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1) Somo Somo & Mose Fan Fan (RDCongo) Hello Hello (program theme song) Hello Hello Stern’s Africa - 1995
2) Ben Simmons (Ghana) Osofo Da Banim - 1927 Musique Populaire Africaine : Le Voix du Passe Buda Musique – 2004
3) The Executor (Trinidad) I Don’t Know How the Young Men Living – 1930s Calypsos from Trinidad: Politics, Intrigue & Violence in the 1930s Arhoolie Records - 1981
4) unknown (Liberia) Marry Me and Close the Door – 1940s Songs of the African Coast: Café Music of Liberia Yrango Music - 2004
5) unknown (Liberia) All for You – 1940s The Arthur S. Alberts Collection: More Tribal Folk and Café Music of West Africa Ryko – 1998
6) Trio Matamoros (Cuba) Lagrimas Negras - 1931 Recuerdos de Cuba: The Original Trio Matamoros Legacy Latino - 1996
7) De Saio (RDCongo) Danse ya Mozoulou - 1946 Early Congo Music 1946-1962: First Rumba to the Real Rumba El Sur Records - 2014
8) Wendo (RDCongo) Marie-Louise - 1948 Ngoma, The Early Years, 1948-1960 Popular African Music - 1996
9) Arsenio Rodriguez (Cuba) No Me Llores Mas - 1948 Arsenio Rodriguez y Su Conjunto : Dundunbanza 1946 1951 Tumbao Cuban Classics - 1994
10) Grand Kalle (RDCongo) Kale Kato - 1952 Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music Joseph Kabasele and the Creation of Modern Congolese Musiic Syllart Records - 2013
11) Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba (Tanzania) Cuba Chacha - 1950s Ngoma Iko Huku Dizim Records - 2000
12) The Cold Storage Band (Zimbabwe) Misiwezi – 1950s Bulawayo Jazz 1950 ’51 ‘52 SWP Records – 2006
13) Manhattan Brothers (R. South Africa) Thaba Tseu - 1954 Township Jazz ‘n’ Jive Music Club - 1997
14) E.T. Mensah (Ghana) Sunday Mirror – 1950s All for You RetroAfric – 1998