chigoziri2403: Do you have this song sang in the late 90s like a wedding song where the father was handing over his daughter in marriage Something like oh I can't bear to see you go......the time has come for you to go..... you look so beautiful
He is not Nigerian. That is Baby Girl by Nell Oliver from Benin Republic. He became famous for Wa Jo in the late 1980s or early 1990s and his second biggest hit was Baby Girl in the late 1990s or early 2000s.
naptu2: A Nairalander was complaining that music videos today are filled with half naked girls and that this wasn't the case in the past.
Another Nairalander interjected and asked him if he didn't see Ibinabo Fiberesima in Blakky's c1990 music video or Cossy Orjiakor in Obesere's early 2000 music video.
This is one of my favourite intros to any Nigerian song.
(I'm posting this because I can't find Kissing Game by Blackky and Esse Agesse).
Blackky!
Yes girl.
Guess what? I'm gonna have your baby!
WHATTTT??
Blackky, me have a bang belly, (Me not, me not, me not the one) Doctor, says you are the daddy (Ah do not listen to the dunce).
(I've been searching for this video for a long time).
The first video is the original video from 1991. However, the video didn't start from the beginning of the song, so the second video is the album version.
naptu2: The second video is the original video from 1990. It was uploaded by the record company (Premier Music), but the treble is too much. The first video is from the album, but it is a bit slower than the album version. However the quality is better than that of the second video.
That's the late Charles Hopst and his crew dancing in the video. He won a popular dancing competition in 1984 or 1985 (I think it was John Player Gold Leaf Competition). He danced in a lot of music videos in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He became a choreographer for the Silverbird Group and he was responsible for some of the dance routines at the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageants in the 2000s.
Xtasy is a Nigerian duo from the 80's. The group was made up of Roy and Stella Murray-Bruce. Xtasy only made one album on the label of Ben Murray-Bruce's Silver Bird/Ben Murray-Bruce Records.
Ben Murray-Bruce needs no introduction in the Nigerian entertainment world because he started bringing world-renowned musicians into the country from 1980.
naptu2: This tribute to Down Town Lagos was made by Xtasy.
Xtasy was made up of Roy and Stella Murray-Bruce, two of the siblings of Ben Murray-Bruce and their songs were released on Ben Bruce Records. Of course, Ben Bruce needs no introduction.
Pictures 1-3 : Roy and Stella Murray-Bruce in 1984 Picture 4: Roy Murray-Bruce in 2018 Picture 5: Stella Murray-Bruce and Kamala Harris in 2020
naptu2: William Onyeabor was popular in Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s. He had a string of hits during those two decades. However, he was not well known outside Nigeria at that time.
He became a born again Christian and stopped recording and basically ended his music career. It almost seemed as if he had been forgotten in the 1990s.
Then, in the early 2000s, his music began to infiltrate Europe. Europeans discovered his 1970s and '80s funk classics and they couldn't get enough of him. It shocked me to discover that music that was popular in Nigeria in the 1980s, music that we had already enjoyed and moved on, was now becoming popular in the West. The Internet spread his music to America too. In fact, European and American musicians were covering and performing his songs. It was simply amazing.
This is probably his biggest song from the 1980s. I remember when this song was first released. It succeeded because it had a happy video, it had a good message and that message came at the right time. This was the mid-1980s when Nigerians were still suffering the effects of the 1982 oil price crash and were about to begin suffering the devastating effects of SAP. Many people that had been very comfortable suddenly discovered that they were poor. It's as if William Onyeabor was telling the story of these (many) people.
This is the "Higher, higher, higher, higher, higher" and "Down, down, down, down, down" song.
William Onyeabor - When The Going Is Smooth & Good (1985)
He started out with a nice pop song that was almost as good as the massive hits of his two friends, Kris Okotie and Jide Obi. That was at the beginning of the 1980s. Then he went on a run in which he had his own massive hits. This lasted from the early 1980s till the late '80s. He developed a formula of "name songs" that worked for him. Then came the early 1990s when he became a joke. He was known more for his customised Mercedes Benz cars and leather jackets than for his songs.
