David Masondo (singer)
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David Mdavu Masondo (1950 – 5 July 2015)[1] was a South African singer and drummer. He was the lead vocalist of Mbaqanga group The Soul Brothers.[2]
His musical career began as a drummer for band formed in KwaZulu-Natal in 1970 the Young Brothers.[3] In the early 1970s, the Young Brothers moved to Johannesburg and met the keyboardist Black Moses Ngwenya and co-founded The Soul Brothers.[4][5] In 1975, their breakthrough song, "Mshoza Wami", was released.[5] The song was commercially successful, selling 60,000 copies within three months.[6]
In September 2009, Masondo's solo album Nkosi Bathethelele, fused with Gospel elements, was released in South Africa.[7]