Originally released on Reprise in 1967, Pata Pata was Miriam Makeba's first album for the label, after a period recording for RCA. She had written the title song in 1956, when she still lived in South ...
Once called the "world's most defiantly joyful song", Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ang lique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of ...
One of the most infectious songs ever made was first released in 1959. Arwa Haider looks at how Pata Pata has endured over the following six decades – and what it meant for those living under ...
“Pata Pata is the name of a dance / We do down Johannesburg way / And everybody starts to move / As soon as Pata Pata starts to play,” sings Miriam Makeba in a track that sounds perfectly innocuous if ...
South African anti-apartheid music legend Miriam Makeba's classic 'Pata Pata' has been re-released with new lyrics aimed at helping beat the spread of coronavirus, Unicef said Thursday. The words of ...
The music industry has always risen to the occasion in times of global crisis and the current Covid-19 pandemic may have caused the deaths of some notable stars, disrupted tours, concerts and release ...
The 1967 global hit “Pata Pata,” sung by Johannesburg-born Zenzile Miriam Makeba, wasn’t South Africa’s freedom anthem—apartheid wouldn’t end for another 27 years—but it provided the opening riff for ...
South African activist and singer Miriam Makeba visited playwright and singer Somi Kakoma—known in jazz circles by her first name only—in her dreams. It was 11 years ago, and Somi was mourning her ...
Friday marks 10 years since the passing of legendary singer Miriam Makeba, or, Mama Africa as she is fondly known. Makeba had many great hits, but her song, "Pata Pata" is one that will undoubtedly be ...
Hundreds of South Africans over the weekend paid their last respects to legendary singer Miriam Makeba widely known as “Mama Africa”. Makeba collapsed a week ago after a performance in Italy and died ...
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