Toto: The story behind her mega hit “Africa”

“Africa” ​​tells much more than just a story: mainstream pop through the ages. New generations are discovering old songs for themselves. The registers are ringing at music publishers.

When the US band Toto from Los Angeles, founded in 1976, released their album “IV” in April 1982 (a little later in Europe), they were – stylistically speaking – not exactly hot shit. (Hardcore) punk raged in her Californian hometown. The Dead Kennedys or Black Flag with Berserker Henri Rollins on the microphone send their regards. Toto could…

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