Tabu Ley Rochereau, a giant in the rarified world of Congolese rumba, has, in the words of Hamlet, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was 73. Born 1940 in Banningville, a small village in the western ...

One of Africa's biggest hitmakers, Tabu Ley Rochereau, a star with a honeyed voice who went on to become one of the continent's most successful music impresarios, died Saturday. He never truly ...

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Legendary Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau passed on last weekend 30 November 2013, aged 76, at Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, Belgium where he had been undergoing treatment for a stroke he ...

At 72 years Old, the legendary Tabu Ley passed on today while in a Belgium Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for a stroke that he had suffered in 2008, but had often been affecting his health ...

NEW YORK — Tabu Ley Rochereau, a Congolese singer and songwriter whose music spread across Africa and the world, died Nov. 30 in Brussels. Mr. Tabu, who was 73 or 76 — sources differ — had never fully ...

The undisputed King of Soukous, Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau, died of stroke on November 30, 2013 in Belgium at the age of 73. He was a prolific songwriter and one of Africa's leading ...

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Musician Tabu Ley Rochereau, who was known as “the king of Congolese rumba,” died this week at the age of 76. He’s credited with internationalizing Congolese music by fusing the sounds of traditional ...

In culminating the second of two weekend Chicago performances, expatriate Zairian composer, arranger and vocalist Tabu Ley Rochereau simmered slowly, sometimes seeming distracted, Sunday night at the ...

The honey-voiced singer, bandleader, songwriter, and impresario Tabu Ley Rochereau ruled dance floors across Africa. He died in Belgium Saturday. One of Africa's biggest hitmakers, Tabu Ley Rochereau, ...