John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 9 April 1974
HIS FRIENDS call him Dibbs but to the rest of the world his name is Manu Dibango, and he is the creator of one of the best selling compositions of 1973 'Soul Makossa'. Already there are 23 different versions on release.
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