Marie Mariterangi

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Marie Mariterangi
Birth nameMarie Mariterangi
Also known asMarie Mariteragi, Marie Terangi, Marie
Born(1926-05-03)May 3, 1926
Hikueru, French Polynesia, France
Died(1971-04-27)April 27, 1971
Papeete, French Polynesia, France
Genres Polynesian music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Voice, guitar, ukulele
Years active1954–1969
LabelsTahiti Records

Marie Mariterangi, Marie Mariteragi, Marie Terangi or Marie was a singer, guitarist, and ukulele player, and wrote Polynesian pop music. She was born on May 3, 1926 in Hikueru in French Polynesia and died on April 27, 1971 in Papeete in French Polynesia.

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Biography

Marie Mariterangi, also known as "Marie Mariteragi", "Marie Terangi" or simply "Marie", [1] was born on May 3, 1926 in Hikueru in the Tuamotu islands in a family of Polynesian pop musicians who became famous between the 1950s and the 1990s. Her brother Teaitu (1928–2013), her sisters Célia and Mélia, her half-sister Emma (1938–2000), her mother Hiriata (1896–1986) and her cousin Turuma were all musicians, solo or choir singers in different orchestras of the time. Emma, the youngest of the siblings and the most famous with Marie, was known in the Polynesian music industry under the name "Emma Terangi".

Marie started her professional career in 1954 after meeting Eddie Lund. She took part in one of Eddie Lund's albums, "Rendezvous in Tahiti". Her first band was called Les Troubadours des Îles, with whom she made her first recordings. She sang at the Quinn's, a legendary night club of Papeete with a sometimes infamous reputation. [2] [3] From 1955, Marie sang in the luxury hotels of Tahiti, such as the Royal Tahitien, the Royal Papeete or Les Tropiques, a famous hotel, which Paul Gauguin and Marlon Brando in their days would have hung out at. [4] She then set up the first professional dance troop that performed during cruise ship stopovers.

She moved from French Polynesia to Honolulu in Hawaii in August 1959, and eventually moved to the mainland United States. [5] She and her bands performed under different names, such as The Marie Terangi Trio, Marie Terangi Et Son Groupe or Mariterangi.

She died from cancer in Papeete in 1971. [6] She is interred at Uranie Cemetery  [ fr ] in Papeete. [7] In 2001, she features on a French Polynesian postage stamp. [5]

Musical influences and collaborations

Influences

Collaborations

Marie Mariterangi wrote and composed a few songs but mostly sang traditional songs or pieces written and composed by others. For example, she sang many songs written by Eddie Lund.

Discography

Marie Mariterangi performed more than a hundred songs as a solo, duo ou choir singer under different stage names that were mostly published on vinyl records in LP, EP and 45 format and in cassette format. In numerical format, her work is today only available in compilation albums. The list hereafter gathers the albums and the compilations comprising some tracks performed or co-performed by her.

Original albums

78 rpm

  • Moemoea – Manina E Ravarava (Tahiti 151) : the track "Moemoea" on the A-side is performed by Marie avec Les Troubadours des Îles and the track "Manina E Ravarava" on the B-side is performed by Les Troubadours des Îles et Hiriata

LP

  • 1954 : Rendezvous in Tahiti (Decca DL-8189, Festival FL-7134, Tahiti EL-1002): on this album credited to Eddie Lund and His Tahitians, Marie Terangi takes part in the interpretation of the tracks "Ia Neke", "I Vaho", "Puaatoro Hellaby" and "Merite Maa"
  • Call of the Coral Isles (Tahiti EL-1004): there is a version credited to Eddie Lund and His Tahitians and a version credited to Marie et Teaitu Terangi and their cousins, nephews and nieces
  • 1965 : Aparima et Otea (Tahiti EL-1017): the album includes five ʻaparima, performed by Hiriata et Son Chœur et Maono et Le Groupe de Patutoa, in between four otea, performed by Salamon et Ses Batteurs
  • 1965 : Ua Ruka – Mariterangi (Tahiti EL-1018): the album is performed by the band Mariterangi, whose present members are Marie, Hiriata, Teaitu and Turuma
  • 1965 : Paumotu Party au Bel Air (Tahiti EL-1028): by Mariterangi et Les Bel Air Boys
  • Vahine Ravarava (Tahiti EL-1030): by Marie Terangi et Les Bel Air Boys et Salomon et L'Otea Tiare Tahiti
  • Tahiti – Mariterangi – Tiare Koe Kahaia – Ute Purutia – Honeymoon Aue – Ruau Ma (Tahiti): the album is performed by the band Mariterangi Orchestra and Entertainers, whose present members are Marie, Hiriata, Teaitu and Turuma

Ancient compilations

Modern compilations

References

  1. ↑ If "Terangi" is a nickname for "Mariterangi", the presence or not of an "n" in "Mariterangi" or "Mariteragi" is due to variations in the representation of the voiced velar nasal in paumotu, transcribed by some with the digraph "ng", convention adopted in the 19th century by the first missionaries, or transcribed by others with the simple graph "g", convention recommended today by the Académie paumotue
  2. ↑ "Tahiti d'antan : folles nuits à la belle époque" (in French). tahiti-infos.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "The toughest bar in the world". holidaymag.wordpress.com. May 1968. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Hugh A. Mulligan (19 August 1985). "After hundreds of years, Tahiti is still 'island of love'". The Gettysburg Times: 7. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Centre philatélique de Polynésie française" (in French). tahitiphilatelie.pf. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Marie Mariterangi sings in the Molokai 1965". swankpad.org. n.d. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Marie Mariterangi". Pacific Islands Monthly. 42 (6): 127. June 1971.
  8. ↑ "Your Musical Holiday in the South Seas". Billboard. 14 October 1957. p. 32.
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