Vicky Longomba
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Victor Longomba Besange Lokuli, commonly known as Vicky Longomba (23 December 1932 – 12 March 1988), was a Congolese singer.[1]
Born in Léopoldville, present-day Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[2] he was a founding member of Tout puissant OK Jazz, a Congolese rumba group.[3][4]
He later formed his own group, Lovy du Zaire. He was the father of Lovy Longomba (member of Super Mazembe) and Awilo Longomba, both popular musicians.[5]
He died in Kinshasa on 12 March 1988, aged 55.[6]