Bizunesh Bekele
Bizunesh Bekele (* 1936 ; † 1990 ) was an Ethiopian singer .
She was the first woman from the early 1960s to combine traditional Ethiopian music with military music and Western forms of music such as rhythm and blues and soul , thereby helping to initiate the heyday of Ethiopian pop music in the 1960s and 1970s. She was accompanied by the Imperial Bodyguard Band , but also by the Dahlak Band .
She is considered the "first lady of Ethiopian pop music" and was the role model of Aster Aweke .
Discography
On Ethiopian Groove - The Golden Seventies , Paris, 1994, Buda Musique
- Atrakegn
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- Booklet to Ethiopian Groove - The Golden Seventies , Paris, 1994, Buda Musique
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SURNAME | Bekele, Bizunesh |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1990 |