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Star Band de Dakar, also known simply as Star Band, was a Senegalese music group formed on August 3, 1960, by Ibrahim Kassé, the owner of Le Miami Night Club in Dakar. The group featured notable musicians including Dexter Johnson and Mady Konate, as well as singers Laba Sosseh, Papa Serigne Seck, Amara Toure, and Youssou N'Dour. Related and spinoff groups include Etoile De Dakar, Orchestra Baobab, and Star Number One, which is also known by various other names. In the late 1960s, under the leadership of Laba Sosseh and Dexter Johnson, the band was renamed Superstar De Dakar. Most of the records by Star Band de Dakar were produced by Ibrahim Kassé, whose initials, IK, were incorporated into the catalogue numbers.

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