The Queen of African Music

~ Release by Miriam Makeba (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1African Convention
5:10
2I Shall Sing
cover recording of:
I Shall Sing
lyricist and composer:
Van Morrison
2:43
3Goodbye Poverty
5:33
4Mas que nada
3:33
5Murtala
4:00
6Chicken (Kikirikiki)
4:24
7The Lion Cries
4:58
8Samba
engineer:
Gilbert Préneron and Stanley Todd
producer:
C.K. Semenya (South African musician and composer) and Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter)
acoustic guitar:
Bassalaqua (guitarist, associated with Miriam Makeba)
congas:
Myuto Correa
drums (drum set):
Sticks Hooper
electric bass guitar:
Kent Brinkley
flute and tenor saxophone:
Fred Jackson Jr. (US jazz fusion flautist and saxophonist active in 1970s)
guitar [1st guitar]:
David T. Walker
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Arthur Adams (US blues singer, guitarist & songwriter)
piano:
Joe Sample
horn arranger:
Semenya (South African musician and composer)
strings arranger:
David Axelrod (baroque pop composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) (in 1974)
recorded at:
Clover Recorders (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Capitol Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Samba
lyricist and composer:
Kemo Kouyaté
publisher:
Editions ESPERANCE
5:05
9Quit It
4:00
10We Got to Make It
4:12
11Jolinkomo
2:37
12Ndibanga hamba
5:49
13Iyaguduza
recording of:
Iya Guduza
5:28
14Click Song
3:35
15Malaisha
3:40
16Mana ndiyalila
3:31
17Pata pata
live recording of:
Pata Pata (on 1977-09-30)
writer:
Myriam Makeba (South African singer-songwriter) and Jerry Ragovoy
2:50