Udo Jürgens Bockelmann was an Austrian-Swiss composer and singer of popular music whose career spanned over fifty years. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 1966 for Austria, composed close to 1,000 songs, and sold over 100 million records. In 2007 he additionally obtained Swiss citizenship.
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" is a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819. The title was derived from the title of a 15th-century poem by Alain Chartier called La Belle Dame sans Mercy.
Cocody, is a suburb of and one of the 10 urban communes of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is upmarket and has an abundance of mansions. Cocody is where most of the wealthy businesspeople, ambassadors, and other affluent people live in Abidjan. The Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny is located in Cocody.
Tyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined The Wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of the Impact All Stars. He has also played with The Abyssinians, Beenie Man, Black Uhuru, Buju Banton, Peter Tosh, Junior Reid, Tom Tom Club, Ian Dury, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, Alpha Blondy, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Sly & Robbie. He currently resides in France and is a member of the touring band of Youssou N'Dour, whose album Remember he produced.
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa.
Muntu Valdo, is a jazz guitarist, harmonica player, and singer from Doula, Cameroon. He has performed with Ali Farka Toure, Manu Dibango, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza, Eko Roosevelt, Lionel & Stephane Belmondo, Keziah Jones, and Alpha Blondy, and has played at Womad music festivals.
Couleur Café Festival is a yearly urban contemporary music festival in Belgium, organised since 1990 and taking place at Tour & Taxis in the city of Brussels around the end of June or early July. The scope of the three-day festival lies on world music with as main styles funk, hiphop, reggae, dance, dub, soul, Latin, blues and rock divided over four stages. Internationally famous acts as well as less known talent or locally popular musicians are represented.
The discography of the Ivorian reggae artist Alpha Blondy consists of fifteen studio albums, two live albums, eight compilation albums, and sixteen singles.
Grand Bassam Zion Rock is a 1996 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Yitzhak Rabin is a 1998 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Elohim is a 1999 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Jah Victory is a 2007 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Vision is a 2011 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Mystic Power is a 2013 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Positive Energy is the 17th studio album released in 2015 by Ivory Coast reggae artist Alpha Blondy and The Solar System under the VP Records.
Masada is the 8th studio album released in 1992 by Ivory Coast reggae artist Alpha Blondy and The Solar System under the EMI Records.
