Born in 1948 in New-Bell, Douala, Cameroon, Pierre Kemayo aka Elvis Kemayo (in reference to his idol Elvis Presley) distinguished himself in 1984 with his title "Africa music non-stop", a potpourri brewing various styles including makossa, soukouss, zouk, funk and rock. Elvis Kemayo was director of the National Orchestra of Gabon and initiator of the Mademba studio in Libreville ...
Elvis Kemayo started playing music at the age of 13, as a singer with a group in his neighborhood. But it was not until three years later that he began to run clubs in Douala, and at 19, he was invited to the King’s Club in Yaoundé, the capital. In 1970, he joined Port Gentil, in Gabon where he made a name for himself by playing in various night clubs. His fame was such that he was later director of the National Orchestra of Gabon and initiator of the Mademba recording studio in Libreville. In 1984, Elvis Kemayo distinguished himself with his huge title "Africa music non-stop", a medley mixing various styles including makossa, soukouss, funk and rock and which became a huge hit taken over by many artists of the continent.
At the end of the 1990s, Elvis Kemayo was appointed Managing Director of JPS, an independent Cameroonian production and distribution label founded by Jean-Pierre Saar. In 2000, he released his own opus, Vision, and subsequently produced various African artists, including JB Mpiana, Manu Dibango, Werrason and Wenge Musica Maison Mère, Lady Ponce, Zaïko Langa Langa, Madilu System, Grace Decca, and many others. still others. The year 2008 saw him produce and musically achieve Mba Abessolo, the Gabonese album Alexis Abessolo which became a huge hit. But Elvis Kemayo did not stop at production, his ambition led him in 2011 to stand for election to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cameroon copyright society, SOCAM (Société Civile Camerounaise) of Musical Art)
