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FRANCO's musical roots are traced to a Cebu-based band named Frank!, formed by Reyes in 1996, which is credited for having boosted the Cebu rock scene. [3] However, despite reggae-leaning songs originally composed by Reyes for Frank!, the latter music of Franco became considerably heavier.
This is a category for songs recorded by Cuban singer Franco. Pages in category "Franco (singer) songs" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Ke lela le lona is a tswana song dropped in 2001 by Franco, as the translation says "I am crying with you" the song was created to pass a message to the saddened people out there facing different kind of problems. After the release of the hit song "Ke lela le lona" Franco became one of the most successful artist back in 2001. [3]
Franco Javier Iglesias, better known mononymously as Franco (born 14 December 1959) is a Cuban Latin pop singer. [1] He achieved two number-one songs on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart with his cover of "Toda la Vida in 1986 and "María" in 1988. [2] The latter song received a Lo Nuestro nomination for Pop Song of the Year in 1989. [3]
"María" is a song written by Marcelo Molina, Gustavo Márquez and Teddy Jauren and performed by Cuban singer Franco. [1] It was released in 1988 as a single from Franco's album Definitivo (1988) and became his second number-one single in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart, after "Toda La Vida" in 1986. [2]
"Mario" is a song by Congolese guitarist Franco and his group TPOK Jazz from his eponymous 1985 album. It is considered to be the musician's biggest hit. [1] Written and composed by Franco, the theme of the song is the story of a gigolo who lives with an older woman. Although he is a graduate, he prefers to spend his partner's money. [2]
In 1978 Franco released two songs — "Helene" and "Jacky" — that were deemed "indecent" by the Attorney General of his native country. After a brief trial, he was convicted and sent to prison, along with other band members, including Simaro Lutumba. Franco was released two months later, following street protests.
A young Franco Luambo playing the six-string guitar on a wooden chair outside a house in Léopoldville in 1956. François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi was born on 6 July 1938 in Sona-Bata [], a town located in then-Bas-Congo Province (now Kongo Central), in what was then the Belgian Congo (later the Republic of the Congo, then Zaire, and currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo).