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disco track id with lyrics (from 1976 or so)

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I have a song in a mix by DJs Bob & Tom, from a tape called Baia Degli Angeli 1976. it's on the a-side. The lyrics talk about Cleopatra, the Queen of Sheba, and there's a chorus of deep, throaty men who chant-sing "African queen, Africa! African queen, Africa!" at parts.

email me for a ysi-link to a mp3 of that part of the tape.

― lf (lfam), Saturday, 22 April 2006 01:36 (twenty years ago)

Could it be The Richie Family's "African Queen"? As I remember, that talked a bout Cleopatra and the Queen of Sheba, plus Nefertiti. I haven't heard it since 1979, but I'd recognise it if I heard it. Email me the snippet.

― davidsim (davidsim), Saturday, 22 April 2006 02:08 (twenty years ago)

i was going to say the same thing, but i couldn't remember the name of the group. they were the "sister" group to the village people -- conceived of and managed by the same guys.

― stockholm cindy: comedy vigilante (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 22 April 2006 02:24 (twenty years ago)

I've listened to the excerpt and can confirm that it is indeed the Richie Family with "African Queens".

― davidsim (davidsim), Saturday, 22 April 2006 10:06 (twenty years ago)

Yes! Thanks! YOU ARE GREAT!

― lf (lfam), Saturday, 22 April 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...
i finally found this record! it took me so long because the group's name is actually spelled RITCHIE FAMILY

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

i love it

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Thursday, 12 October 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)


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