Biography
Under the songs of Singer Africa Simon, Soviet people "broke off" on discos and coped weddings. It is no coincidence that the video with the chit of a dark-skinned musician performed by Valery Leontiev entered the third edition of the "old songs about the main thing." In 2014, Vitaly Gogunsky, Vitaly Gogunsky, tried to copy the incomparable Simon and suddenly met on stage with the author of the songs.Childhood and youth
Africa was born in the industrial capital of Brazil in 1956. The real name of the star is Enrique Jurakim Simon. The father of the future musician died when the boy was 9 years old, and the family moved to the mother's homeland - in Mozambique, where the struggle with the Portuguese colonialists was boiling.
In the young Enrique, however, there was no time to participate in the anticolonial movement - a teenager nursing other children to make money for the sisters and the younger brother. At 15, the young man moved from the port town of Inaamban to Maputo to learn to the Mason. After the lessons, Enrique with a friend was worked on the squares of the Mozambique capital - they were musicated, danced and sang.
Soon, the manager of one of the hotels in Maputo drew attention to the talented guys and offered a duet to perform at the hotel's restaurant. The performance of the future "Mr. Barracuda" can only be envied: the day of the young man worked as a mason, in the evening he sang songs on the streets of the city, and on the weekend performed music for visitors to the restaurant. Newspapers began to write about the young singer, and the South African manager met with the guy.
Music
At 17, the young man moved to Europe, performed in the nightclubs, accompanying singing with energetic dances and practically circus tricks (in the jump he sat onto the twine, with a modest weight of 65 kg threw gravity in the center of the centner).The growth of the popularity of the singer, who took the alias in honor of the continent, began when the producers abandoned the idea of force Simon to perform songs in English or German.
Latin American rhythms, designed by African exotic, in combination with the tarabarine texts, began a victorious procession on the planet. Often there was a funny game of words, so, the song "Barracuda" hinted at the same time on the fish, an expensive car and a woman of easy behavior.
The most famous composition of Africa "Hafanana" in the language of Shangan, Tsonong, with the inclusion of English words, preach tolerance and optimism. Its approximate translation sounds like this:
"All the same, black you or white, poor or rich - God will judge you not for these qualities; We will not take money in the grave, so we are glad to live while you are alive, and do not worry about the trifles. "The closest synonyms of the word, the name of the song, are the expression "Akun Matata" and the motto of Carlson "trifles, a matter of life!".
Simon's discography includes only 9 albums, most of which are recorded in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. Multi-instrumentalist's largest popularity of the song (Africa can play the guitar, drums and wind instruments) received in the USSR, where the singer came in 1979.
In the late 80s, a dark period occurred in Simon's biography - after a serious operation, doctors recommended the performer to move less, which deprived him of the speech of the raisin. Cooperation with Russian producers specializing in the retrometer helped to revive the singer.
Personal life
Charismatic and cheerful musician, talking in 5 languages, has repeatedly married. Now Africa is married to a Russian woman named Lyudmila. The story of the dating future spouses on the Internet is often described as follows: Luda in Moscow came to Simon's concert and presented a chic bouquet singer. A musician as a sign of gratitude kissed the fan and suddenly realized that in front of him his dreams.
However, Africa himself tells about this fateful event of a personal life differently: Comrade led the singer, heavily worried a divorce, in the Berlin restaurant. Friends drew attention to cute ladies sitting at the next table. Africa introduced himself as Lyudmila, who had long already lived in the German capital, but his name had no impression on the blonde. And only when Simon put on the famous "Hafanana", the woman realized that the legendary artist was flirting with her, on the songs of which she grew up.
There will be information about how popular wife for Africa has become. The singer in an interview recalls only one predecessor who gave him a son, but Internet sources claim that the meeting with the Russian woman simon married three times. Be that as it may, now Africa is joking that the song "Todo Pasara, Maria" must now sing like "Todo Pasara, Ludmilla".
Simon supports good relations with the groups "Boney M" and "Baccara", at the same time we risen on the song Olympus. An interesting fact: In Russian-speaking sources, there is information about the alleged singer's singer with the recently died "black panther football" Farreira da Silva Eidsebio. But this is just a "duck". Stars not only were not cousins, they never even met.
Africa Simon now
Despite the retirement age, Africa Simon is almost as energetic as in his youth. The singer has no extra weight, he still demonstrates the masterful possession of the characteristic dance pas and at concerts raises the chair with his teeth. As secret workers, Africa calls in love, harmonious family life and the absence of bad habits.Lyudmila has been working impresario Simon and taught her husband with several Russian songs, including the Chief Hit Edita Piekhi, which tells about the "wonderful neighbor," playing, like Africa, on a variety of musical instruments. Spouses often go to the Russian restaurant in Berlin, introduce each other with the wisdom of national cuisines and look very happy on joint photos.
Africa, as before, was desirable performer at the concert venues of the former Soviet Union and the frequent guest of Russian television programs. In 2017, Simon visited the Golden Sanger in the Belarusian Regional Center Mogilev.
In early 2018, the singer came to the transfer of Andrei Malakhov to meet with the young Russian woman Daniela Gareeva: a roller with a girl reasoning about why she wants to hide from parents in Africa, became one of the leaders of the Russian Yutuba.
At the end of 2019, Simon's concert was held in Krasnodar.
Discography
- 1974 - "Mr. Barracuda »
- 1975 - "Ramaya"
- 1976 - "ALOHA PLAYA BLANCA"
- 1978 - "Boogie Baby"
- 1981 - "EVERYBODY CALLS ME CRAZY"
- 1984 - "The Best of Afric Simone"
- 1990 - "Afro-Lambada"
- 1998 - "Hafanana"
- 2000 - "Best of Afric Simone"