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Vicky Sampson

Singer and Musician


Vicky Sampson is the magical voice behind 'Afrikan Dream' - the song that inspired a nation and a continent when she sung it at the opening and closing ceremonies of the African Cup of Nations Football Competition that was held in South Africa in 1996. The song has won her Best Song, courtesy of East Coast Radio, the NTVA Silver for video, and an international MIDEM nomination for video, and has since become an unofficial anthem, speaking to the hopes and dreams of the people of South Africa and Africa as a whole. 

Vicky is South African born, bred and is often mistaken for an overseas artist. The irony is that her "AFRICAN DREAM" penned by Mango Groove's keyboardist - Alan Lazar - is one that is heartfelt by this Caledonian. Some two decades ago, her fan-base and career were set on course by her debut television appearance on the "Soft Shoes" special - even though she wasn’t categorized as a winner, the organizers of "Follow That Star" recognized her talent and the dye was cast. 

What followed was the inevitable attention from the media and record companies. She left the Mother City and her first band, and entered the pell-mell world of cabaret, corporate cabaret, music, extravaganzas, radio and TV jingles - taking her to Bophuthatswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana even Mmabatho and finally the "City Of Gold" where Tusk Record Company snapped her up on a four album deal in 1992. Ms Sampson decided to decline the privilege of Richard O'Brien's offer to the role of Magenta in his "Rocky Horror Picture Show" in Johannesburg and record instead.