South African Music Archive Project
Popular music
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- Artist(s): Abdala Ibrahimu (Leader) | Composer: Chipukizi Rumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | Chipukizi Rumba, Dance Band, Dance song, Drum, East African, Flute, Guitar, Ibrahim,Abdala, Kenya, Popular music, Swahili, Swahili rumba, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, Whistle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR077
- Artist(s): Abdala Ibrahimu (Leader) | Composer: Chipukizi Rumba (Performer)Composer not specified | 1951-00-00 | banjo, Chipukizi Rumba, Dance Band, Dance music, Drum, East African, Guitar, Ibrahim,Abdala, Kazoo, Mandoline, Mwanza, Popular music, Rumba, Swahili, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, Whistle, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (Commercial Recordings) number: CR0110
- Composer: Mensah, E.T. (Performer)Tempos Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1958-00-00 | Band music, Drum, Fanti, Ghana, Guitar, Mensah,E.T., Popular music, Saxophone, Tempos Band, Vocal, West African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0739
- 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
- Composer: Aron (Jack) Lerole (Performer)Pieter (Performer)Aron Lerole (Composer) | 1967-00-00 | Flute, Gauteng, Johannesburg, Lerole,Aron (Jack), Lerole,Pieter, Pennywhistle, Popular music, South Africa, Southern African, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0619
- Artist(s): Randolph Simmons (Leader)The Casablanca Steel Orchestra (Performer) | Composer: Randolph SimmonsThe Casablanca Steel Orchestra | 1900-01-00 | Calypso, Caribbean, Clarinet, Creole, dance, Guitar, Popular music, Randolph Simmons, Repetitive melodic fragments, Saxophone, Song, Steel pans, The Casablanca Steel Orchestra, Traditional music, Trinidad, trumpet, ILAM | Calypso dance song performed on various instruments. The voices sing repetitive chorus lines rather than long melody. Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1000
- Composer: Ntondwe Brothers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1923-00-00 | East African, Guitar, Malawi, Ntondwe Brothers, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR0980
- Composer: Mwenda Jean Bosco (Performer)Mwenda Jean Bosco (Composer) | 1905/05/05 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Popular music, Swahili, Topical song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1160
- Composer: Dar-es-Salaam Swingers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/21 | Clarinet, Dance Band, Dance music, Dar-es-Salaam Swingers, Double Bass, Drum, East African, Guitar, Nguja, Popular music, Rumba, Saxophone, Swahili, Tangnyika, Tanzania, trumpet, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3C 2
- Composer: Dar-es-Salaam Swingers (Performer)Composer not specified | 1950/06/21 | Clarinet, Dance Band, Dance music, Dar-es-Salaam Swingers, Drum, East African, Guitar, Nguja, Popular music, Rumba, Saxophone, Swahili, Tangnyika, Tanzania, trumpet, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: D3C 2
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