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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1938
- Active to
- 2000-04-22
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Born as Margaret Mcingana in 1938 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. In the 1950s Singana moved to Johannesburg and soon started performing with The Symbols. In 1972 she made "Good Feelings" with the band. She became the first black artist to feature on the Radio 5 hit parade. Singana's song "I never loved a man the way I loved you" became a hit. In 1973, Singana was cast as the lead singer in the musical Ipi Tombi and soon made herself famous with the song "Mama Tembu's Wedding". <a hr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Margaret
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Queenstown
- Place of death
- Soweto
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- world music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of death
- 2000-04-22
- date of birth
- 1938-01-01
- place of burial
- Avalon Cemetery
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