Dolly Rathebe

About the artist

Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, Dolly Rathebe grew up in Sophiatown and discovered around 1948 after singing at a picnic in Johannesburg. She rose to fame in 1949 aged 19 when she appeared as a nightclub singer in the British-produced movie, Jim Comes To Jo'burg, and became an international star when she sang with the Afro-jazz group, the Elite Swingsters in 1964. She died in 2004 from a stroke.

Top songs

  1. Tihapi Ke Noga
  2. Tlhapi Ke noga
  3. Mamoshimane
  4. Kitty's blues
  5. Unomeva (Isileyi Sami)
  6. Unomeva
  7. Unomeva (Isileyi Sam)
  8. Ke Ya Kae Le Bona
  9. Kea Kae Lebona
  10. Tihapi Ke Noga - Remastered
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  1. Kwenzenjani
  2. Phalafala
  3. Unomeva (A Wasp)
  4. Tlhapiu Ke Noga
  5. Nozizwe
  6. Thlapi ke noga
  7. Seranthabole
  8. Yaze Yangala
  9. Kitty’s Blues
  10. 12. Kitty's blues
  11. Mamoshimane - Dolly Rathebe
  12. Thulandivil
  13. Ntyilo Ntyilo
  14. Voice Byte - Dolly Rathebe
  15. Dolly Rathebe - Tlhapi Ke Noga
  16. Kitty`s blues
  17. Sindi
  18. Solitaire
  19. Tihgpi Ke Nega
  20. uyamazi lo jeso/bayede/uban'onga vuma
  21. Kwenzenjani (feat. Glen Mafoko)
  22. Unothalili
  23. Tihapi Ka Noga
  24. Mamoshimane (Feat. Dolly Rathebe)
  25. Nozizwe (2025 Remastered)

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