Artist: Sebastian Santa Maria
Author: Sebastian Santa Maria
Label: Island
Year: 1987

Gorgeous young Burundese Khadja Nin didn't write her biggest hit, at least not the melody. It's not even African. Author and original performer Santa Maria is from Chile, operating from Switzerland with French chansonniers as his major customers (Caterine Lara, Claude Nougaro, Bernard Lavilliers), while choosing English for his own performing career. His Keep On Singing deals with third world problems (like Nin's cover), confronting powerless United Nations with situations in Burundi and Bolivia.