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Yélélé

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Artist
  
Kassav'

Genre
  
World

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
Note A Bene

Similar
  
Vini Pou, The Best of Kassav', Carnaval tour, Sonjé, Majestik Zouk

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Yélélé is a 1984 zouk album of Kassav'.

Contents

This album marks the onset of the growth of the international recognition of zouk. Its international hit "Zouk la sé sèl médikaman nou ni" (meaning "Zouk is the only medicine we have" in French Antillean Creole) started the zouk dance craze in Latin America and the Caribbean, with interest expanding into other parts of the world.

Zouk kassav zouk la s sel m dikaman nou ni original video


Track list

  1. "Yélélé" 6:50
  2. "Tim-Tim Bwa Sek" 4:24
  3. "Zouk-la-sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni" 6:24
  4. "Korosol" 3:12
  5. "Kavalié O Dam" 6:10
  6. "Mwen Di Ou Awa" 4:45
  7. "Chwazi" 4:38
  8. "Sé Ou Mwen Inmé"

Covers

"Zouk-la-sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni" would be covered in Spanish as "La Medicina" by Dominican trumpeter, vocalist and arranger Wilfrido Vargas and his big band. This was the title track of his 1985 album, La Medicina.

Songs

1Yélélé6:50
2Tim-Tim Bwa Sek4:25
3Zouk-la sé sel médikaman nou ni6:24

References

Yélélé Wikipedia


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