Dominica - FEATURE: Ophelia Marie the Great Lady of Creole Music

Ophelia burst on the music scene in 1979 with her seminal hit "AIE Dominique" like a rocket from NASA. Though she had always been singing since she was a small child in Curacao where she was born, it was after she married McCarthy Marie that her career moved to another level. In fact "AIE Dominique” was written for the Creole song contest of 1975 which she handsomely won. Believe it or not but the beat was not a four to the bar cadence beat, but a 3/4 waltz time! It was Gordon Henderson of Exile One who suggested just before the recording in Paris in January of 1978, that the song should be done as a cadence...cont./


Courtesy of: Dominica News Online
Courtesy of: Dominica News Online - UPDATE











Wikipedia
Courtesy of: ChezOphelia
Courtesy of: Ophelia
Courtesy of: Ophelia Marie MySpace
Courtesy of: Ophelia Marie Facebook
Video Courtesy of: Lady of Song Ophelia