Tabu Ley Rochereau
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, Pascal Tabu
Congolese singer and songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Died
- 2013
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Zaïre 74
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Active from
- 1940-11-13
- Active to
- 2013-11-30
congolese rumbasoukous
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50,211
- Total plays
- 294,570
Tags
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Tabu Ley Rochereau (Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, 13 November 1937 or 1940 – 30 November 2013) was a leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the leader of Orchestre Afrisa International, as well as one of Africa's most influential vocalists and prolific songwriters. Along with guitarist Docteur Nico Kasanda, Tabu Ley pioneered soukous (African rumba) and internationalised his music by fusing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pascal
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Place of birth
- Bandundu Province
- Place of death
- Saint-Luc University Hospital
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Political party
- Rally for Congolese Democracy
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- Congolese rumba
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Press photo of Tabu Ley Rochereau in San Francisco (1980).jpg
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- date of death
- 2013-11-30
- date of birth
- 1937-11-13
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- relative
- Shay
- Commons category
- Tabu Ley Rochereau
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- unmarried partner
- M'bilia Bel
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