"Pata Pata" - Miriam Makeba -This song is about a traditional South African dance. It is written in the Xhosa language and means something like"touch touch".
Miriam Makeba wrote"Pata Pata" as a young woman in 1957, before she ever left South Africa. But it was not until 1967, that she recorded and released the song in the US.
"Pata Pata" entered the American music charts and was very successful. I read in her biography, that she never received a penny for the song. Apparantly, her manager messed up her royalties.
www.african-music-safari.com/pata...
The original version of Pata Pata is included in Pata Pata (released 1972), The Best of the Early Years (Miriam Makeba), a collection of 24 tracks released in 2002 by Wrasse, and the 40 track compilation Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song (2006 Manteca). Makeba released a renovated version of the song, entitled"Pata Pata 2000", in her 2000 album Homeland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_Pata
"Pata Pata"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5S5sH1I...
Miriam Makeba wrote"Pata Pata" as a young woman in 1957, before she ever left South Africa. But it was not until 1967, that she recorded and released the song in the US.
"Pata Pata" entered the American music charts and was very successful. I read in her biography, that she never received a penny for the song. Apparantly, her manager messed up her royalties.
www.african-music-safari.com/pata...
The original version of Pata Pata is included in Pata Pata (released 1972), The Best of the Early Years (Miriam Makeba), a collection of 24 tracks released in 2002 by Wrasse, and the 40 track compilation Her Essential Recordings: The Empress of African Song (2006 Manteca). Makeba released a renovated version of the song, entitled"Pata Pata 2000", in her 2000 album Homeland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pata_Pata
"Pata Pata"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq5S5sH1I...
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