South African Music Archive Project
Popular music
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- Composer: Mayoso and Party (Performer)Composer not specified | 1930-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Malawi, Mayoso, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, Yao, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0972
- Composer: Mayoso and Party (Performer)Composer not specified | 1930-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Malawi, Mayoso, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0998
- Composer: The Lower Buttons (Performer)Queen Radebe (Composer) | 1940-00-00 | banjo, Guitar, KwaZulu-Natal, Lower Buttons, Natal, Popular music, Queen Radebe, Rhythm accompaniment, South Africa, Southern African, Vocal, Zulu, Zululand, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0668
- Composer: Lang Obiero (Performer)Obiero (Composer) | 1952/09/26 | Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Kisumu, Luo, Obiero,Lang, Popular music, Rattle, Southern African, Town dance, Yala Gem, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4Z 9
- Artist(s): Wakwana Gerard (Performer)John Ouwerx (Performer)Ensemble Lolaka (Performer) | Composer: Wakwana GerardJohn OuwerxEnsemble Lolaka | 1900-01-00 | Belgian Congo, Bicycle horn, Central African, Congo, dance, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Ensemble Lolaka, Guitar, Indigenous music, Ouwerx,John, Popular music, Rhythm on bottle, Scraper, Song, Traditional music, Unusual, Wakwana Gerard, ILAM | Dance song accompanied by various instruments and the bicycle horn.
- Artist(s): The Natal Champions (Performer) | Composer: The Natal Champions (Performer) | 1960/01/01 | dance, Guitar, Mbube, Natal Champions, Piano, Popular music, Song, South Africa, Southern African, Zulu, ILAM | Mbube dance song accompanied by guitar and piano. The translated title is "We have left our fathers at home". Further details refer ILAM field card number DC27
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Big band music style, Brass instruments, dance, Drum set, Fante, Ghana, Guitar, High Life, Instrumental, Mensah,E.T., Percusssion instruments, Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Tempos Band, West African, ILAM | High life dance music, performed on various instruments
- Composer: Casablanca Steel Orchestra (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | Casablanca Steel Orchestra, Instrumental, Popular music, Steel Band, Steel Orchestra, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0999
- Composer: Hoagy Carmichael (Performer)Vallee, Carmichael (Composer) | 1900-01-00 | English, European, Hoagy Carmichael, North American, Piano, Popular music, Rhythm accompaniment, Vallee - Carmichael, Vocal, Whistling, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0782
- Composer: Calendar and his Maringar Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso music, Creole, Guitar, Maringar, Maringar Band, Popular music, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0750
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