Pata Pata, the Glossary
"Pata Pata" is an Afro-pop dance song popularized internationally by South African singer Miriam Makeba.[1]
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72 relations: African Jazz Pioneers, African popular music, Al-Ahram Weekly, AllMusic, Angélique Kidjo, Arielle Dombasle, Arrasando, Bakithi Kumalo, Billboard Hot 100, Björn Afzelius, Branislav Hronec, Charles Miller (musician), Chayanne, Chayanne (1988 album), Coumba Gawlo, Daúde Candeal, Dan Zanes, Dorothy Masuka, Double Shot (record label), El General, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Girl group, Helmut Lotti, Herb Alpert, Homeland (Miriam Makeba album), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Howard Carpendale, Iceland, Jerry Ragovoy, Jonathan Butler, Just Dance 3, Lira (singer), Lorraine Klaasen, Lynn Taitt, Malaika, Manu Dibango, Milk & Sugar, Miriam Makeba, Msaki, Now United, Osibisa, Otto Waalkes, Pata Pata, Pata Pata (album), Pink Martini, Playing for Change, PlayStation 3, Porfi Jiménez, Prima Vera (band), Record World, ... Expand index (22 more) »
- Double Shot (record label) singles
- Miriam Makeba songs
- Songs written by Jerry Ragovoy
African Jazz Pioneers
The African Jazz Pioneers is a South African group that espouses the music of the 1950s, fusing big band jazz with township marabi sounds.
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African popular music
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop), like African traditional music, is vast and varied.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
Al-Ahram Weekly is an English-language weekly broadsheet printed by the Al-Ahram Publishing House in Cairo, Egypt.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo (born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos.
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Arielle Dombasle
Arielle Dombasle (born April 27, 1953)Dombasle's year of birth has been a subject of much debate, and various sources have given dates ranging from 1953 to 1958.
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Arrasando
Arrasando (English: Razing) is the seventh studio album by Mexican singer Thalía, released on 25 April 2000, by EMI Latin.
Bakithi Kumalo
Bakithi Kumalo (born 10 May 1956) is a South African bassist, composer, and vocalist.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Björn Afzelius
Björn Svante Afzelius (27 January 1947 – 16 February 1999) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitar player.
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Branislav Hronec
Branislav Hronec (22 December 1940 – 25 October 2022) was a Slovak composer, pianist and conductor.
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Charles Miller (musician)
Charles William Miller (June 2, 1939 – June 4, 1980) was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for the multicultural California funk band War.
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Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce, better known under the stage name Chayanne, (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor.
Chayanne (1988 album)
Chayanne (also known as Chayanne II) is the fourth studio album recorded by Puerto Rican performer Chayanne, It was released by CBS Discos on November 22, 1988.
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Coumba Gawlo
Coumba Gawlo Seck is a Senegalese singer-songwriter and composer who was born in February 1972 in Tivaouane.
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Daúde Candeal
Daúde Candeal (born 23 September 1961) or simply Daúde, is the stage name of Maria Waldelurdes Costa de Santana Dutilleux, a Brazilian musician, singer-songwriter, actress, model, and scholar.
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Dan Zanes
Daniel Edgerly Zanes (born November 8, 1961) is an American former member of the 1980s band the Del Fuegos and is now the frontman of the group Dan Zanes and Friends.
Dorothy Masuka
Dorothy Masuka (3 September 1935 – 23 February 2019) was a Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer.
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Double Shot (record label)
Double Shot was an independent record label in the United States that was founded in 1966.
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El General
Edgardo Armando Franco (born 27 September 1969), better known as El General, is a Panamanian former reggae artist considered by some to be one of the fathers of reggae en Español and a precursor to reggaetón.
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together.
Helmut Lotti
Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers; 22 October 1969), is a Belgian tenorGoldsmith B (2009).
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Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (sometimes called "Herb Alpert and the TJB") in the 1960s.
Homeland (Miriam Makeba album)
Homeland is final studio album by South African singer Miriam Makeba.
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.
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Howard Carpendale
Howard Victor Carpendale (born 14 January 1946) is a South African-German singer living and working in Germany.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Jerry Ragovoy
Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy (September 4, 1930 – July 13, 2011) was an American songwriter and record producer.
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Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Kenneth Butler (born 10 October 1961) is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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Just Dance 3
Just Dance 3 is a 2011 dance rhythm game released on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 with Kinect and Move support respectively for the latter two.
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Lira (singer)
Lerato Moipone Molapo (born 14 March 1979), known professionally as Lira, is a South African singer.
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Lorraine Klaasen
Lorraine Klaasen (born 1957) is a London, Ontario-based world music singer.
