Edith Lefel (November 1963, Cayenne - 20 January 2003, Dreux) was a French singer born in French Guiana. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cayenne is the Capital of French Guiana, an overseas ''région'' and ''département'' of France located in South America Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Dreux is a town and commune in northwest France, in the Eure-et-Loir département. French Guiana (Guyane française officially fr ''Guyane'' is an Overseas department (French département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France She grew up in Martinique and has become a popular zouk-love singer. Martinique is an Island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1128 km² Zouk-love' is a genre of popular French West Indian music. It is a slower and more dramatic derivative of Zouk, and is similar to the African Kizomba Her popular career began in 1984, when she worked with Jean-Michel Cabrimol's Maffia. The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a Sicilian Criminal Secret society which is believed to have first developed in the mid-19th century She began working with the big band Malavoi in 1987. Malavoi was a Martinican band consisting of Mano Césaire, Jean-Paul Soïme, Christian de Negri, Denis Dantin and Marcel Rémion. Her last recent album came out in 2002, and used elements of beguine, mazurka and merengue. The beguine is a Dance, similar to a slow rumba, that was very modestly popular in the 1930s coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique The mazurka is a stylized Polish Folk dance in Triple meter with a lively tempo that has a heavy accent on the third or second beat Merengue is a type of music and dance that comes from the Dominican Republic. She died in her sleep. Autopsy results revealed a combination of smoking and birth control pills as the cause of her demise.
References
- RFIMusique.com Artist biography (English google translation)
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