South African actor and musician (1928-2004)
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Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, Dolly Rathebe grew up in Sophiatown and discovered around 1948 after singing at a picnic in Johannesburg. She rose to fame in 1949 aged 19 when she appeared as a nightclub singer in the British-produced movie, Jim Comes To Jo'burg, and became an international star when she sang with the Afro-jazz group, the Elite Swingsters in 1964. She died in 2004 from a stroke. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dolly+Rathebe">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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· 2019 · cited 2,530x
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· 2013 · cited 1,610x
· 2006 · cited 1,475x
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