Letta Mbulu

Infobox musical artist
Name = Letta Mbulu

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Background = solo_singer
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Origin = Soweto, South Africa
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Jazz, World
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1965-
Label = Capitol Records, Chisa Records, Fantasy Records, A&M Records

Letta Mbulu is a South African jazz singer born and raised in Soweto. She has been active since the 1960s, but left South Africa for the United States in 1965 due to Apartheid. In the U.S. she worked with Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod and Harry Belafonte. Her singing can also be heard in "Roots", "The Color Purple", and she was a guest on a "Season 6 episode of Soul Train". Mbulu also provided the Swahili chant in Michael Jackson's single, "Liberian Girl".

Discography

* "Letta Mbulu Sings" (Capitol, 1967)
* "Free Soul" (Capitol, 1968)
* "Letta" (Chisa, 1970)
* "Naturally" (Fantasy, 1972)
* "There's Music in the Air" (A&M, 1976)
* "Letta" (A&M, 1977)
* "Letta Mbulu" - Gold (A&M, 1978)
* "The Best of Letta & Caiphus" (Columbia, 1996)
* "Greatest Hits" (Columbia, 1999)
* "Letta Mbulu Sings/Free Soul" (Stateside, 2005)
* "Culani Nami" (Sony, 2007)

External links

* [http://www.dougpayne.com/lmbio.htm Biography at www.dougpayne.com]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:2jdsa9ygb23h~T1 All Music Biography]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20040725/ai_n12590565 Article discussing Mbulu]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3923471 Listen to "Mahlalela"]