Langa Langa Star were a popular DR Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 soukous

Soukous

Soukous is a dance music genre that originated in the two neighbouring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa...

 band in the 1980s

1980s

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. The band had the peculiarity of featuring as much as seven lead vocalists, nicknamed the "7 Patrons of Langa Langa Stars".

Langa Langa Stars were founded in 1981 as a spin-off of Papa Wemba

Papa Wemba

Papa Wemba was born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba in 1949 in Lubefu . He is a Congolese rumba musician, one of Africa's most popular musicians, and prominent in World music.-Zaiko Langa Langa:...

's band Viva La Musica

Viva La Musica

Viva La Musica is a popular band from Zaire founded by singer Papa Wemba in 1977. While Viva La Musica started out as a soukous band , it eventually grew into a world music act, reaching some popularity and success in the European, American, and even Asian markets, as well as in most of Africa...

, which in turn may be described as a spin-off of the seminal soukous band Zaiko Langa Langa

Zaiko Langa Langa

Zaiko Langa Langa are a seminal soukous band from DR Congo. The word "Zaiko" is a portmanteau for the lingala phrase Zaire ya bankoko, meaning "Zaire of our ancestors", where "Zaire" must be read as a reference to the river by that name, now called Congo...

; it can thus be classified in the so-called "Clan Langa Langa", a large set of soukous bands that are directly or indirectly derivative of Zaiko. The "7 Patrons" were Evoloko Jocker

Evoloko Jocker

Evoloko Atshuamo, best known as Evoloko Jocker or Lay Lay, is a popular congolese soukous singer. Since the late 1960s, he has been in several major soukous bands, such as Zaiko Langa Langa, Isifi Lokole, and Langa Langa Stars.-Biography:Evoloko was born in Belgian Congo...

, Esperant Djengaka, Djuna Djanana, Djo Mali and Dindo Yogo

Dindo Yogo

Dindo Yogo or with his real name Théodore Dindo Mabeli was a Congolese singer and musician. He was also called La Voix Cassée .In 1978, Dindo Yogo joined Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica...

 (all of them ex-Viva La Musica), Bozi Boziana

Bozi Boziana

Mbenzu Ngamboni Boskill, better known as Bozi Boziana, is congolese guitarist and singer. He has been in several major soukous bands, including Bamboula de Papa Noel, Minzoto Sangela, Zaiko Langa Langa, Isifi Lokole, Yoka Lokole, Langa Langa Stars and Choc Stars, and founded his own band, Orchestre...

 (ex-Zaiko Langa Langa) and Roxy Tshimpaka. In the early 1980s the Langa Langa Stars were one of the most popular soukous band in Congo. Their dance style sansaku became a craze of the times. They disbanded in 1984.

Partial discography

• Les meilleurs succès de Langa Langa Stars vol. 1, Veve International 2007
• Les meilleurs succès de Langa Langa Stars vol. 2, Veve International 2008
• Les meilleurs succès de Langa Langa Stars vol. 3, Veve International 2008
• Les meilleurs succès de Langa Langa Stars vol. 4, Veve International 2008