Patrick Saint-Éloi (20 October 1958 – 18 September 2010) was a Guadeloupean singer and songwriter. He was one of the lead singers of the Zouk and Compas band Kassav'. As a solo artist, he helped create zouk beton, a fast music genre played only by Kassav'. He was also an admired singer and songwriter of compa and Zouk Love songs. Saint-Éloi died of cancer in Pointe-à-Pitre in 2010, aged 51. A public tribute was organised in Moule before his burial.

Discography

Studio albums

Misik Ce Lan-Mou (1982, 2M Production) A La Demande (1984, GD Productions) Jean-Philippe Marthely / Patrick Saint-Eloi (1985, GD Productions) Bizouk (1992, Sonodisc) Zoukamine (1994, Sonodisc) Martheloi (1996, Martheloi, with Jean-Philippe Marthely) Lovtans''' (1998, P.S.E. Productions) Swing Karaib (2002, P.S.E. Productions, Lusafrica) Plézi (2005, P.S.E. Productions)

Patrick Saint-Éloi

Live albums

Live à l'Olympia (2010, P.S.E. Productions, Note A Bene)

Patrick Saint-Éloi

Compilations

Zoukolexion Vol.1 (2007, Note A Bene) Zoukolexion Vol.2 (2008, Note A Bene)

Patrick Saint-Éloi

Selected tribute albums and posthumous releases

Passion Saint-Eloi'' (2016, Note A Bene, tribute album)

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1958 births

2010 deaths

Zouk musicians

Guadeloupean musicians

French people of Guadeloupean descent

People from Pointe-à-Pitre

Deaths from cancer in France

20th-century French male singers

French male singer-songwriters

French singer-songwriters