"Skokiaan" is a popular tune originally written by Zimbabwean musician August Musarurwa in the "Tsaba-tsaba" big band-style that succeeded Marabi.[citation...
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addition to "Popcorn", another well-known track is August Msarurgwa's "Skokiaan", which was included on RE/Search's compilation album Incredibly Strange...
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later pressings of the Ringo Starr version credit the song as "No No Song/Skokiaan." This is presumably due to a copyright claim by the publishers of the...
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to draw people into local bars or "shebeens" (where illicit drinks like skokiaan were sold), and to get them dancing. "Shebeens" resemble the American speakeasies...
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African kwela style music, containing versions of "Zambesi", "Wimoweh", "Skokiaan", and "Afrikaan Beat", as well as the title track. Many of the tracks were...
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Zimbabwean musician, best known for having composed the 1950s hit tune "Skokiaan" (also known as "Skokiyana", "Skokian"). August Musarurwa was born and...
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"African Summer" 1977 — — — — — — — — — — Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela "Skokiaan" (with Hugh Masekela) 1978 — — 87 — — — — — — — "Lobo" (with Hugh Masekela)...
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(December 12, 1959 – January 30, 1960) based on the Kent Music Report, and "Skokiaan", which became one of the band's last new Decca North American charting...
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Heart to You" Doris Day 21 "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" Kay Starr 22 "Skokiaan" Ralph Marterie 23 "Hold My Hand" Don Cornell 24 "Changing Partners" Patti...
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improve technical performance. The upgraded Centurions were designated Skokiaan and proved unpopular due to their high fuel consumption and poor operating...
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Harvey Pekar wrote that, "Nelson's alto work is featured on Full Nelson, Skokiaan, and Leonard Bernstein's Cool. He plays fluently and melodically with a...
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Louis Armstrong on trumpet in Armstrong's popular Dixieland recording of "Skokiaan." Omer Simeon died of throat cancer in New York City at the age of 57....
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vehicles designed and produced in South Africa Olifant Mk1A Olifant Mk2 Semel Skokiaan TTD G6 howitzer T5-52 Ratel Badger LM13 Mbombe Buffel Casspir Hippo LM8...
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within the family, starting with August Musarurwa, composer of the song Skokiaan. He sang in his school choir, spending much of his time playing his father's...
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Scatman. Also included is a trumpet solo sampled from Armstrong’s version of Skokiaan. The song charted at number-one in the Czech Republic and number 46 in...
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US; # 1 (8 weeks), Kent Music Report, Australia; # 26, Canada, 11/1959 "Skokiaan (South African Song)" – # 70, 1960 "Tamiami" – # 79, Cashbox, 03/1960 1974...
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Ilene (2:41) "Black Beauty" – Written by Kaempfert & Cedric Dumont (2:34) "Skokiaan" – Written by August Msarurgwa & Tom Glazer (2:49) In 1962, the same year...
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"Popcorn" (1972) "Skokiaan" (1973)...
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"Red Sails in the Sunset" "Rockin' Chair" "Saint Louis Blues" "Shine" "Skokiaan" "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" "St. James Infirmary Blues"...
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the Grass" 1 1 6 "Puffin' On Down the Track" 71 - 43 1969 "Riot" 55 21 55 1978 "Skokiaan" with Herb Alpert - 87 - 1984 "Don't Go Lose It Baby" - 67 -...
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Little Bamboo Bridge 1937 On My Way 1958 Red Sails in the Sunset 1935 Skokiaan 1954 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 1958 If We Never Meet Again...
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Armoured fighting vehicles produced in South Africa Olifant Mk1A Semel Skokiaan G6 howitzer Valkiri Ratel Mbombe Buffel Casspir Hippo Mamba Marauder RCV-9...
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rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz. In the film, he performs "Skokiaan" as part of a trumpet challenge with Irvin Mayfield and Troy Andrews. He...
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Hear It Everywhere" (Non-album track) 18 28 The Four Lads' Greatest Hits "Skokiaan" b/w "Why Should I Love You" 7 2 Non-album tracks "Rain, Rain, Rain" (with...
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example of such an artist in the early 1940s is August Musarurwa of the Skokiaan fame. It has continued to develop and traits of this music can be seen...
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In the film, he performed with Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield on "Skokiaan", and was a guest performer with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on "My Feet...
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main forms of entertainment. People came to the shebeens not only for skokiaan or baberton (illegally self-made alcoholic beverages), but to talk about...
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side of lakes Windfall, Croft, Podeur, Rouge and Roméo; Northeast, by the Skokiaan Lake outlet. The mouth of this Father Lake is directly connected by a short...
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and "I Love My Music" Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela April 22, 1978 7 258 "Skokiaan" and "Happy Mama" Frankie Valli November 11, 1978 8 275 "Grease", "Save...
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locations and slums of the log drawn-out war about (Bantu Beer, Barbeton, Skokiaan, Pineapple etc.) between the "Authorities" and shebeen queens of the Rand...
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