Alba wrote:To me the best vocal frontline ever was TPOK Jazz around 1981 ; Josky, Dalienst, Ndombe Opetum, Wuta Mayi, Djo Mpoy.
Tabu Ley was every bit as good as Franco, maybe even better. he just never had the personel to compete with Franco.
I beg to disagree. TPOK Jazz best can be traced 1079- 82
But vocals were during the time of Sam Mangwana. It took Djo Mpoy to remind people what suuunging a song was all about. See Kingfisher's post.
Dalienst, Josky could sing
but suuuunging
Michèl Boyibanda, Youlou , Wuta Mayi,Lola Djangi Chécain
Djo Mpoyi was toooooo mussssshh.
@Siringi I'm shocked that you can edit my post so confirms my worst fears about wazua....
but kingfisher my brother brought me back. So I'll stick to the these kind of posts from now onwards
The repeat was supposed to be
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fht6fhKeQ6[/YOUTUBE]
but I fear for the youth these days. for them success means singing one song with some nondescript american.
These motherf***ers used to have 5 albums a year.
Kingfisher, I'm open for business
forget the wazua IPO nonsence. Setup an oldies pub. Oldies have the money, can bring gashungwas and will never meander.
Who's for Kingfisher Oldies Pub?
Mr. King, unakumbuka wimbo huu?
Or do you remember this lady that Franco brought to our eyes
[YOUTUBE]http://youtu.be/2bnCqxAYf1s[/YOUTUBE]
I puke when I hear the so called Kenyan musicians coz they died with Les Wanyika