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Tilahun Gessesse
Tilahun Gessesse is credited on 19 releases across 10 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
19
Pressings credited
10
Albums
6
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Tilahun Gessesse (Amharic: ጥላሁን ገሠሠ; 27 September 1940 – 19 April 2009) was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular Ethiopian artists of the 20th century. Noted by his tenor voice, he was nicknamed "The Voice" during his country's "Golden Age" in the 1960s. Tilahun was an eminent singer whose works are attributed legacy to Ethiopian music. Besides his popularity, he raised money for aid during the famines of the 1970s and 1980s and earned the affection of the nation, being awarded a doctorate degree by the Addis Ababa University and also winning a lifetime achievement award from the Ethiopian Fine Art and Mass Media Prize Trust. Tilahun died from diabetes on 19 April 2009 shortly after returning from the United States. His funeral took place in Addis Ababa at Holy Trinity Cathedral on 23 April with mass public figures and mourners gathered.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
19 releases · 10 albums · active 1970–2024
- Performance · 17
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Studio Du Faune
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Arat Kilo
- Mulatu Astatke
- Jano (15)
- The Selenites Band
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