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Leon Levy Lopes Bastos, tter known as Lionel Bastos, was born on 16 August 1956 in Maputo, Mozambique) and is a singer, songwriter, and music producer. Lionel Bastos works mainly in South Africa. In the 1990s he was part of a band called Be Like Water, who had a radio hit called ''Don't Go On'' in 1996. The band split up but did play reunion gigs in 2013. 〔https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=649097608441280&id=126652140685832&stream_ref=10 Retrieved 23 May 2014〕 He has released five solo albums all of which were nominated for South African Music Awards ("SAMAs"). His second album, ''Simple'', won Best Adult Contemporary Album in 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Simple Wins SAMA Best Adult Contemporary Album Award'' )〕 Bastos' third album, ''Rising Above The Madness'', was released in 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Rock Digest Weekly Review of Rising Above The Madness'' )〕 Both the album and one of its songs, "Thank You," reached the Number 1 spot on the charts in June 2001,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Rising Above The Madness Number 1 Spot on The Charts'' )〕 the song for two consecutive weeks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Thank You Reaches Number 1 Spot Two Weeks in a Row on The Charts'' )〕 In May 2010, Bastos and radio host Doug Anderson organized a concert at which a number of notable South African artists (incl. Farryl Purkiss, Merseystate, and Wendy Oldfield) performed to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, at the Baxter Concert Hall in Cape Town.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Bastos Propels Fund-Raising Concert For Haiti Earthquake Victims'' )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lionel Bastos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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