A few weeks ago I discovered South African singer Thembi(Thembi Lillian Zikhali). She has an upbeat disco version of Pata Pata on YT, recorded in the late 70's.
Good dancing song. I loved how you were dancing along Fay. Ya her vocals were great and she had good dance moves. & the backup singers sounded good too. 💜Fay 💜 I see they were on the Ed Sullivan tv show.
I loved your reaction to this song. Here in Brazil we have a singer who made an adaptation to this song and since then I follow Miriam.... Congratulations on bringing this reaction to us
The Ed Sullivan Show, Air Date: December 31, 1967. What a wonderful song. "Pata Pata" is Xhosa for "light touch" which fits the song well. It went to the top twenty in the US charts that year. According to a very interesting online article about Miriam Makeba published by the BBC, South Africa’s apartheid government banned her from the country in 1960. She sang a duet with Harry Belafonte at John F. Kennedy's Madison Square Garden birthday party in 1962. She won a Grammy for an album she made with Belafonte, An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965). She recorded this song twice, the first time in 1959 in South Africa, the second time in 1967 in the United States. That explains how the timber of the instruments on this version sound like they came from Detroit or Memphis, even if the lilt or the swing of the rhythm remains South African. I wonder if "Pata Pata" shares roots with "Iko Iko", the New Orleans classic popularized by The Dixie Cups in 1965. Miriam Makeba's version of "The Click Song" is fun. Her 1960 recording of "Mbube" is far more intense than "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)", the pop version The Tokens scored a hit with in 1961.
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This is one of my favorites and an artist and a song that I always will remember
A few weeks ago I discovered South African singer Thembi(Thembi Lillian Zikhali). She has an upbeat disco version of Pata Pata on YT, recorded in the late 70's.
Velmi sa mi paci tato pesnicka od Miram❤
She was magnificent. Thanks, ARP!
Good dancing song. I loved how you were dancing along Fay. Ya her vocals were great and she had good dance moves. & the backup singers sounded good too. 💜Fay 💜 I see they were on the Ed Sullivan tv show.
I totally agree. A masterpiece it is. Glad you enjoyed it as well
I loved your reaction to this song. Here in Brazil we have a singer who made an adaptation to this song and since then I follow Miriam....
Congratulations on bringing this reaction to us
You are welcome and thanks for the info
The Ed Sullivan Show, Air Date: December 31, 1967. What a wonderful song. "Pata Pata" is Xhosa for "light touch" which fits the song well. It went to the top twenty in the US charts that year. According to a very interesting online article about Miriam Makeba published by the BBC, South Africa’s apartheid government banned her from the country in 1960. She sang a duet with Harry Belafonte at John F. Kennedy's Madison Square Garden birthday party in 1962. She won a Grammy for an album she made with Belafonte, An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba (1965). She recorded this song twice, the first time in 1959 in South Africa, the second time in 1967 in the United States. That explains how the timber of the instruments on this version sound like they came from Detroit or Memphis, even if the lilt or the swing of the rhythm remains South African. I wonder if "Pata Pata" shares roots with "Iko Iko", the New Orleans classic popularized by The Dixie Cups in 1965. Miriam Makeba's version of "The Click Song" is fun. Her 1960 recording of "Mbube" is far more intense than "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)", the pop version The Tokens scored a hit with in 1961.
Agrée with you Fay. Talent, great voice and beauty. Miriam Makeba is a Queen
She truly is a queen 👑
I was diggin the groove of this tune!! 👌
Same case here
The great Miriam Makeba. Saw her and ex-husband, the equally great Hugh Masekela on the Paul Simon Graceland tour.
Wow! thanks for sharing this info🙏🏽
She was South African is that right ❤
Yes
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An interesting piece of information: this single was released on Reprise Records which was owned by Frank Sinatra.
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