Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens

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Mbaqanga 04:38 Tools
Gazette 04:38 Tools
Kazet 00:00 Tools
Sihambile 04:38 Tools
Kwa Volondiya 00:00 Tools
Thuto Kelefa 00:00 Tools
Awuthule kancane 00:00 Tools
Melodi ya lla 00:00 Tools
Nyamphemphe 00:00 Tools
Umuntu Ngumuntu 00:00 Tools
Ukhulum' Izindaba 00:00 Tools
Re Ya Dumedisa 00:00 Tools
Jive Motella 00:00 Tools
Thuntshwane Basadi 00:00 Tools
I'm in Love with a Rastaman 00:00 Tools
Stokfel Jive 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Mlilizeli 00:00 Tools
Safa indlada 00:00 Tools
Umkhovu 04:03 Tools
Gazette (Kazet) 00:00 Tools
Umona 04:03 Tools
Thokozile 00:00 Tools
Thonthodi 00:00 Tools
Jive Makgona 00:00 Tools
Josefa 00:00 Tools
Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo 04:58 Tools
Umkhovi 00:00 Tools
Uyavutha Umlilo 04:58 Tools
Nina Majuba 04:24 Tools
Gzette 04:58 Tools
Melodi Yalla 00:00 Tools
Madlamini 00:00 Tools
Thuntshwane 00:00 Tools
Bophumthwalo 04:58 Tools
Mme Ngwana Walla 00:00 Tools
Wozani Mahipi 00:00 Tools
Pitsa Tse Kgolo (Melodi Ya Lla) 04:58 Tools
Reya Dumedisa 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Mlilezeli 00:00 Tools
Makhomabhaji 00:00 Tools
Sengikala Ngiyabaleka 00:00 Tools
Kgarebe Tsaga Mothusi (Thuntshwane Basadi) 04:28 Tools
Gazzette 05:47 Tools
Kazet (Dance Remix) 00:00 Tools
Won't You Please Sing Along 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Mlilizela 00:00 Tools
Marabi-Yo 00:00 Tools
Marena 05:47 Tools
Ijokwe 00:00 Tools
Yebo! 00:00 Tools
Ilamba lidlile 00:00 Tools
Guga Mzimba 04:04 Tools
Stoki Stoki 03:58 Tools
Stop Crying 00:00 Tools
Vuya 04:08 Tools
Umgqashiyo 05:47 Tools
Music Of Our Soul 00:00 Tools
Wozani Mahipi (Hippies Come to Soweto) 00:00 Tools
Stokvel Jive 00:00 Tools
Somebody 04:58 Tools
Thina Siyakhanyisa (We Are Putting On The Light) 00:00 Tools
Thokozile (Praise/be happy) 00:00 Tools
Bayeza 00:00 Tools
Bon Jour 00:00 Tools
Umasihlalisane 05:47 Tools
Masibambaneni 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Mlilizeli (Ululate/applaud) 00:00 Tools
Ntate Le Mme 05:23 Tools
Nina Majuba (You pigeons) 04:24 Tools
Awuthule Kancane? 04:25 Tools
Sibuyile (We are back) 00:00 Tools
Thuto Ke Senotlolo 00:00 Tools
Simenyiwe 00:00 Tools
Kgarebe Tsaga Mothusi 00:00 Tools
Hayi Kabi 00:00 Tools
Noluthando 00:00 Tools
Sithunyiwe Thokozile No. 3 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Dance 03:22 Tools
Sibuyile 05:47 Tools
Kazet (South Africa) 00:00 Tools
Marena (Reya Dumedisa) 04:02 Tools
Sibali 00:00 Tools
Isomiso 00:00 Tools
Izulu Liyaduduma (Thunderstorm) 00:00 Tools
Sondelani Ku Jesu 00:00 Tools
Kwa Makhutha 00:00 Tools
Uyavutha Umlilo (Music Inferno - Hot music in the club) 00:00 Tools
Sengikala Ngiyabaleka (Crying and running away) 00:00 Tools
Wozan Mahipi 00:00 Tools
Mbube 05:47 Tools
Won't You Please Sing Alone 00:00 Tools
Sithunyiwe thokozile no.3 00:00 Tools
Ngicabange Ngaqeda 00:00 Tools
Hamba Phepha Lami 00:00 Tools
Maye Maye 00:00 Tools
Satane Ngiyeke 00:00 Tools
Emthonjeni Womculo 00:00 Tools
Nomacala 00:00 Tools
Seipati 00:00 Tools
Umthakathi 00:00 Tools
Somandla Siyabonga 00:00 Tools
Pitseng Tse Kgolo 00:00 Tools
Vula Bops 00:00 Tools
Ngasebenza Ngedwa 00:00 Tools
Baba-Ye 00:00 Tools
Mokete 00:00 Tools
Safa Indlala 00:00 Tools
Pheletsong Ya Lerato 05:39 Tools
Kwa Volondiya (To Volondiya) 00:00 Tools
Pitsa tse kgolo 00:00 Tools
Kudala Besifuna 00:00 Tools
Khubetswana Yeso 00:00 Tools
Kwa Manhutha 00:00 Tools
Gazette(Kazet) 04:06 Tools
Bhula Mngoma 00:00 Tools
Abake Ba Bonana 00:00 Tools
Bra Biza 00:00 Tools
Masole A Banana 00:00 Tools
Thuto Ke Senotlolo (Education Is The Key) 00:00 Tools
Mohlankana Waka 00:00 Tools
Seipati (Hidden Woman) 00:00 Tools
Lebala Ka Nna (Forget About Me) 00:00 Tools
Thuntswhane Basadi 00:00 Tools
Ngiphelekezele 00:00 Tools
Kumnandi Emgababa 00:00 Tools
Sithunyiwe Thokozile - No. 3 00:00 Tools
Kumnyama Endlini 00:00 Tools
Bayasazi 05:47 Tools
Lilizela Milizeli 00:00 Tools
Masole A Banana (Female Soldiers) 00:00 Tools
Simenyiwe (We Have Been Invited) 00:00 Tools
Ngibuzindlela 00:00 Tools
Kwa Mfazi Onge Mama 00:00 Tools
Bayasimenmeza 00:00 Tools
Amagoduka 00:00 Tools
