Real name: Tete Dalle Penda Jeannot

Effective period / Period of releases: 1981

Cameroonian singer, songwriter, and guitarist born 1958 - died December 26, 2022, Paris, France

He began his musical career in the 1970s, playing guitar in the group Les New-Stars. From 1976 until 1980 he served in the Cameroon Navy and the Republican Guard where he played in the naval band. At the age of 22, he became the guitarist for La Musette, the band formed by Emile Kangue after he quit Les Black Styl. In 1980, Dalle began a solo career and released his first 45rpm single on the Africa Oumba label.