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Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by marsman: 8:16pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
SegFault:He was a revolutioner, just like his father and mother. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Nobody: 8:17pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
marsman:Quite sad his whole life was turned upside down, Who was the bastard head of state when he was sent to prison. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by AsabaPropertyAg(m): 8:20pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Please house, this list is not complete until you add Dr. Sir Warrior ,Oriental Brothers International and Aloy Anyanwu. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by monakii: 8:25pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Good job OP. I humbly suggest that Bobby Benson and perhaps Lagbaja be on this list to make it great! 1 Like |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by marsman: 8:25pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
The title of movie beast of no nation, was gotten from one of his songs against Buhari. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by toxxnoni(m): 8:30pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Inkosl: How much? |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by TrickyTeeBBN5: 8:33pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Nice Update |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by toprealman: 8:35pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Roon9:Show some respect bro! |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Neyomickey1: 8:37pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
The OP did a good job but the musicians are from different genres of music. Afrobeat is quite different from Highlife and also from Juju. Piling them together didn’t really do justice to the topic and their music. If you separate them, you will able to accommodate more top performers for each genre such as Kayode Fashola, Baba Eto, Dele Abiodun etc for Juju, Oriental brothers, Bright Chimezie, e.t.c for High life. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by AllOfUsAtManna(f): 8:38pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
yeroba Christians are great. yeroba Muslims are spoiling yeroba land |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by smartoliver(m): 8:48pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
@op. Go edit the part on Victor Olaiya. You wrote on the title, Sir Victor Uwaifo while on the body is about Dr Victor Olaiya. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Michaeltruth(m): 8:50pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
robosky02: robosky02 You named Sir Victor Uwaifo in your list and went on to describe Victor Olaiya. They are not the same person. PLEASE CORRECT YOUR POST. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by gboye93(m): 8:57pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Please do Victor olaya and Victor uwifo are two different people |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by robosky02(m): 9:08pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
This is for the senior citizens on nairaland Not indomie generation |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by illicit(m): 9:09pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
But u missed up the names of Sir Victor Olaiya and Uwaifo |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by toby2(m): 9:10pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Roon9:thought I m the only one thinking in that direction |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by ChiefSupplier55(m): 9:10pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
robosky02: Who be this one? |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by robosky02(m): 9:23pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
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Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Inkosl: 9:25pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
toxxnoni: Drop ur whatap numba |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Liposure: 9:28pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
i thought fela was an afrobeat musician |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by robosky02(m): 9:38pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
