Home town: Circa: Members: Mark Rhodes – Vocals Dennis Croce – Drums
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MIKE LEIH
19 November 1941 – 27 January 1984 Mike was a very popular musician and bandleader who grew up in Gladstone Road, Bellevue, Bulawayo, and was educated at Gifford Tech. HeContinue readingMIKE LEIH
FLAME LILIES (aka MIKE’S BAND)
Home town: Bulawayo Circa: 1955 – 1980 Members: Mike Leih – Piano accordian George Low – Guitar Barry Davies – Drums Dennis Gilbert – Keyboard Johan Nel – Bass MarkContinue readingFLAME LILIES (aka MIKE’S BAND)
AUGUST MSARURGWA (MUSARURWA)
Songwriter/Musician August Musarurwa was born in raised in the Zvimba district of Mashonaland, in what was then, Southern Rhodesia. After school he relocated to the country’s capitol city, Salisbury (Harare)Continue readingAUGUST MSARURGWA (MUSARURWA)
UPDATES (25 May 2020)
BANDS Associates – New entry Bakersville 5 – New photo Beginning – New entry Chantelles – New photo Chequers – Video added Cyclones – Video added Deciding Factor – NewContinue readingUPDATES (25 May 2020)
CHRIST THE KING (DISCOS)
Christ The King was a Catholic church on Cecil Avenue/Matopos Road in Bulawayo where monthly dances were held in the church hall. The initiators of these events, in 1969, wasContinue readingCHRIST THE KING (DISCOS)
MAX ALBERT BAND
Home town: Bulawayo Circa: 1975 Members: Mahesh Yadev – Lead vocals & guitar Heather and Deadre (sisters)?? – Vocals Andy Demitrious – Guitar, sax, flute and vocal Mark Price –Continue readingMAX ALBERT BAND
SHED RECORD LABEL
The Shed record label was launched in 1980 and Shed Music (Pvt) Ltd was created to deal with music rights. The studio’s main successes came with singer, David Scobie, andContinue readingSHED RECORD LABEL
SHED STUDIOS
Shed Recording Studios was launched in 1975 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (subsequently Harare, Zimbabwe) by three Rhodesia Television employees, Steve Roskilly, Martin Norris and Neil Thain. For the following twenty-five years,Continue readingSHED STUDIOS
JAMES CHIMOMBE
Songwriter – guitarist – vocalist. James Chimombe was a highly respected Zimbabwean guitar and vocalist. Hailing from the Harare suburb, Highfields, he was born in 1951. His career started asContinue readingJAMES CHIMOMBE