The Five Stars
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The Fives Stars is one of the best known bands from Samoa
, and a popular band known in the Polynesian
community.
most prolific recording artists and during their career they released nine albums on vinyl LP and compact cassette and received two awards. One was a Gold Discs award and in 1986 the other was a New Zealand Music Award. In the 1990s most or all of their LP catalogue was released on compact disc.
In April 2006, band leader, Alofa Tuuga Stevenson died in Brisbane, Australia.
A current version of the band continues as The Five Star Band with some remaining members and their family members.
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, and a popular band known in the Polynesian
Polynesians
The Polynesian peoples is a grouping of various ethnic groups that speak Polynesian languages, a branch of the Oceanic languages within the Austronesian languages, and inhabit Polynesia. They number approximately 1,500,000 people...
community.
History
Formed in 1974 the Five Stars were mainly a family outfit. They consisted of brothers Alofa and Solomona (Soloman) Tu'uga and their relatives Samu Poulava-Selesele, Faifua Fa'atoe and Uili Misa. They were also managed by Afoa Tu'uga who was the father of Alofa and Solomona Tu'uga. They were Hibiscus RecordsHibiscus Records
Hibiscus Records is a division of Kiwi Pacific Records International Limited and has many Polynesia and Maori titles on CD, specialised in mainly authentic Polynesian Music / Polynesian Folk music. There were many authentic Maori and Pacific Island recordings released via Kiwi Pacific Records...
most prolific recording artists and during their career they released nine albums on vinyl LP and compact cassette and received two awards. One was a Gold Discs award and in 1986 the other was a New Zealand Music Award. In the 1990s most or all of their LP catalogue was released on compact disc.
In April 2006, band leader, Alofa Tuuga Stevenson died in Brisbane, Australia.
A current version of the band continues as The Five Star Band with some remaining members and their family members.
Line up
- Samu Poulava-Selesele - (lead vocals)
- Alofa Tu'uga aka Alofa Tu'uga Stevenson - (Lead Guitar)(Died 18 April 2006)
- Uili Misa - (bass guitar)
- Faifua Fa'atoe - (rhythm guitar)
- Solomona Tu'uga aka Solomona Stevenson - (drums)
Other members
- Ross Uele
- Sam Poulava-Selesele
- Willie Misa
- Sam Faifua Faatoe (Passed away 30/7/2011)
The Five Stars
- Samoan Style (Popular Songs of Samoa), HLS-084, (1990)
- Samoa Matalasi - (My Beautiful Samoa), HLS-087
- Live At The Rainmaker Hotel, HLS-090
- Samoa With Love, HLS-092
- Welcome to Samoa, HLS-094, (1995)
- Musika Malie (Good Music), HLS-097
- Flower of Samoa Matou, HLS-108, (1998)
- The Five Stars Collection Vol 1(Popular Songs of Samoa), HLS-132
- The Five Stars Collection Vol 2, (Popular Songs of Samoa), HLS-158, (1994)
- The Five Stars Collection Vol 3, (Popular Songs of Samoa), HLS-160, (1996)
- Siva Mai, HLS-175, (1998)
- Lalelei pea oe Samoa, HKLS-180
External links
- Samoan catalogue, www.kiwipacific.com