| LC control no. | n 92089075 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.L5355 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Tabu Ley Rochereau, -2013 |
| Variant(s) | Rochereau, Tabu Ley, -2013 Ley Rochereau, Tabu, -2013 Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau, -2013 Tabu Ley, -2013 Ley, Tabu, -2013 Rochereau, seigneur, -2013 Rochereau, -2013 Tabu Pascal, -2013 Pascal, Tabu, -2013 Tabu Pascal Rochereau, -2013 Pascal Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabou, -2013 Tabou, Pascal Emmanuel Sinamoyi, -2013 Sinamoyi Tabou, Pascal Emmanuel, -2013 Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, -2013 |
| Associated country | Belgian Congo Congo (Democratic Republic) Zaire |
| Death date | 20131130 |
| Place of birth | Bandundu (Congo : Province) |
| Place of death | Brussels (Belgium) |
| Field of activity | Soukous (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Singer Composer Lyricist Conductor |
| Found in | His Babeti Soukous, p1989: label (Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau; Tabu Ley) notes (Seigneur Rochereau) Graham, R. Da Capo guide to contemporary African music, c1988 p. 193 (Ley, Tabu; aka Rochereau; b. 1940, Bundundu, Zaire; singer, composer; Tabu Pascal; Tabu Pascal Rochereau) LC data base, 09-03-92 (hdg.: Rochereau, Ley) New York times (online), viewed Dec. 11, 2013 (in obituary published Dec. 7 Tabu Ley Rochereau; b. Pascal Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabou, in what was then the Belgian Congo; went by simply Rochereau, a school nickname, when he sent his first songs to Joseph Kabasele, the leader of the pioneering Congolese rumba band Orchestre African Jazz; renamed himself Tabu Ley Rochereau after the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko changed Congo's name to Zaire in 1971 and called for the nation to reclaim African "authenticiteĢ" from colonial influences; d. Nov. 30, Brussels, aged 73 or 76 (sources differ); Congolese singer, songwriter, and bandleader whose music spread across Africa and the world; referred to in article as Mr. Tabu) Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 11, 2013 (under Tabu Ley Rochereau: Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau; b. Nov. 13, 1937, Bagata, Bandundu, Belgian Congo; d. Nov. 30, 2013, Brussels; African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98033620 |
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