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"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]
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).
Omona Wapi is an album by Congolese singer-songwriters and bandleaders Franco (Francois Luambo Makiadi) and Tabu Ley Rochereau. [1] Both artists competed for popularity in Africa in the latter half of the 20th century as they contributed to the development of soukous. [2]
Franco Luambo Makiadi, leader of the band. TPOK Jazz had many members over the nearly 38 years of its existence. [16] The list of band members reads like a "Congolese Music Hall of Fame Inductees". Many members came and went, with many of those who left coming back, some on more than one occasion. Here are some of the members of the band. [17] [18]
Madilu's first hit with TPOK Jazz was "Mamou (Tu Vois)," which became a hit in 1984. He sang in a duet with Franco on the band's biggest hit, "Mario." [1] In the 1990s, following the collapse of TPOK Jazz a few years after the death of its leader Franco in 1989, Madilu began his solo career by issuing an album called Sans Commentaire. [2]
In 1953, the Congolese music scene began to differentiate itself with the formation of African Jazz (led by Joseph "Le Grand Kallé" Kabasele), the first full-time orchestra to record and perform, and the debut of fifteen-year-old guitarist François Luambo Makiadi (aka Franco). Both would go on to be some of the earliest Congolese music stars.
On 12 October 2015, marking 26 years since Franco's death on 12 October 1989 in Namur, Belgium, the statue's unveiling was a centerpiece of an extensive commemorative event. [6] The day's solemn ceremonies began with a requiem mass at St. Joseph Church in the Matonge neighborhood, followed by the presentation of the Opéra-Ballet "Franco ...
During its early development, African Jazz maintained a strong rivalry with Leopoldville's other major "rumba orchestra", OK Jazz, led by Franco Luambo Makiadi. [6] The rivalry manifested in a move towards different musical styles by both bands which would define the two schools of Congolese rumba that emerged in the period. [6]