Ilele Insizwa 00:00 Tools
Pitsa Tse Kgolo(melodi ya lla) 00:00 Tools
Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo (Everyday Music) 00:00 Tools
Khubetswana Yeso (Light-Skinned Woman) 00:00 Tools
Ska Jive Mothella Ska Dance 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Milezeli 00:00 Tools
Safa Indlala a.k.a. Isomiso 00:00 Tools
Umusihlalisane 00:00 Tools
Mohlankana Waka (My Boyfriend) 00:00 Tools
Abomakhelwane 00:00 Tools
Dlaya Mhunu 00:00 Tools
Lebala Ka Nna 00:00 Tools
Stick to Your Roots 00:00 Tools
Makhomabaji 00:00 Tools
Kgarebe tsa haga mothusi 00:00 Tools
Mshongolo 00:00 Tools
Kazet (Gazette) 00:00 Tools
Sebai Bai 00:00 Tools
Noluthanda 05:47 Tools
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens 00:00 Tools
Mahlalela 00:00 Tools
Ukuluma Izindaba 04:37 Tools
Di Boots 04:37 Tools
Lakeside 00:00 Tools
Awuthule Kancane (Won't You Pour A Little) 00:00 Tools
Stop Crime 00:00 Tools
Thonthod 04:03 Tools
Pray The Good Lord 00:00 Tools
Marena(Reya dumedisa) 00:00 Tools
Izulu liyaduduma 00:00 Tools
Lilzela Mlilzeli 00:00 Tools
Bonang Suna 00:00 Tools
Yebo! [Mbaqanga Mix] 04:20 Tools
God Is on Your Side 04:03 Tools
Sing this Song 00:00 Tools
Senon-Nori 05:24 Tools
Sithunyiwe Thokozile No. 3 (Thokozile) 00:00 Tools
Lilizela Mlilizelli 00:00 Tools
Lilzela Mlilzeli - Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens 00:00 Tools
Tholozile 00:00 Tools
Hippie Invaders (Andrew Allsgood Edit) 00:00 Tools
Wavutha Umlilo 00:00 Tools
Isitha Ihliziyo 00:00 Tools
Wavutha Umililo (South Africa) 00:00 Tools
Mbaganga 04:02 Tools
Safa Indla la 00:00 Tools
Khubetswana Yeso [Light-Skinned Woman] 00:00 Tools
Uyavutha Umlilo (Music Inferno -- Hot Music in the Club) 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Dance [*] 00:00 Tools
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens - Mbaqanga 00:00 Tools
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Mahlathini, the Queens and the Makgona Tsohle Band had become famous as individual artists, but had frequently recorded together since 1964. It was only in 1986, when the demand for South African music arose through Paul Simon's Graceland album, that Gallo Record Company (the three artists' label) paired them together permanently. Mahlathini was known as the "Lion of Soweto" (his voice was a low, "gravel-like" groan) and was well known throughout South Africa and neighboring countries such as Zimbabwe and Botswana during his career. He began singing in the 1950s, often working in conjunction with top producer Rupert Bopape at EMI South Africa, and often performing with the girl group the Dark City Sisters. When Bopape moved to Gallo Record Company in 1964 to start up the new African subsidiary, Mavuthela Music, he brought Mahlathini with him. The bass vocalist's career then took off. He was backed by Bopape's newly-formed Makgona Tsohle Band (soon to become the hardest-working mbaqanga session team in the country, led by the country's electric guitar pioneer Marks Mankwane as well as saxophone star West Nkosi) and often recorded with Bopape's newly-formed (and highly-successful) Mahotella Queens. Mahotella Queens was initially a group of five female vocalists established at the Mavuthela division in 1964 by Bopape, who introduced Hilda Tloubatla to sing the main lead vocals. The Queens began recording hit singles and albums with their backing, the Makgona Tsohle Band, and were often fronted by Mahlathini. In 1971, Mahlathini signed with rival company EMI, and the original Queens all ended up joining rival girl groups. Bopape formed a new Mahotella Queens line-up, who most notably recorded the 1977 album Izibani Zomgqashiyo with Robert "Mbazo" Mkhize (in the place of Mahlathini). In 1983, the original five Queens (Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu, Mildred Mangxola, Juliet Mazamisa and Ethel Mngomezulu) reunited with Mahlathini and the Makgona Tsohle Band with the comeback release Amaqhawe Omgqashiyo (Heroes of Mgqashiyo Music). After one more hiatus, three of the Queens (Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola) regrouped full-time in 1986. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.