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Café Society (South African band)

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The band was formed in Johannesburg in 1984. Café Society consisted of various artists singing cover versions and original songs under the watchful eye of multi-instrumentalist and producer Costa Anadiotis. Costa Anadiotis was also the synthesizer player in the disco-rock South African group Buffalo
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was released in 1985 but could not help this mainly studio outfit to reach a higher level and soon everybody went their separate ways.
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This article is about the 1980s South African band. For the 1970s British band, see
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was a South African group from the 1980s best known for their two cover songs "
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with Peter Vee during the late 1970s as well as the group Fantasy.
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History of Contemporary Music of South Africa Part 1
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Café Society (British band)
references
inline citations
improve
introducing
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Hi-NRG
Somebody to Love
Woodpeckers from Space
Jefferson Airplane
Somebody to Love
Hi-NRG
Dan Hartman
Relight My Fire
Joy
VideoKids
Woodpeckers From Space
the political situation in the country at that time
ISBN
0-620-18121-4
Discogs listing
Album Information 1
Album Information 2
Costa Anadiotis in Buffalo 1
Costa Anadiotis in Buffalo 2
Julia Jade Aston in Wizard
Categories
Hi-NRG groups
South African musical groups

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