Patrick Saint-Éloi

Patrick Saint-Éloi
Born(1958-10-20)20 October 1958
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe France
Died18 September 2010(2010-09-18) (aged 51)
Le Moule, Guadeloupe France
Genre
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • guitar
  • drums
  • percussion
  • bass guitar
Years active1975–2010

Patrick Saint-Éloi (20 October 1958 – 18 September 2010) was a French musician. He was one of the lead singers of the Zouk and Compas band Kassav'. As a solo artist, he helped create zouk beton, a fast music genre played only by Kassav'. He was also an admired singer and songwriter of compa and Zouk Love songs. Saint-Éloi died of cancer in Pointe-à-Pitre in 2010, aged 51. A public tribute was organised in Moule before his burial.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Selected tribute albums and posthumous releases

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Patrick St-Éloi". L'Olympia (in French).
  2. 1 2 "Patrick Saint Eloi". RFI Music. 2010.
  3. ↑ "Former Kassav' singer Patrick Saint-Éloi has died". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 19 October 2010.