Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Phoenix
- Active from
- 2007
alternative rock
Discography
- Kongos2007
- Lunatic2012
- Come With Me Now2013
- Lunatic Acoustics2015
- Egomaniac2016
- Real Life2018
- Everything Must Go2018
- 1929, Part One2019
- 1929, Part One (Instrumentals)2019
- 1929, Part Two2019
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rockclassic rockfunk70sglam rock
John Kongos, (b.23 July 1946, Johannesburg, South Africa), is a singer/songwriter. After relocating to Britain to follow a musical career, his first album, "Confusions About a Goldfish" (1970), was unsuccessful. The next year he had two hit singles – "He's Gonna Step On You Again" (UK #4; U.S. #70) and "Tokoloshe Man" (UK #4). His second album "Kongos" made the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart, but subsequent singles, "Great White Lady" (1972), "Ride the Lightning" (1973) and "Higher than God's Ha
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.johnkongos.com
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- date of birth
- 1945-08-06
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