04 March 2009

Mango Groove "Special Star"



Mango Groove is an 11 piece Afropop group formed in 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa and fronted by lead singer Claire Johnston. They have sold more than 700,000 albums in South Africa alone, mostly with popular hits like "Dance Some More", "Special Star", "Hometalk" and "Nice To See You". Some of the highlights of Mango Groove’s career include: The direct satellite link-up to the The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in London in 1992 to an estimated audience of a billion people. Their performance in front of 200,000 people at a "Rock Against Racism" concert in Paris. Their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival where they received 3 encores. Being the only African band to be invited to perform at the "Celebrate Hong Kong ‘97" Reunification Concert where they performed alongside Wet Wet Wet, Michael Learns to Rock and All-4-One. [Wikipedia]

2 comments:

  1. Ian, I assume Mango Groove's CDs can be purchased from everywhere in SA? Got to get me one!

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  2. Yes it's available. Any CD store will have.

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