Shoubou biography
- Robert M. Eugene (Shoubou), born in Port-de-Paix in 1947, is known as one of the great singers in the Haitian history.
- Read Shoubou of Tabou Combo's bio and find out more about Shoubou of Tabou Combo's songs, albums, and chart history.
- By that time, Tabou had already established itself as Haiti's number one group, and as the “Ambassadors of Konpa.” Tabou Combo now has worldwide fans and.
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Tabou Combo
Haitian Band
Musical artist
Tabou Combo is a Haitiancompas band that was founded in 1968 in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.[1] The orchestra has performed throughout the world (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and especially in the Caribbean). Tabou Combo was the first Haitian band to perform in Japan, Ivory Coast, Senegal among others, and were named the "Official Panamanian Band" in Panama due to their popularity, while also becoming the first Caribbean band to have a number one single in the French Hit Parade. They dynamically sung their songs in both English, French, Spanish and in Haitian Creole. Tabou Combo refer to themselves as the "ambassadors of konpa."[2]
History
In 1968, band founders Albert Jr. Chancy and Herman Nau, performed their first concert. At first they named themselves, Los Incognitos because they were virtually unknown, but soon changed it in to "Tabou Combo" the following year to better fit Haitian culture. That year, the band won "Best Musical Group of the Year" in a televised
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