South African Music Archive Project
Popular music
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- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1954-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Drum, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Saxophone, Stick, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0759
- Composer: Adolph Lekganyana & Ojunco Mothombeni (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/13 | Flute, Jive, Lekganyana,Adolph, Mothombeni,Ojunco, Popular music, Southern African, Tin whistle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1028
- Artist(s): Jouberton String Band (Performer) | Composer: Jouberton String Band | 1965-00-00 | banjo, dance, Guitar, Jive, Jouberton String Band, Popular music, Rattle, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Dance performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): Junior Natal Champions (Performer) | Composer: Junior Natal Champions (Performer) | 1948-00-00 | Call and response, dance, Junior Natal Champions, Mbube, Part-singing, Piano, Popular music, Solo and chorus, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Mbube style dance song accompanied by the piano. The translated title is "Keep the laws of your fore-fathers". Further details refer ILAM field card number DC42
- Composer: JP Odera (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Love song, Odera,J.P., Popular music, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D4R13
- Composer: JP Odera (Performer)Composer not specified | 1949-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Love song, Odera,J.P., Popular music, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D4R13
- Composer: Mwenda Jean Bosco (Performer)Mwenda Jean Bosco (Composer) | 1905/05/04 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Popular music, Struck bottle, Swahili, Topical song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1116
- Artist(s): W Chimponda (Leader)Zomba (Leader)Nyasaland (Leader) | Composer: Nyanja Men (Performer)Composer not specified | 1905/05/05 | Guitar, Malawi, Nyanja, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, Vocal, Vocaldance Music, W. Chimponda, Zomba, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1214
- Composer: Congo Abana Club (Performer)Piccolo Peter (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Central African, Congo, Congo Abana Band, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Guitar, Kroo, Piccolo, Piccolo Pete, Popular music, Rattle, Republic of the Congo, Shaker, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0709
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | dance, Drum, Guitar, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Mensah,E.T., Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Rumba, Saxophones, Tempos Band, West African, ILAM | Dance performed by a small band of musicians
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