Vicky Sampson is the magical voice behind 'Afrikan
Dream' - the song that inspired a nation and a
continent when she sung it at the opening and
closing ceremonies of the African Cup of Nations
Football Competition that was held in South Africa
in 1996. The song has won her Best Song, courtesy of
East Coast Radio, the NTVA Silver for video, and an
international MIDEM nomination for video, and has
since become an unofficial anthem, speaking to the
hopes and dreams of the people of South Africa and
Africa as a whole.
Vicky
Sampson
Vicky Sampson
is South African born, bred and is often mistaken
for an overseas artist. The irony is that her
"AFRICAN DREAM" penned by Mango Groove's
keyboardist - Alan Lazar- is one that is heartfelt
by this Caledonian. Some two decades ago, her
fan-base and career were set on course by her debut
television appearance on the "Soft Shoes" special -
even though she wasn’t categorised as a winner, the
organizers of "Follow That Star" recognised
her talent and the dye was cast. What followed was
the inevitable attention from the media and record
companies.
She left the Mother City and her first band, and
entered the pell-mell world of cabaret, corporate
cabaret, music, extravaganzas, radio and TV jingles
- taking her to Bophuthatswana, Swaziland,
Lesotho, Botswana even Mmabatho and finally the
"City Of Gold" where Tusk Record Company snapped
her up on a four album deal in 1992. Ms Sampson
decided to decline the privilege of Richard
O'Brien's offer to the role of Magenta in his "Rocky
Horror Picture Show" in Johannesburg and record
instead.
More recently to huge critical acclaim she performed
the lead role as “the Killer Queen” in “We
Will Rock You” which toured all major cities
countrywide in 2006
Vicky
Sampson
Two national newspapers toasted her alongside
President Nelson Mandela as front-page news! Ever
since Vicky has remained in the spotlight as the
darling of South Africa’s movers and shakers
including appearing at functions at the special
request of President Thabo Mbeki! Over the years
Vicky's African Dream has taken her to
Austria, England, Germany, Singapore (again),
Sweden, the Netherlands & the United States of
America where the album has been released.
Zai
is also on the shelves throughout the Benelux
countries, France, Indonesia- even Russia. The song
has won her Best Song, courtesy of East Coast
Radio, the NTVA Silver for video, and an
international MIDEM nomination for video. A crowning
and incidental vote came from the readers of Ebony
magazine, who voted her one of the most beautiful
women in the land in '97.
Vicky
Sampson
Locally she inspired the nation weekly when with the
launch of the National Lottery her most famous song
was chosen as the theme song to the twice-weekly
Lotto Draw TV show.
Her star power and cross-over appeal has also lead
to numerous appearances on the evergreen & ever
popular music quiz show on SABC2, Noot-vir-Noot
and took on the formidable Fiona Coyne on the
Weakest Link winning the Celebrity Show and donating
her winnings to animals in distress
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