Steve Kekana

Steve Kekana is a successful South African singer who started out with The Hunter in 1974 before becoming a solo artist in the late 1970s.

He is very much a pop singer who is able to sing in a variety of African languages as well as in English.

Already established in the black South African market, he successfully crossed-over into the white English market with the single “Raising my family” (1980), which reached number one in Finland and Number 3 in Sweden.

His career went into decline after his involvement in the Bureau for Information’s “Together we will build a brighter future” (1986) but he continues to record and release albums.

Stewart Irving

Singer who was born in Dundee, Scotland and began his music career in the UK, including in the band Scene Stealers. After they broke up Irving came to South Africa and joined Ballyhoo as vocalist.

In 1985 he launched a parallel solo career, releasing his first single ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’. A subsequent single, ‘Superstar’ received airplay and television coverage.

He released further singles in the 80s and in 1991 left Ballyhoo.