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John Kongos: Biography of John Kongos, Age, Wife, Career, Albums & Net Worth,<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John Kongos\u00a0(born 6 August 1945) is a South African singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1971 top 10 hit single, \u201cHe\u2019s Gonna Step on You Again\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John Kongos Age<\/h2>\n

He was born on 6 August 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kongos is 75 years old as of 2020.<\/p>\n

<\/span>John Kongos Wife<\/h2>\n

Kongos is married to Shelley and has four sons; Johnny, Jesse, Dylan, and Daniel, who are members of the rock group\u00a0Kongos.<\/p>\n

<\/span>John Kongos Career<\/h2>\n

Having had success in South Africa in the early 1960s with his band Johnny and the G-Men, as well as a solo artist, Kongos went to the UK in 1966, to pursue his musical career. His first UK based group, Floribunda Rose, formed in April 1967, comprised the British musicians, Pete Clifford (guitar) (born Peter William Frederick Clifford, 10 May 1943,\u00a0Whetstone, North London) and Jack Russell (bass, vocals) (born 29 April 1944,\u00a0Caerleon, South Wales), who had come to South Africa in June 1965 with The 004; drummer Nick \u2018Doc\u2019 Dokter (born 24 July 1945,\u00a0Kampen, Overijssel, the\u00a0Netherlands), a latter day member of 004; and the Cyprus-born keyboard player Chris Demetriou from John E Sharpe and the Squires.<\/p>\n

After one single, \u201cLinda Loves Linda\u201d, Clifford returned to South Africa to join The Bats and Dokter moved to Canada and worked with Five Man Cargo. Drummer\u00a0Henry Spinetti\u00a0joined and the remaining members recorded three singles as Scrugg.<\/p>\n

After 18 months of gigging in Britain and Europe with his bands Floribunda Rose and Scrugg, and five singles later, he released his first solo album,\u00a0Confusions About a Goldfish<\/i>\u00a0(1969), on the\u00a0Dawn\u00a0record label.<\/p>\n

He then concentrated on songwriting, and began to have major success in Germany and other European countries (No. 1 and top 10 hits). He then moved to\u00a0Fly Records\u00a0with whom he had two\u00a0hit\u00a0singles\u00a0\u2013 \u201cHe\u2019s Gonna Step on You Again\u201d (UK No. 4, May 1971; U.S.\u00a0Billboard<\/i>\u00a0Hot 100\u00a0No. 70) and \u201cTokoloshe Man\u201d (UK No. 4, November 1971).<\/p>\n

His second album\u00a0Kongos<\/i>\u00a0made the top 30 of the\u00a0UK Albums Chart, but subsequent singles, \u201cGreat White Lady\u201d (1972), \u201cRide the Lightning\u201d (1975) and \u201cHigher than God\u2019s Hat\u201d (1975), did not\u00a0chart. \u201cTomorrow I\u2019ll Go\u201d, which appeared on\u00a0Kongos<\/i>, was covered by New Zealand band\u00a0The Human Instinct\u00a0on their 1970 album\u00a0Stoned Guitar<\/i>, while \u201cRide The Lightning\u201d (1975) was covered by\u00a0Sylvie Vartan\u00a0as \u201cQu\u2019est-ce qui fait pleurer les blondes?\u201d in France and was No. 1 on that chart for several weeks in 1976.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Gonna Step on You Again\u201d is cited in the\u00a0Guinness Book of Records<\/i>\u00a0as being the first song to ever use a\u00a0sample.<\/p>\n

Kongos continued to work in his own London studio as a\u00a0record producer,\u00a0sound engineer,\u00a0TV\u00a0jingle\u00a0and\u00a0theme music\u00a0composer, and\u00a0songwriter, as well as handling the programming of the\u00a0Fairlight CMI\u00a0synthesizer\u00a0on\u00a0Def Leppard\u2019s 1983 album,\u00a0Pyromania<\/i>.<\/p>\n

He gained notice with a new musical generation in 1990, when\u00a0Madchester\u00a0pioneers\u00a0Happy Mondays\u00a0reworked \u201cHe\u2019s Gonna Step On You Again\u201d into their\u00a0baggy\u00a0era defining hit \u201cStep On\u201d, which reached No. 5 in the\u00a0UK Singles Chart. In the same year they also\u00a0covered\u00a0his \u201cTokoloshe Man\u201d, for the\u00a0compilation album,\u00a0Rub\u00e1iy\u00e1t<\/i>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>John Kongos Albums<\/h2>\n
His 1966\u20131969 work (including his recordings with Floribunda Rose and Scrugg, and his solo album\u00a0Confusions About a Goldfish<\/i>) was released on a\u00a0compilation album,\u00a0Lavender Popcorn<\/i> (2001).The album\u00a0Kongos<\/i>\u00a0(Elektra, 1972), plus his remaining singles first issued on Fly, appeared on the\u00a0CD\u00a0Tokoloshe Man Plus<\/i>, released by\u00a0See For Miles Records in 1988.<\/p>\n

<\/span>John Kongos Net Worth<\/h2>\n

Kongos has an estimated net worth of $1 million<\/p>\n