I should start with the nice pop song, but I prefer to remember him when he was at his peak, so I'll start with the name songs.
naptu2: It's amazing how songs that we thought were very silly now don't sound so bad . Baby Kilode was a joke of a song back then. We used to make fun of Dizzy K back then. Now it doesn't sound so bad anymore.
Ditto for all those Felix Lebarty songs that were named after girls.
I honestly didn't like him and now I know why. It's that video!
I've listened to the song in more recent times (since the late '90s) and I have to admit that it's quite good and it's no surprise that it was a hit, but the video ruined everything.
He looked like a Michael Jackson impersonator! Why would I want to watch a Michael Jackson impersonator when I could watch the real thing??
Dizzy K Falola. C1983 (I can't remember all the words).
It's been * years since we met each other. * * * * * * * You rejected my love, Baby Kilode! (Tu du du du du dum du du) Baby Kilode! (Tu du du du du dum du du)
I love you, I love you, I'll never let you go, Baby Kilode!
naptu2: Yeah, Ambush You was his second hit after Baby Kilode. I'm still searching for the video. Baby Kilode was his biggest hit.
naptu2: Ok, I'll be fair. The other guy wasn't bad. It's just that I didn't consider him to be on the same level as Kris Okotie and Jide Obi. His music was ok, but I didn't consider him to be a serious musician. I remembered him more for the weird way his name is spelt, his fleet of pimped W123 Mercedes Benz cars and the (girls) names that he gave to his songs. We used to tease a particular girl with his songs.
Then I heard his songs in the early 2000s and they are not half bad. In fact, they are really quite good.
So here are two of the best. (The inscription says 1981, but I could have sworn that it was actually released in 1984/85).
naptu2: Can you believe that the version on the Tabansi channel is not as clear as this. I think that was recorded from a cassette tape, while this was recorded from a vinyl record.
Can you believe that the record company does not have a clear version of its own recording?
Pimped Mercedes Benz, girls names as titles of songs, flashy clothes, who else could it be but Felix Lebarty.
naptu2: You see, he wasn't only a great musician and singer (as you can tell from Mother and Child), he was also a great producer.
She worked at the NTA in the early 1980s and she approached him to produce her album and he did. I think it was recorded in London, but I can't remember for sure.
naptu2: The moment I fell in love with Onyeka Onwenu.
I had the Everly Brothers version of this song (I believe that's the original) and I absolutely loved it. So, for anyone to make a cover version of the song that is as good as the original. . .that person must be really special.
So the NTA showed a competition that was staged in the UK (c1981) and an unknown Nigerian performed this song. I was blown away. In fact, I think I prefer the tempo and beat of Onyeka's version. That was Onyeka's first hit.
Unfortunately her version is not online (God bless Classic FM for playing it once in a while). Here's the Everly Brothers' version.
The Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back.
naptu2: There was a video clip that caught my attention in 1981 or 1982. It was of an incredibly beautiful young Nigerian woman in the UK. I think she had just won some kind of award and then she gave a performance. She sang the Everly Brothers' song, "Walk Right Back". It was beautiful. That video was shown many times on NTA 2 Channel 5 in 1982/1983. I have been looking for that video on YouTube since 2008.
I already loved the Everly Brothers and it was some feat for someone to perform that song and for me to like it without comparing it to the original. We had the Everly Brothers' album and it was one of my favourites. The album sleeve was very colourful. It was made up of little cartoon strips that represented each song on the album. I loved every song on that album. I loved "Bird Dog" because there was someone that I knew that was named Charlie and we used that song to tease him. (Now I'm tempted to do and Everly Brothers sweep).
Anyway, that was the first video of Onyeka Onwenu that I ever saw. I still haven't been able to find her version of "Walk Right Back" on the internet, but this song (below) was from the same album. (You can clearly hear Sunny Okosun's influence in the horns).
This was the first song by Onyeka Onwenu that I ever heard. I wish I could find the exact video that was on heavy rotation on NTA2 Channel 5 in 1982.
We had the original album that contained this song. That album is one of my favourite albums. It had hit after hit after hit and the album sleeve was filled with cartoons. I absolutely loved that original version by the Everly Brothers, so I thought that it would be difficult for anybody to cover the song in a way that I would like it. Onyeka Onwenu succeeded. I also love this version.
The original video from 1982 showed Onyeka performing this song at an event in the UK. She was very pretty.
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