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Prince Eyango
(Cameroon)
Biography
Prince Eyango started singing in a folkore singing group in Douala in 1980.
In the second half of the 1980s, his star was rising as a makossa singer, and the song
« You Must Calculer » was a big hit both in Cameroon
as in the rest of francophone Africa. Other hits such as « Les Problèmes »
followed, but in 1992, Eyango decided to leave Cameroon and he settled in California. After a couple of difficult years,
he finally came back with a new album recorded in 1995, « Another Part of Me ».
He has set up a production company, Preya Music Corporation, and is frequently performing in the United States.
• Musicians on the album « Les Problèmes »:
Prince Eyango (guitar);
Aladji Touré (bass);
Ernest Mvouama (keyboards);
Alain Bonnint (keyboards on "Nsomi Wei");
Guy Bilong (drums);
Mavungu (percussion);
Constance Manga, Esther, Ndedi Dibango (backing vocals);
Constance Manga (vocals on "Wei Sy").
Born: As Ndedi Eyango Pierre
Style: makossa
He has set up a production company, Preya Music Corporation, and is frequently performing in the United States.
• Musicians on the album « Les Problèmes »:
Prince Eyango (guitar);
Aladji Touré (bass);
Ernest Mvouama (keyboards);
Alain Bonnint (keyboards on "Nsomi Wei");
Guy Bilong (drums);
Mavungu (percussion);
Constance Manga, Esther, Ndedi Dibango (backing vocals);
Constance Manga (vocals on "Wei Sy").
Born: As Ndedi Eyango Pierre
Style: makossa
Prince Eyango
Discography
| Title | Year | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | 2017 | Preya Music | |
| Merci Seigneur | 2015 | Preya Music | |
| Appelle-Moi | 2012 | Preya Music | |
| Mentalité africaine | 2007 | Preya Music | |
| You Must Calculer / The Very Best of Prince Eyango | 2005 | TJR Music CDAT 246 | Compilation |
| Métamorphose | 2002 | Preya Music / Sonima SMCD 1423 | |
| The Very Best of Prince Eyango vol. 2 | 200? | Preya | Compilation |
| The Very Best of Prince Eyango vol. 1 | 200? | Preya | Compilation |
| You Go Pay | 2000 | JPS Production CDJPS 115 | |
| Si tu me mens | 1998 | Sonodisc-Septocam CD 83216 | Also on Preya Music |
| Another Part of Me | 1996 | Preya PMI 002CD | |
| Greatest Hits vol. 1 | 1994 | Preya 001 | CD Compilation |
| Les problèmes | 1991 | TJR AT 094 | LP |
| Soul Botingo | 1989 | TJR AT 082 | LP |
| You Must Calculer | 1988 | Tougata TG 3302 | LP |
| Saluts les maries | 1986 | BMCA 8603 | LP |
| Service libre | 1985 | Dicks Records DR 885 | LP |
Sources
Page added November 2001