Happy Birthday Jonathan Butler

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    Happy birthday to Jonathon Butler, born October 10, 1961.

    Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa during apartheid, Jonathan Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Racial segregation and poverty during apartheid has been the subject of many of his records. His first single, the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa, earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammys... READ FULL BIOGRAPHY


    Happy birthday to Jonathon Butler, born October 10, 1961.

    Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa during apartheid, Jonathan Butler started singing and playing acoustic guitar as a child. Racial segregation and poverty during apartheid has been the subject of many of his records. His first single, the first by a black artist played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa, earned a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammys... READ FULL BIOGRAPHY