Essous, François Luambo Makiadi, De La Lune, Augustin Moniania Roitelet, La Monta LiBerlin, Saturnin Pandi, Nicolas Bosuma Bakili Dessoin and vocalist Philippe Lando Rossignol. They used to play at Loningisa Studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langa Langa Stars
Langa Langa Stars were a popular DR Congo soukous band in the 1980s. The band had the peculiarity of featuring as much as seven lead vocalists, nicknamed the "6 Patrons of Langa Langa Stars". Langa Langa Stars were founded in 1981 as a spin-off of Papa Wemba's band Viva La Musica, which in turn may be described as a spin-off of the seminal soukous band Zaiko Langa Langa; it can thus be classified in the so-called "Clan Langa Langa", a large set of soukous bands that are directly or indirectly derivative of Zaiko. The "6 Patrons" were Esperant Djenga Ka, Djuna Djanana, Dindo Yogo (all 3 of them ex-Viva La Musica), Evoloko Jocker, Djo Mali and Bozi Boziana Mbenzu Ngamboni Bokili (born 28 September 1951), better known as Bozi Boziana, is a Congolese singer, songwriter and bandleader. He has been in several major soukous bands, including Orchestre Bamboula, Minzoto Sangela, Zaiko Langa Langa, Isif ... (all 3 ex-Zaiko Langa Langa). In the early 1980s the Langa Langa Stars wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
