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Letta Mbulu

Profile:
South African singer, born and raised in Soweto.

Already as a teenager she toured as part of the King Kong musical ensemble but left for the USA in the sixties due to the political environment back home, teaming up with Harry Belafone and Cannonball Adderley. Her voice can also be heard on the soundtrack of the successful TV series "Roots".

Married to Caiphus Semenya, she returned to South Africa after 26 years of self-imposed exile.
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Discography

Releases:
Free Soul (LP)   Capitol Records 1968
Naturally (LP)   Fantasy 1973
There's Music In The Air (Album) (3 versions)   A&M Records ... 1976
I Can Depend On You (7", Promo)   A&M Records 1978
Letta (Album) (3 versions)   A&M Records 1978
Sound Of A Rainbow (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1980
Kilimanjaro (2 versions)   MJS Records 1981
Letta Mbulu Sings / Free Soul (CD, Album)   Stateside 2005
The Signs / Pula Yetla (12")   Blue Note 2005
What's Wrong With Groovin' / Send In The Clowns (7")   Jazzman  
Appears On:
Pata Pata - The Hit Sound Of Miriam Makeba (LP) Jol'inkomo Reprise Records 1967
I Haven't Slept (7") I Haven't Slept UNI Records 1968
Roots: The Saga Of An American Family (Album) (3 versions) Oluwa (Many Rains Ago)... A&M Records 1977
You Told Your Mama Not To Worry (Album) (2 versions) You Told Your Mama Not... Casablanca Records ... 1977
Bad - Special Edition (Album) (6 versions) Liberian Girl Epic ... 1987
Reconstruction (CD, Album, RE)   MoJazz 1994
The Reel (CD, Comp) Many Rains Ago (Africa... Hip-O Records 1999
Presents The Chisa Years 1965-1976 (Rare And Unreleased) (2xLP, Comp) Mahlalela, U Se Mcani,... BBE 2006
Appel A L'Afrique (LP) U. Shaka Editions Syliphone Conakry  
Tracks Appear On:
The New Jazz Spectrum Vol. 3 (LP, Comp) Afro Texas BGP Records 1995
Jazzier Rhythms (Comp) (2 versions) What's Wrong With Groo... Hubbub Records 1996
Desert Island Mix (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) What's Wrong With Groovin Journeys By DJ 1997
Desert Island Mix (Journeys By DJ Special Release) (CD) What's Wrong With Groovin Journeys By DJ 1997
1968 To 1970 An Anthology (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Kukuchi, West Wind Stateside 1999
Ouelele - Another Collection Of Modern Afro Rhythms (Comp) (2 versions) What's Wrong With Groo... Comet Records 1999
The Reel (CD, Comp) Many Rains Ago (Africa... Hip-O Records 1999
Afrotronic - Afro Flavoured Club Tunes (Comp) (2 versions) What's Wrong With Groo... Audiopharm 2000
Club Africa 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Mahlalela Strut 2000
Strut Afro-Funk CD Sampler Autumn 2000 (CD, Comp) Mahalalela Strut 2000
Club Y (CD, Comp, Mixed) Ndi Phendule Big Dawg Productions 2001
Living In The Streets 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Afro Texas BGP Records 2001
What Is Wrong With Groovin' (CD) What's Wrong With Groo... Jazzman 2001
Gilles Peterson In Africa (Comp) (2 versions) Mahlalela Ether 2005
The Edge: David Axelrod At Capitol Records 1966-1970 (2 versions) Pula Yetla Blue Note 2005
The Soul Of Disco (2xCD, Comp) Kilimanjaro Z Records 2005
Presents The Chisa Years 1965-1976 (Rare And Unreleased) (2xLP, Comp) Mahlalela, U Se Mcani,... BBE 2006
The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare And Unreleased) (CD, Comp) Mahlalela, U Se Mcani,... BBE 2006
Can You Dig It? (2 versions) Afro Texas Brown Sugar Records 2007
Soul Fever (4xCD, Comp) What's Wrong With Groo... Wagram 2007
Il Ciocco (LP, Promo, W/Lbl) Many Rains Ago CBS  
The Mood Mosaic 10 - Retro Active (Comp) (2 versions) What's Wrong With Groovin Not On Label  
Unofficial Releases:
1,2,3,4 \ One More Time (12", Mixed, Unofficial) Kilimanjaro Diamond Records (16) 1982
Untitled (12") Kilimanjaro (Remix) 12" Disco Classics  
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