This article is about the singer. For the athlete, see Bezunesh Bekele.
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Bizunesh, and not as Bekele.
Bizunesh Bekele
ብዙነሽ በቀለ
Born
1946 (1946)
Died
25 June 1990(1990-06-25) (aged 53–54)
Years active
1960s–1990
Musical career
Genres
Soul
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Labels
Kaifa Records[1]
Musical artist
Bizunesh Bekele[2] (Amharic: ብዙነሽ በቀለ; 1936 – 25 June 1990) was an Ethiopian soul singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Golden Age. She was referred to as "Aretha Franklin of Ethiopia" due to similitude of musical style. Her songs were released in her native Amharic language. [3][4]
^"Bizunesh Bekele – Tigel New (Ethiopia, 1977, Kaifa Records)".
^Bezunesh Bekele at AllMusic
^Mekonnen, Timkehet Teffera (2020). "Life & Work of Bizunesh Bekele ብዙነሽ በቀለ (1936-1990)". academia.edu. academia.edu.
^"Search results from Audio Recording, popular music%7Clocation:ethiopia%7Ccontributor:bekele, bzunesh". Library of Congress.
BizuneshBekele (Amharic: ብዙነሽ በቀለ; 1936 – 25 June 1990) was an Ethiopian soul singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Golden Age. She was referred...
enjoyed listening to Ethiopian musicians like Tilahun Gessesse and BizuneshBekele, as well as American musicians like Donna Summer and Aretha Franklin...
who recorded for Kaifa included Alemayehu Eshete, BizuneshBekele, Mahmoud Ahmed and Hirut Bekele. List of record labels Éthiopiques Amha Records Falceto...
emerged thereafter, for example, Tilahun Gessesse, Alemayehu Eshete, BizuneshBekele, Muluken Melesse and Mahmoud Ahmed. It also employed tradition style...
Imperial Bodyguard Band included Tilahun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed, BizuneshBekele, Colonel Sahle Degago and many more. It was the first African nation...
who recorded for the label included Alemayehu Eshete, BizuneshBekele, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hirut Bekele, Mulatu Astatke and Tilahun Gessesse. List of record...
joined other famous singers such as Mahmoud Ahmed, Tilahun Gessesse and BizuneshBekele. Birra traveled with the group through Ethiopia and Sudan to sing with...
band's famous artists which includes Tilahun Gessesse, Tefera Kasa, BizuneshBekele, and many more. His work lives on, because, even today, those same...
Bezunesh Bekele Sertsu (born 29 January 1983) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in cross-country running and marathons. She was born...
the Aw-Seid river bank. Huge personalities like Tilahun Gessesse, BizuneshBekele and Mahmoud Ahmed came for the musical show and got appreciations of...
marathoners are also found practicing, including New York City Marathon finisher Bizunesh Deba. An estimated 25,000 to 40,000 Ethiopians live in Seattle, Washington...
CROSS-COUNTRY; Bekele and Masai Victorious Again", The New York Times, March 31, 2003, retrieved October 31, 2013 Gillon, Doug (March 31, 2003), Bekele blazes...
London Marathon, where she was one place behind her compatriot Bezunesh Bekele. She ran in two French races in October: she was the winner of the half...
Endale 3:41.64 min Birhanu Sorsa 3:42.44 min 5000 metres Telahun Haile Bekele 13:36.21 min Abe Gashaw 13:40.02 min Gemechu Dadi 13:46.42 min 10,000 metres...
the two miles event and Kenenisa Bekele failed in his attempt over 10,000 m. Wind: -0.3 Wind: +0.7 Kenenisa Bekele, the current world record holder,...
women's title but fainted one kilometer before the finishing line. Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, who has won five consecutive long and short course races, promised...
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