09/07/2023
Gerald Makhene, popularly known as Blondie Makhene, is a celebrated artist who has been in the industry for the longest time. There is so much about him that most people would wish to know about.
The celebrated South African artist was born on the 16th of September, 1955 in South Africa's suburb; Soweto.
Blondie married the love of his life; Agnes, and together, they brought three children. His wife passed away later on. The details on how she passed away are confidential, and the family does not want to disclose them. It seems like the artistic talent runs in the family. The veteran artist is the father of three; Pauline, Letoya, and Gontse. All his three daughters had a thing for music when they were young.
Blondie Makhene nurtured his music career throughout his life, and his biggest project was in 1984 when he released his first album. He worked on the album alongside Mally Watson. The title of the album is; "Communicate (Family,1984)". After releasing the album, he released a hit; "Still In Love With You", which was a soulful ballad. This is one of the Blondine Makhene songs that made him a household name in the country. After that, Blondie followed with another hit called; "Overtime 1985".
In 1987, he released another album that he called "Satisfy You!" In this album, he worked with Thapelo Khomo. They produced the song at Teal Records label. A few months later, Blondie released another album; "Spreading Love". Among the songs of this album, there was a hit entitled; "Baby I'm Missing You", which was a dedication to his late wife. This is enough evidence that he loved her.
He rose to fame as he sang struggle songs.
Halala Qhawe Halala! 🇿🇦
Listen to some of his work 👇🏿 :
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj90rimfExKzkkFui77ZOY09nc89dl48h
