biography

Barthélémy Tugarue Arakino or Barthélémy (3 October 1956 — 16 February 2015) was a French Polynesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. He recorded two hundred songs on fifteen albums during his career, and along with Angelo, Bobby Holcomb, and Jean Gabilou, he was considered one of the most popular Polynesian singers of his generation.