South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo - "Hello My Baby" (1979 Graceland Tour Concert Video, information, and lyrics)

Marcelo Carleial, Jan 10, 2007

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This pancocojams post showcases the official YouTube video "Hello My Baby" by South Africa's "Ladysmith Black Mambazo". 

This post presents information about Ladysmith Black Mambazo and information about the song "Hello My Baby". The lyrics for this song are also included in this post.

This content is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owner.

Thanks to Ladysmith Black Mambazo for their music. Thanks to the producer of this video and all those who are associated with this video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J85QrbR5oUE&ab_channel=MarceloCarleial for the 2020 official YouTube video of Ladysmith Black Mambazo's re-release of "Hello My Baby".

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INFORMATION ABOUT  LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO AND THEIR SONG "HELLO MY BABY"
Excerpt #1: 
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo
"Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They became known internationally after singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album Graceland, and have won multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards,[1] dedicating their fifth Grammy to the late former President Nelson Mandela.[2]

Formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960, Ladysmith Black Mambazo became one of South Africa's most prolific recording artists, with their releases receiving gold and platinum disc honours.[3] The group became a mobile academy[4] of South African cultural heritage through their African indigenous isicathamiya music.[2]'...

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Excerpt #2:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezinkulu
"Ezinkulu is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The album featured songs included "How Long Should I Wait" and "Hello My Baby", the first English-language songs sung by the group. The album (#BL 186) was recorded on April 19, 1979, and released later that month."
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Google translate from Zulu to English: Ezinkulu= great

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Excerpt #3
From thenativemag.com/music/shuffle-listen-hello-baby-performance-immortalized-ladysmith-black-mambazos-memorable-joseph-shabalala/ THE SHUFFLE: RELIVE JOSEPH SHABALALA’S GLORY DAYS ON “HELLO MY BABY” WITH THE LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO BAND
Debola Abimbolu, Feb. 11, 2020
"It has been a sad day for South Africans following the death of Joseph Shabalala, the leader of the 5-time Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo band….

 Joseph Shabalala lived an impactful life from being born the eldest of 8 children that lived on a farm in Tugela, an area close to the town of Ladysmith in South Africa. He formed the Ladysmith Black Mambazo band and led the acapella choir to compose songs that fused indigenous Zulu songs and dances with South African isicathamiya, an a capella tradition that was frequently accompanied by a soft, shuffling style of dance. The band signed a recording contract in 1970 after an accomplished radio performance and in 1973, they released Africa’s first gold-selling album, ‘Amabutho’.

In 1987, they released ‘Shaka Zulu’, their first worldwide album produced by Paul Simon and it went on to win the Grammy award for Best Traditional Folk Album. Joseph Shabalala and the Ladysmith Black Mambazo band also contributed backing vocals on Paul Simon’s multi-million-selling ‘Graceland’ album and they were able to perform hit songs like “Hello My Baby” during Paul Simon’s “Graceland : The African Tour” concerts.

The “Hello My Baby” performance from the tour shows frontman, Joseph Shabalala in his elements as he leads the passionate acapella performance of lush, warm, glorious harmonies. Their stylistic mixture of Christian harmonies and Zulu chants created a spiritually-charged atmosphere that still gives us goosebumps when we watch the old video recording.

Joseph Shabalala died at 78 but the impact of his music means his legacy will live forever.”…
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For more information about this style of South African music, click  http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/01/excerpt-from-1997-article-about.html for the 2018 pancocojams post entitled "Excerpt From A 1997 Article About Isicathamiya Music (The Music Style Popularized By Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

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LYRICS= HELLO MY BABY

 

Hey baby

Hey beautiful girl

Hey baby hey

Sing hey baby hey

Hey baby hey hey

Hey beautiful girl

Come along, come along

To kiss me

Before I'm going

Come along

Come along

To kiss me

Before I'm going

Don't you kiss me nice nice

Before I'm going

Don't you kiss me nice nice

Before I'm going

Come along

Come along

Come along

You you you

Don't you meditate

I sent a messenger to tell you that

I want to meet you at the station

Come along, come along, to kiss me before I'm going

Come along come along

To kiss me before I'm going

Don't you kiss me nice, nice

Come along

Come along

Come along

You you you

Hello my baby

Hello my baby

Hello my sweet

Hello my baby

Hello my sweetheart

Don't you meditate

Don't you meditate

I send a messenger to tell you that I want to meet you

In a station

https://genius.com/Ladysmith-black-mambazo-hello-my-baby-lyrics

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