Tilahun gessesse news and observer

Ethiopian singer (1940–2009)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Tilahun, and not as Gessesse.

Musical artist

Tilahun Gessesse (Amharic: ጥላሁን ገሠሠ; 27 September 1940 – 19 April 2009) was an Ethiopian singer regarded as one of the most popular Ethiopian artist of the 20th century.

Noted by his tenor voice, he was nicknamed "The Voice" during his country's "Golden Age" in the 1960s. Tilahun was an eminent singer whose works are attributed legacy to Ethiopian music.

Of course, Tilahun Gessesse's songs were on the radio constantly, he was the number one request and I remember asking my assistants to look.

Of course, Tilahun Gessesse's songs were on the radio constantly, he was the number one request and I remember asking my assistants to look.

Ethiopian music legend Tilahun Gessesse died last night at the age of Tilahun passed away on Sunday night in Addis after returning from the United States.

With funeral to be held tomorrow, family, friends and fans said goodbye to the late Tilahaun Gessesse this night.

One of the songs where the use of the wax and gold technique was used to criticize the emperor was.

As for musical influences, the artists from the golden era of Ethiopian music heavily influenced me.

Besides his popularity, he raised money for aid during the famines of the 1970s and 1980s and earned the affection of the nation, being awarded a doctorate degree by the Addis Ababa University and also winning a lifetime achievement award from the Ethiopian Fine Art and Mass Media Prize Trust.

Tilahun died from diabetes on 19 April 2009 shortly after returning from the United States. His funeral took place i