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Manu Dibango

Manu Dibango is a person from CM, active from 1933.

Person CM 1933–2020 death by covid-19 jazz makossa
TOTAL PLAYS
187
SONGS PLAYED
26
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2009-03-04 22:21 · Radio 2 — "Soul Makossa"
LAST PLAYED
2 weeks ago · 6 Music — "Soul Makossa"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2009 — 2026
30 23 15 8 0
'09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 139 74%
Radio 2 43 23%
1Xtra 4 2%
Radio 1 1 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Soul Makossa 93 2026-05-03
2 New Bell 25 2025-11-17
3 Big Blow 18 2022-12-26
4 The Panther 10 2024-07-21
5 Wouri 5 2020-04-12
6 Groovy Flute 4 2023-10-17
7 Aloko Party 4 2022-12-15
8 Abele Dance 4 2020-04-05
9 Bayam Sell'am 3 2021-07-10
10 African Funk 3 2015-11-01
11 Le bucheron 2 2023-03-21
12 Lagos Go Slow 2 2020-12-13
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-03 06:02 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-12-18 22:26 Soul Makossa Radio 2
2025-12-16 10:00 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-12-08 21:55 Mouna Loba Radio 2
2025-11-17 13:46 New Bell 6 Music
2025-10-17 06:25 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-09-26 14:20 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-09-21 08:55 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-08-25 09:25 Soul Makossa 6 Music
2025-07-22 09:17 New Bell 6 Music
2025-07-12 12:15 New Bell 6 Music
2025-06-25 06:26 New Bell 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

26 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Abele Dance — 4 ▶
Africadelic — 1 ▶
African Carnaval — 1 ▶
African Funk — 3 ▶
Aloko Party — 4 ▶
Baobab Sunset — 1 ▶
Bayam Sell'am — 3 ▶
Big Blow — 18 ▶
Choc 'n' Soul — 1 ▶
Go Slow Streets — 1 ▶
Groovy Flute — 4 ▶
Lagos Go Slow — 2 ▶
Le bucheron — 2 ▶
Le Bucheron (Solo Piano Version) — 1 ▶
Mouna Loba — 1 ▶
New Bell — 25 ▶
Nights In Zeralda — 1 ▶
Power — 1 ▶
Reggae Makossa — 1 ▶
Sax City — 1 ▶
Soul Makossa — 93 ▶
Soul Makossa 2.0 — 1 ▶
Soulmakossa — 1 ▶
The Panther — 10 ▶
Weya — 1 ▶
Wouri — 5 ▶