The 12 Nigerian Kings of Highlife Music While Nigerian music has undergone serious metamorphosis in recent history, there are still songs that we hold close to our hearts and influenced the style of virtually most, if not all Nigerian musicians. They are songs that even the young generation listen to and are on the music playlists of a lot of Nigerian weddings, both at home and abroad. Highlife makes up a bulk of it. highlife These are the artistes whose highlife songs that were popular before some of us were born, a lot of us grew up with and majority of us continue to enjoy to this day. 12. Flavor N’Abania How can we write about highlife without mentioning Flavour? Otherwise known Chinedu Okoli, he is the modern proponent of highlife music. 23 November 1983, he began his musical career as a drummer for a local church in his hometown of Anambra State. His hit songs include: Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), Ada Ada and Golibe. 11. Tunji Oyelana A former lecturer, Tunji Oyelana, was born October 4, 1939. He is credited with having sold the most albums by a Nigerian High Life musician. With Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, he composed, I Love My Country. Both were charged with treason in 1996, and forced into exile by Sani Abacha, while touring internationally with Soyinka’s play The Beatification of Area Boy. 10. Sonny Okosun Born on January 1, 1947 in Enugu, he was from the Edo State. He was one of the leading Nigerian musicians from the late 1970s to mid 1980s. He formed his first band, The Postmen, in Enugu in 1965 and joined Melody Maestros, a band led by Victor Uwaifo in 1965. From 1972 to 1974 he led a group known as Paperback Limited and then formed a new band, Ozziddi. Some of his popular songs are Fire in Soweto, High Life and Which Way Nigeria. Okoson continued his career in music as a gospel musician in the early 90s. He died aged 61 of colon cancer on 24 May 2008. 9. Dr. Orlando Owoh Born Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela in February 1932, in Osogbo, he was a notable highlife musician and band leader. He was initially in the carpentry trade until 1958, when he was hired by Kola Ogunmola Theatre Group to play drums and sing. Omimah Band Dr. Orlando Owoh and his Omimah Band via Groovemonzter He went on to form Dr. Orlando Owoh and his Omimah Band in 1960 and Dr. Orlando Owo and his Young Kenneries Band in 1975; and over a musical career of forty years became one of the leading proponents of highlife music. He had over 45 albums to his credit. Dr. Orlando Owo and his Young Kenneries Band via GrooveMonzter Dr. Orlando Owo and his Young Kenneries Band via GrooveMonzter Some of his well known songs are: Yellow Sisi, Ajo Ko Dun Bi Ile, Ololufe gbao temi, Omo pupa and No Friend/Aiye Lokun. Orlando Owoh died on November 6, 2008 and was laid to rest at his Agege residence in Lagos. 8. Celestine Ukwu and his Philosophers National Celestine Ukwu Born Celestine Obiakor in 1940, Efik, Nigeria, d. 1979, Onitsha, Nigeria. he was on the verge of national breakthrough when the Nigerian civil war brought touring and recording to a grinding halt. He re-emerged in 1970 with Philospher’s Stone. He released his biggest hit Money Palaver in 1976. He died later the same year. 7. Prince Nico Mbarga Prince Nico Mbarga was born to a Nigerian mother and a Cameroonian father in Abakaliki on 1 January, 1950. He is renowned for his hit song Sweet Mother, recorded with his band Rocafil Jazz; as well as Aki Special. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 24, 1997. 6. Dr. Sir Warrior and The Oriental Brothers InternationalWarrior & Oriental Brothers Born Christogonus Ezebuiro Obinna in 1947 in Imo State, the Ultimate Dr. Sir Warrior, was the leader of the Oriental Brothers International Band which was famous in the Nigerian Igbo highlife music scene for several decades. He began performing at the age of 11, when joined a men’s choral group specialising in a music form known as Èsè. By 16, he had achieved fame for his voice and performance of Èsè music. It is said that the Oriental Brothers played a very important spiritual role in keeping many Igbo sane. as they were severely traumatized by the civil war. He introduced the Oyorima concept, which is an Igbo word that means a refined feeling of rhythmic movement and balance. The same Oyorima that Flavour mentions in his music. He released the popular song Ofe Owere five years before his death in June, 1999. 5. Jim Rex Lawson Also known as Cardinal Rex, he was born to parents of Igbo and Kalabari descent in 1935. Lawson played with Sammy Obot, Bobby Benson, Victor Olaiya, Chris Ajilo, and other Ghanaian and Nigerian musicians and bands. With the Majors Band, they recorded the hits: So ala teme, Yellow Sisi, Gowon Special, and Jolly Papa. Lawson died in 1971 in a car accident on his way to play a show in Warri. He was 36 years old. His band continued as the Professional Seagulls after his death. His most popular songs are Yellow Sisi, Love Mu Adure and Sawale. Sawale was remixed by Flavour to make the popular hit song, Nwa Baby (Ashawo). 