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Lynn Taitt
Nerlynn Taitt (22 June 1934 – 20 January 2010) was a guitarist born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, who later moved to Jamaica and became a pioneer of rocksteady music.
Malaika
Malaika Nakupenda Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian artist, Adam Salim in 1945 and recorded for the first time by Kenyan musician, Fadhili William. Pata Pata and Malaika are 1967 singles and Miriam Makeba songs.
Manu Dibango
Emmanuel N'Djoké "Manu" Dibango (12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020) was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter who played saxophone and vibraphone.
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Milk & Sugar
Milk & Sugar is a German house music producer and record label, represented by Mike Milk (real name: Michael Kronenberger) and formerly Steven Sugar (real name: Steffen Harding).
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Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist.
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Msaki
Asanda Lusaseni Mvana (born 31 December 1988) known professionally as Msaki, is a South African composer, singer, and songwriter.
Now United
Now United (sometimes abbreviated as NU) is a global pop group, formed in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, USA, in 2017 by Idols creator Simon Fuller.
Osibisa
Osibisa is a British-Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro-rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London based Caribbean musicians.
Otto Waalkes
Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948), also known as simply Otto, is a German comedian, actor, musician, writer and comic book artist.
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Pata Pata
"Pata Pata" is an Afro-pop dance song popularized internationally by South African singer Miriam Makeba. Pata Pata and Pata Pata are 1967 singles, 1967 songs, Double Shot (record label) singles, Miriam Makeba songs, Reprise Records singles, songs about dancing and songs written by Jerry Ragovoy.
Pata Pata (album)
Pata Pata is a 1967 album by Miriam Makeba.
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Pink Martini
Pink Martini is an American band founded in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale in Portland, Oregon.
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Playing for Change
Playing For Change is a multimedia music project, featuring musicians and singers from across the globe, co-founded in 2002 by Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke.
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PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia.
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Porfi Jiménez
Porfirio Antonio Jiménez Núñez (February 16, 1928 – June 8, 2010) was a Dominican composer, arranger, and bandleader.
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Prima Vera (band)
Prima Vera was a Norwegian comedy group existing from 1976 to 1984.
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Record World
Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with Billboard and Cashbox.
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Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra.
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Shebeen
A shebeen (síbín, "home-made whiskey") was originally an illicit bar or club where accessible alcoholic beverages were sold without a license.
Sophiatown
Sophiatown, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sun-El Musician
Sanele Tresure Sithole (born 28 March 1989), known professionally as Sun-El Musician, is a South African disc jockey, music producer, and songwriter.
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Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan (born Sylvie Georges Vartanian on 15 August 1944) is a Bulgarian-French singer and actress.
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Thalía
Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress.
The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica.
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The Supremes
The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
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The White Lotus
The White Lotus is an American black comedy drama anthology television series created by Mike White for HBO.
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Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer.
Tony Esposito (musician)
Antonio Esposito (born 15 July 1950) is an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.
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Triple & Touch
Triple & Touch is a Swedish pop duo formed in Gothenburg in 1983.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas.
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Welela
Welela is an album by the South African musician Miriam Makeba, released in 1989.
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo.
Wilson Simonal
Wilson Simonal de Castro (February 23, 1938 -- June 25, 2000) was a Brazilian singer.
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Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored.
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.
Xhosa language
Xhosa, formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Yamboo
Yamboo was a German Euro-Dance duo.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
See also
Double Shot (record label) singles
- Pata Pata
- Psychotic Reaction
- The Oogum Boogum Song
Miriam Makeba songs
- Brand New Day (Van Morrison song)
- I Shall Be Released
- Malaika
- Miriam Makeba discography
- Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
- One More Dance
- Pata Pata
- Soweto Blues
- The Click Song
- The House of the Rising Sun
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Songs written by Jerry Ragovoy
- Cry Baby (Garnet Mimms song)
- Girl Happy (song)
- I'll Take Good Care of You
- Move Me No Mountain
- One Way Love (Bert Berns song)
- Pata Pata
- Piece of My Heart
- Stay with Me (Lorraine Ellison song)
- Time Is on My Side
- You Got It (Diana Ross song)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_Pata
, Reprise Records, Shebeen, Sophiatown, Sun-El Musician, Sylvie Vartan, Thalía, The Skatalites, The Supremes, The White Lotus, Tito Puente, Tony Esposito (musician), Triple & Touch, Venezuela, Veronica Mars, Welela, Wii, Wilson Simonal, Wrasse, Xbox 360, Xhosa language, Yamboo, YouTube.