Skip to main content
MetaHistoryBook
Browse
Today
Discover
Create
Language
English
Cymraeg
Loading…
Tabu Ley Rochereau — MetaHistoryBook
unknown, Le Progrès
·
Public domain
· via Wikimedia Commons
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Congolese singer and songwriter
Wikipedia ↗
Images on Commons ↗
Wikidata (Q2743754) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
13 November 1940
, 13 November 1937
Died
30 November 2013
Place of birth
Bagata
,
Bandundu Province
Place of death
Brussels metropolitan area
,
Saint-Luc University Hospital
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Pascal
Child
Youssoupha
,
Pegguy Tabu
Genre
soukous
,
Congolese rumba
Occupation
composer
,
politician
,
singer
,
singer-songwriter
Citizenship
Democratic Republic of the Congo
cause of death
stroke
described by source
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
instrument
voice
languages spoken, written or signed
Lingala
,
French
manner of death
natural causes
member of political party
Rally for Congolese Democracy
relative
Shay
,
Le Motif
start of work period
1959
unmarried partner
M'bilia Bel
Nothing in the MetaHistoryBook collection references this item yet.
Authority files
VIAF ↗
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
Tabu Ley Rochereau Dies; Spread the Sound of Soukous
Influenced
Papa Wemba
Koffi Olomide
Parent of
Youssoupha