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Manu Dibango
Cameroonian musician
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American musician
Tito Puente
Tito Puente
American musician
Jackson, Milt
Milt Jackson
American musician
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis
American bandleader, musician, and singer

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