[citation needed] The Long Walk is Over, an ode to Nelson Mandela (co-written with Kalla Bremer) won the Grand Prize in the Great American Song Contest in 2013,[5] now part of the memorial collection held at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Repository.
Convening the Legends stage at South Africa's longest-running annual music festival, Splashy Fen.
Born in Johannesburg in 1955, Don Clarke grew up in Westville, South Africa, outside Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Don set up a music studio in Westville in 1979, and befriended a teenage Roy Ndlovu who ran errands.
He married business partner Denise Britz, dance choreographer known for the floorshow cabarets and supper club theatre[8] at Durban's Ruby Tuesday, Millionaire's and The Wild Coast Sun.
[12] The choir feature regularly in Don Clarke's recent music,[13] notably on Till You're Free Again[14], the song written for the 2018 Leon Schuster film, Frank and Fearless.
The initiative has seen South African legends like Steve Fataar,[18] Brian Finch[19] and PJ Powers[20] return to the festival over recent years.
He has a Facebook page called The Trophy Room[24] and added his Mission Statement to his video channel under the song, Voortrekker Weep,[25] dedicated to John Varty, South Africa's best known conservationist and wildlife film maker.
EFF support for land expropriation[33] triggered an Open Letter to Julius Malema,[33] Clarke responded to the government lockdown measures with a series of Vlogs expressing his complaints[34] and songs like Zuma Must Fall[35] went viral after it was adopted by marching protesters.
1999, Don Clarke and Kala Bremer wrote the words and music for Die Nostalgie[40], a popular song (in Afrikaans) recorded by Laurika Rauch on her cd 19 Treffers in 21 Jaar.
Adult Art,[48] was formed in 1990, with Ronnie McNamara, Shaun Herbert, Wayne Rathbone and Dave Atkinson.
I'm Gatvol Tracks and Credits : (lyrics: "Going Home", "Sanbonani", "Gatvol") / (music: "Going Home", "Sanbonani", "Naastin Theme", "Bakgatland", "Rambo Nation", "Gatvol", "Oh Schucks we wanna go Home", "Dig a Little Deeper", "I don't want to sit next to Manto") / (performer: "Going Home", "Sanbonani", "Naastin Theme", "Bakgatland", "Rambo Nation")[47] **Op Dun Eish Tracks and Credits : Hie Kommie Cheetahs (Don Clarke / Leon Schuster), Bielie Van 'n Mielie (Don Clarke / Leon Schuster/Mike Valentine), Steek Hom Innie Pad (Don Clarke / Leon Schuster/Mike Valentine), Dis Lekka by die A N See (Don Clarke / Leon Schuster/Mike Valentine), Eish Pt.