• Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole (c. 1940 – 12 March 2003) was a South African singer and penny whistle player. Lerole was a leading performer in the kwela...
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  • African kwela song from the 1950s, believed to have been composed by Jack Lerole. The song was arranged for penny whistle and first recorded by Elias...
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  • men met kwela musician "Big Voice" Jack Lerole at the Gallo Records building in Johannesburg. In the late 1950s, Lerole had led a kwela band called Elias...
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    township people's wind instrument of choice. Kwela master Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole continued to perform into the 1990s; a few bands, such as The Positively...
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  • Flutes was a kwela band, formed in the mid-1950s by brothers Elias and Jack Lerole, along with David Ramosa and Zeph Nkabinde. The four young men played...
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  • pianist, producer Robert Lange (born 1948), music producer Lark, band Jack Lerole (c. 1940–2003), tin whistle player; singer Solomon Linda (1909–1962)...
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  • additional guitar Ian Heman – additional drums and percussion "Big Voice Jack" Lerole – vocals on "Dance Sum More" The Siyagida Gumboot Dancers – backing vocals...
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    (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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  • kwela pennywhistle tunes. Other artists include The Skylarks, Jack Lerole, Aaron Lerole, The Solven Whistlers, Kippie Moeketsi, Donald Kachamba and Gwigwi...
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  • danced to live music, including voices like Bra Sello and "Big Voice Jack" Lerole. As radios became more readily available, dancers opted for international...
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  • songwriting credits. However, it appears sometime later Manele, Vilakazi, Lerole and Masilela have been added to Double Dutch as credited composers. The...
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    popular vocal group in the early 1960s, known for their sweet style. Aaron Jack Lerole of Black Mambazo added groaning male vocals to the female harmonies,...
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    for Kaizer Chiefs F.C. Bakithi Kumalo (b. 1956), bass guitar player Jack Lerole (c. 1940 – 2003), musician, famous for penny whistle performance Kgosi...
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  • of Alexandra boys such as Lemmy Mabaso, Barney Rachabane, Elias and Jack Lerole. He stated that the pennywhistle's simplicity allowed for greater freedom...
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  • (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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  • Khanyile 4:08 5. "Under African Skies" (feat. Kurt Darren & "Big Voice Jack" Lerole) Paul Simon 3:57 6. "Emlanjeni" (feat. NJ Kunene) Miriam Makeba 4:34...
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  • name), among the members his older brother Zeph and Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole, the originator of the singing style later known as "groaning". In the...
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  • (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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  • John Leyden 4:16 2. "Hometalk" Sipho Bhengu, Kevin Botha, "Big Voice Jack" Lerole, John Leyden 4:14 3. "Do You Dream of Me?" Sipho Bhengu, Kevin Botha...
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  • (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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  • group of men. In their early days the Sisters were fronted by vocalist Jack Lerole and later by Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde. Their backing band was Alexandra...
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  • (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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  • (1993) Eat a Mango (1995) Bang the Drum (2009) Mango Groove: Live in Concert (2011) Faces to the Sun (2016) People Claire Johnston Alan Lazar Jack Lerole...
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    others taken captive including Tracy's cousin, Lieutenant Louis de Canchy de Lerole. Captain Pierre de Saurel of the Carignan-Salières was tasked with leading...
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    others taken captive including Tracy's cousin, Lieutenant Louis de Canchy de Lerole. Tracy ordered the Oneida delegation brought back to Quebec and imprisoned...
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  • and captured four including Tracy's cousin, Lieutenant Louis de Canchy de Lerole. Two days away from the nearest Mohawk village, Saurel encountered a delegation...
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