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Pata Pata is a 1967 album by Miriam Makeba. The album charted at number 74 in the US albums chart. [ 3 ] Most of the recordings were new, though Sivuca 's "Maria Fulo" was included again, from the previous album All About Miriam .
Makeba's "Pata Pata" was originally sung, recorded, and released in South Africa by Makeba's girl group The Skylarks [10] in either 1956 [11] or 1959. [7]In 1967, after establishing a successful singing career in the US, Makeba re-recorded the song with Jerry Ragovoy producing, and with an added spoken part in English.
Miriam Makeba (LP) Italy: Record Bazaar RB 254, 1980; The Queen of African Music (CD) Verlag Pläne 831 655–938, 1987; Africa (CD) Germany: Novus 3155-2-N/ND 83155, 1991; Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks: Volume 1 (as Miriam Makeba and The Skylarks; Remastered from 78/45 RPM recorded between 1956 and 1959) (CD) TELCD 2303, 1991
Within South Africa, Makeba has been described as influencing artists such as kwaito musician Thandiswa Mazwai and her band Bongo Maffin, [148] whose track "De Makeba" was a modified version of Makeba's "Pata Pata", and one of several tribute recordings released after her return to South Africa. [104]
Miriam Makeba chronology; Pata Pata (1967) Makeba! (1968) Keep Me in Mind (1970) Makeba! is a 1968 album by Miriam Makeba.
Belafonte won his second Grammy for Best Folk Recording for their album as a duo, An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba. The album’s rendition of the Swahili love song “Malaika” helped make it ...
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The song is known world-wide thanks to the interpretation of South African singer Miriam Makeba (herself a Xhosa). In her discography the song appears in several versions, both with the title Qongqothwane and as The Click Song. The song was written and originally performed by The Manhattan Brothers who made it famous across Africa. Miriam was ...