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Pata Pata è il decimo album in studio della cantante sudafricana Miriam Makeba, pubblicato nel 1967. Fu uno dei suoi lavori di maggior successo; il singolo che dà il titolo all'album, in particolare, divenne una hit di livello internazionale e fu uno dei cavalli di battaglia di Makeba.
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Pata Pata è un singolo della cantante sudafricana Miriam...
- Pata Pata - Wikipedia
Pata Pata is a 1967 album by Miriam Makeba. The album charted at number 74 in the US albums chart. Most of the recordings were new, though Sivuca's "Maria Fulo" was included again, from the previous album All About Miriam. Track listing. Pata Pata" – single "Ha Po Zamani" "What is Love" – single "Maria Fulo" "Yetentu Tizaleny"
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The song's title "Pata Pata" means "touch touch" in the Xhosa language, in which the song was originally written and sung. "Pata Pata" was also the name of a style of dance that was popular in the shebeens of Johannesburg's Townships in the mid-1950s. The dancer crouched before his partner and patted her body to the rhythm of the music as he rose u...
Makeba's "Pata Pata" was originally sung, recorded, and released in South Africa by Makeba's girl group The Skylarks in either 1956or 1959. 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. Ragovoy was then billed as the co-writer of...
Makeba's 1967 version was successful on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at No. 12. On the night she died, Miriam Makeba performed "Pata Pata" just before she collapsed on stage.
1966: Lynn Taitt(Merritone 7" single released by Federal Records) Rocksteady Instrumental1967: Porfi Jiménez recorded his version of "Pata Pata" which made it info the Record WorldMiami Hit Single Parade in April 1968.1967: Wilson Simonal(Alegria Alegria Vol.1)1967: Señor Soul released the song as a single, Double Shot 122. It also appears on the album, Señor Soul Plays Funky Favorites.In 2009, Honda used the song in a television commercial for their 2010 Accord Crosstour.The song was used in an episode of Season 2 of the HBO television series The White Lotus.The song was used in Season 1 of Veronica Mars.In USA incise molti dei suoi brani di successo, come Pata Pata, The Click Song ("Qongqothwane" in lingua xhosa) e Malaika. Nel 1966 Miriam Makeba ricevette il Grammy per la migliore incisione folk per l'album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba , inciso insieme a Belafonte.
11 set 2019 · One of the most infectious songs ever made was first released in 1959. Arwa Haider looks at how Pata Pata endured over the last 60 years – and what it meant during the apartheid era.
21 nov 2014 · Artist: Miriam Makeba. Album: Pata Pata. Year: 1967. By Tseliso Monaheng. Long before her passing in 2008, Miriam Makeba had become a symbol of African excellence. She led a difficult life in many respects, but there was little ‘difficulty’ about her music.
