Talk:Franco Luambo

soukous
"Known for his mastery of rumba and its later incarnation of soukous" Did Franco actually dabble in soukous? A citation for this would be appropriate: I do not recall any soukouss songs from Le Maitre!

as congolese born and breaded,of angolan origin i did not heard, listen that franco played or recorded a soukous song, he was rumba master without doubt he was unbelievable, no one to compare with. 22:23 8 december 2008 london. {makiadi evaristo francisco} —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.12.207.231 (talk) 22:24, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Wanyonyi 11:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure that I wrote that line, and I'm thoroughly unsure where I got the information. I've removed it until someone can find a source.  Thanks, BanyanTree 22:17, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Band line up
I feel the band's line up does not belong in this article about Franco, but maybe in the one about OK Jazz? Riki (talk) 21:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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Requested move 18 April 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 17:46, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Franco Luambo Makiadi → Franco Luambo – "Makiadi" is only a "post-name", common to all Congolese and the equivalent of a middle name in the West. This is explained here. Most wikipedia articles reflect this, hence: Joseph Kabila, not Joseph Kabila Kabange; Moïse Katumbi, not Moïse Katumbi Chapwe etc.—Brigade Piron (talk) 17:04, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Support move - Prion is correct about the Congolese naming scheme. Franco Luambo is what the man was commonly known by. -Indy beetle (talk) 13:29, 21 April 2018 (UTC)


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Did he play the US only once, or more?
A minor point, but the article currently says "Franco played in the USA once, in 1983". This is definitely right. He played DC's Lisner Auditorium in November 1983 (W Post), and NYC's Manhattan Center in December 1983 (NYT). And TPOK Jazz played NYC in 1989, before his death, but without Franco. (NYT) But NPR says Franco played the US TWICE: "did only two brief tours here in the mid-80s." (NPR) And the NYT says he was scheduled to play Manhattan Center on April 28, 1985 (NYT and NYT) while the Washington Post says he was going to play for three nights at the Kilimanjaro in October or November 1984, and the GWU student paper notes his scheduled gig there on Sunday, November 4, 1984. (W.Post, 10/19/84 and GW Hatchet, 11/1/84) Sullidav (talk) 20:08, 21 November 2020 (UTC)