Lionel Bastos

Leonel Levy Lopes Bastos, better known as Lionel Bastos, was born on 16 August 1956 in Maputo, Mozambique) and is a singer, songwriter, and music producer.

Lionel Bastos works mainly in South Africa.

In the 1990s he was part of a band called Be Like Water, who had a radio hit called Don't Go On in 1996. The band split up but did play reunion gigs in 2013. [1]

He has released five solo albums all of which were nominated for South African Music Awards ("SAMAs"). His second album, Simple, won Best Adult Contemporary Album in 1999.[2]

Bastos' third album, Rising Above The Madness, was released in 2001.[3] Both the album and one of its songs, "Thank You," reached the Number 1 spot on the charts in June 2001,[4] the song for two consecutive weeks.[5]

In May 2010, Bastos and radio host Doug Anderson organized a concert at which a number of notable South African artists (incl. Farryl Purkiss, Merseystate, and Wendy Oldfield) performed to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town.[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=649097608441280&id=126652140685832&stream_ref=10 Retrieved 23 May 2014
  2. ↑ "Simple Wins SAMA Best Adult Contemporary Album Award". rock.co.za 1999 archive, FNB SAMA Awards section. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Rock Digest Weekly Review of Rising Above The Madness". rock.co.za. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rising Above The Madness Number 1 Spot on The Charts". rock.co.za. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Thank You Reaches Number 1 Spot Two Weeks in a Row on The Charts". rock.co.za. Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Bastos Propels Fund-Raising Concert For Haiti Earthquake Victims". capetowncreatives.co.za. Retrieved 2 December 2010.

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