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Biography of Longomba, "Vicky" (Longomba Besange Lokuli, Victor)
Biography of Longomba, "Vicky" (Longomba Besange Lokuli, Victor)
Outstanding Congolese singer and band leader, Vicky was born in Kinshasa on December 13, 1932, and passed away in Kinshasa on March 12, 1988.
Vicky began his career in 1953 at the CEFA recording studio in colonial Léopoldville (now Kinshasa).
Singing tenor, often in combination with other studio singers Roger Izeidi and François Engbondu as Les Trois Caballeros, Vicky recorded songs in the emerging Congolese rumba style. Among his early recordings were "Chérie Awa" (Darling Awa) and "Congo ya Sika" (New Congo).
As CEFA verged on bankruptcy in 1955, Vicky moved to the Loningisa studio.
There, in 1956, he joined guitarist Franco and four other session musicians to form the band O.K. Jazz. Vicky and singer Edouard "Edo" Ganga, who joined the band in 1957, formed a duo that set the vocal standard for th