Some World Beat Figures

Bunny Wailer ~ 73 ~ Founding member of classic Jamaican Reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh

THE WAILERS ~ "STIR IT UP";


THE WAILERS ~ "NO WOMAN NO CRY";


THE WAILERS ~ "THE HEATHEN";


Robbie Shakespeare - 68 - Jamaican bassist (Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru)

Garth Dennis - 72 - Jamaican reggae musician (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)

BLACK UHURU ~ "SOLIDARITY";


SLY & ROBBIE ~ "BOOPS HERE TO GO";


SLY & ROBBIE;


Ernest Wilson - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer w/The Clarendonians

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


U-Roy (Real name Ewart Beckford) - 78 - Jamaican Reggae singer & toastmaster

U-ROY ~ "VERSION GALORE";


U-ROY ~ "SOUL REBEL";


Ronnie Williams ~ 78 ~ Toronto/Jamaican/UK Reggae guitarist w/Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Tommy McCook, Lee Scratch Perry, Harry J Allstars, Ginger Williams

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ~ "TRENCHTOWN ROCK";


JUNIOR MURVIN ~ "POLICE & THIEVES";


THE HARRY J ALL-STARS ~ "THE LIQUIDATOR";


Brian Travers ~ 62 ~ Sax player with UK Reggae band UB40 ("Red Red Wine", "I Got You Babe")

UB40 ~ "RED RED WINE";


UB40 ~ "I GOT YOU BABE";


Brother Resistance ~ 66–67 ~ Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician

BROTHER RESISTANCE ~ "AH CAN'T TAKE THAT";


Josky Kiambukuta - 72 -Singer with Congolese Afro-Jazz band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;


TPOK JAZZ;


Bopol Mansiamina - 72 - Bassist & guitarist w/Congolese Soukous band Les Quatre Étoiles

LES QUATRE ETOILOES;


Thione Seck - 66 - Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan)

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "UTRAS HORAS";


ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "GOUYE-GUI";


Mamady Keïta - 70 Guinean drummer

MAMADY KEITA ~ "KUKU";


Nobesuthu Mbadu ~ 76 ~ South African mbaqanga singer with the Mahotella Queens

THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS ~ "KAZET GAZETTE";


Wes ~ 51 ~ Cammeroonian singer


Henry Stephen - 79 - Venezuelan 1960's R&B singer

HENRY STEPHEN ~ "UN VASO DI VINO";


HENRY STEPHEN ~ "MI LIMON MI LIMONIRO";


Elio Roca - 78 - Argentine 1960's & 70's Pop singer

ELIO ROCA ~ "YO QUIERO DIBUJARTE";


Rinaldo Rafanelli - 71 - Singer with Argentine 1970's bands Sui Generis, Color Humano

SUI GENERIS ~ "CANCION PARA MI MUERTO";


Meñique - 87 - Panamanian Salsa singer and songwriter

MENIQUE;


Cassiano ~ Brazilian 1980's & 90's singer-songwriter and guitarist

CASSIANO ~ "SETEMBRO";


César Isella ~ 82 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter with 1960's folk group Los Fronterizos

LOS FRONTERIZOS ~ "EL QUIANQUUENO";

Johnny Pacheco ~ 85 ~ Dominican Salsa flutist, producer & bandleader from the 1960's (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)

THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUITATE";


CELIA CRUZ & THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUINTARA";


José Manuel Zamacona - 69 - Singer with Mexican 70's & 80's band Los Yonic's

LOS YONICS ~ "ROSAS Y BLANCOS";


Omar Moreno Palacios ~ 82 ~ Argentine folk singer

OMAR MORENO PALACIOS:


Jorge Oñate - 71 - Colombian vallenato folk singer

JORGE ONATE;


Roberto González - 68 - Mexican folk rock musician & composer

ROBERTO GONZALEZ ~ "EL HUERTO";


Erriquez - 60 - Singer and guitarist with Italian Folk band Bandabardò

BANDABARDO ~ "BEPPEANNA";


Gabi Luncă ~ 82 ~ Romanian folk and lăutărească singer

GABI LUNCA ~ "Cu-o damigeana si-un pahar


GABI LUNA ~ LA CARICUMA DE LA DRUM";


Đorđe Balašević - 67 - Singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Serbian folk band Rani Mraz

RANI MRAZ;

Some World Beat Figures

Johnny Clegg ~ 66 ~ South African singer/songwriter and Anti-Apartheid with 1980's band Juluka ("Scatterings Of Africa")

JULUKA ~ "SCATTERINGS OF AFRICA";


JULUKA ~ "AFRICAN DECEMBER RAIN";


JULUKA ~ "IBHOLA LETHU";



Kehinde Lijadu ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1970's Nigerian pop group the Lijadu Sisters

THE LIJADU SISTERS ~ "COME ON HOME";


Pat Kelly ~ 70 ~ Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady singer

PAT KELLY ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PAT KELLY ~ "HOW LONG";



Glen Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican reggae musician and record producer w/King Tubby and Glenroy Richards

GLEN BROWN ~ "DON'T BELIEVE IN DYING";


Simaro Lutumba ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with Congolese band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;



TPOK JAZZ;



Jimi Hope ~ 62 ~ Togolese singer/guitarist

JIMI HOPE ~ "WOMAN";


João Gilberto ~ 88 ~ Brazilian Bossa Nova singer-songwriter and guitarist from the 1950's onward

JOAO GILBERTO ~ "DESAFINADO";



Gualberto Castro ~ 84 ~ Mexican singer & actor with 1950's vocal group Los Hermanos Castro

LOS HERMANOS CASTRO;


Celso Piña - 66 - Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist

CELSO PINA;


Elton Medeiros ~ 89 ~ Brazilian Bosa Nova and samba singer

ELTON MEDEIROS ~ "RECOMECAR";


Patxi Andión ~ 72 ~ Spanish-Basque folk singer/songwriter

PATXI ANDION ~ "UNA DOS TRES";