1967 - Two teenagers, Albert Chancy (guitar) and Herman Nau (drum) founded Los Incognitos in Petion-Ville, a small village near Port-au-Prince.
1968 - Los Incognitos becomes Tabou Combo. The band win first prize at the Tele Haiti Mini Jazz contest.
1969 - Lead vocalist, Shoubou, joins the band. First album, "Bebe Paramount," is released.
1970 - Albert Chancy moves to Canada as a result the band dissolved, and the members drift to the U.S. to continue their college education.
1971 - An unexpected reunion in New York bring the band back together. Guitar fame, Dadou Basquet joins the band replacing Albert Chancy.
1974 - The single, "New York City" off the album "8th Sacrement" reaches the number one spot of the European chart. Nearly one million copies of the single sold making it the most sold record in Haitian music history. Successful European and Latin American tours followed.
1976 - Guitar great, Elysee Pyroneau, replaces Dadou Pasquet.
1978 - World acclaimed "Music Machine" better known as "Mabouya" is released.
1980 - The album, "Baissez-Bas," has become one of Tabou's most sold records.
198?- The hit "Juicy Lucy" is used in the French movie, "Le Police" starring Gerard Depardieu.
198?- The song "Voye Monte" is used in the U.S. movie " The Serpent and the Rainbow."
1988 - The song, "Kitem Fe Zafem" is voted among the best of the year by Beat Magazine.
1989 - The hit song, "Aux Antilles" spends six consecutive week on top of the European chart. The album also win the award for song of the year at the 1st Annual Caribbean Music Award in NY.
1990 - Big concert in Panama City; 17,000 people assisted. Big concert at the Zenith in Paris.
1991- Very successful tour of Japan. The album "Zap
Zap" is released by Sony Japan.
1991 - "Kite'm Fe Zafem" and "Zap Zap" are used as soundtraks in the movie "Mystery Date." The band also made a brief appearance in the movie.
1992 - 20,000 people watched the band played in Central Park, NY.
1995 - Successful concert in Ohio - 30,000 attendees.
1996 - The band is honored by RFO (Radio France Outre Mer).
1998 - Played in front of 40,000 people in Belgium, and 25,000 people in Denmark.
1998 - 30th Anniversay celebrated "en grandeur" at the Zenith Theater in Paris.
2002 - Carlos Santana records "Mabouya (Foofoo)" on his album, Sherman.
Note...
When the band first started in 1968, nobody could imagine that they would become the most successful and popular Haitian band in history. In fact just one year after the band was founded, it was thought that the dream was over when founding members Herman and Albert moved abroad to countinue their education. An unexpected reunion in NY, however, gave the band a second chance. It didn't take long before they became Haiti's first real Superstars. In 1974, their hit single, "New York City," became the most sold konpa record in the world.
Tabou Combo has travelled over the world playing in sold out stadiums and concert halls. They have taken Konpa Music to places such as: Madagascar, Congo, France, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Japan, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, Jaimaca, St Croix, St Marteen, St Lucy, Dominica, Ivory Coast, Panama, Curacao, The French Antilles, and beyond.