# John Kongos

> John Theodore Kongos is a South African singer and songwriter of Greek ancestry, best known for his 1971 top 10 hit single "He's Gonna Step on You Again", which has become a standard and spawned multiple successful cover versions, including by The Party Boys, the Chantoozies, and the Happy Mondays. His other big hit was "Tokoloshe Man", which was featured on the TV show Life on Mars and the CD soundtrack. His second album, Kongos, made the top 30 of the UK Albums Chart; but his subsequent singles, "Great White Lady", "Higher than God's Hat" and "Ride the Lightning" did not chart.

*South African musician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-kongos

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1945-08-06
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 2.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0465080/ (@nm0465080)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.johnkongos.com/

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/106184)
- [جون كونجوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [John Kongos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [John Kongos](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kongos)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0093cf21-ed2e-446d-921c-e716e05bdfe5)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438869)
- [John Kongos](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3602740)

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