4. Victor Olaiya sir-victor-olaiya Victor Olaiya was born on 31 December 1930, in Calabar, Cross River State, and is the 20th child of a family of 24. He hails from Ijesha-Ishu in Ekiti State and comes from a very rich family. After leaving school he moved to Lagos, where he passed the school certificate examination in 1951 and was accepted by Howard University, US, to study civil engineering. He instead pursued a career as a musician, to the disapproval of his parents. In 1954 Olaiya formed his own band, the Cool Cats (later the All Star Band), playing popular highlife music. His band was chosen to play at the state ball when Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited Nigeria in 1956, and later to play at the state balls when Nigeria became independent in 1960 and when Nigeria became a republic in 1963. On the latter occasion, Olaiya shared the stage with the American jazz musician Louis Armstrong. During the Nigerian Civil War of 1967–70, Olaiya was given the rank of a lieutenant colonel (honorary) in the Nigerian army and his band played for the troops at various locations. The Cool Cats later travelled to the Congo to perform for United Nations troops. Victor Olaiya is still very much alive and as recent as July 2013, he released a music video remix of Baby Jowo with 2face Idibia and was received with much acclaim. 3. Oliver De Coque Oliver de Coque Popularly known as Oliver De Coque, Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite was born on April 14, 1947 and hails from Ezinifite in Anambra state. He recorded more than 73 albums to his credit making him the most popular High life king of Africa. His music band group Ogene Sound Super of Africa, blended modern high life and traditional Igbo music. He started playing music at the age of 17 with Ekpili. Some of his popular songs are: People’s Club, Identity, Tolerance (Eleta Aghara) and No More War. 2. Victor Uwaifo Born on 1 March 1941 in Edo state, Benin city, he is one of the musicians who popularised highlife music in Nigeria. His popular songs include Guitar Boy, Mami Water (inspired by a real life encounter at the Bar Beach) and Joromi (taken from a folklore story of the same name, about the warrior who fought in the underworld and never returned). Apart from singing, he is also a writer, sculptor, and musical instrument inventor. He also served as commissioner for arts and culture in Edo State under the government of Lucky Igbinedion and is a lecturer at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Benin, Benin City. 1. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe Born in March, 1936, in Atani, a city in Anambra state, he came from a line of singers and dancers. His interest in music began in his high school years in Onitsha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEK5bBkr5Sk His career spanned over 40 years and he has written over 500 songs, half of which were commercially released. His popular hits include: Osondi Owendi (meaning “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”), Nwannem Ebezina, Kedu America and Onuigbo. He died in St. Mary’s Hospital Waterbury, Connecticut on 11 May 2007. Other highlife kings are: E.C Arinze, Ey Ohunta, David Egbo, Fatai Rolling Dollar, Bright Chimezie, Ikem Mazeli, Bola Johnson, Solomon Ilori, King Bruce, King Ubulu, Gooddy Ezike, Lungu Lungu, Baba Ken Okulolo, Roy Chicago, Peacocks International, Gentleman Mike Ejeagaha, Tunde Nightingale, Waziri Oshomah, Adeolu Akinsanya and Kayode Fashola. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Angel1696: 9:42pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
The list is incomplete without inyang ita henshaw, sir wilker, solototo, late king solo boy, Etc. From akwa ibom state |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by harisclub: 9:50pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
All of them make sense unlike these modern noise makers |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Aladdin1(m): 10:08pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Where is Sunny Okosun? Bongo sikwe? Chris Allen? Bright Chimezie? Cellestine Ukwu?. hmmm!!.hmmm!!!. I recall the good old days of soul inspired evergreen music with nostalgia. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by tomdon(m): 10:11pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
These are nostalgic sounds |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Aladdin1(m): 10:19pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Lemmy123:Felix liberty played pop.same league as daniel wilson.not highlife or afrobeat. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Onlinesmart: 10:27pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Where is Dípò Shodipo, the first one-man band in Nigeria? And where your ranked Ebenezer Obey is too low for his exploits. Even Sunny Ade always respect bàbà commander. He made juju music so easy and educative with his miliki style. Music has gone with those men, all we have now is incoherent noise-makers. Those men doesn't need to tattoo, pierce their ears, dread their hairs, bleach etc for them to be heard. Our artistes now are a far-cry to those REAL men. Those bàbà's musics are evergreen. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by gregyboy(m): 10:49pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
fiercehillz: Learn to be patient and just read, thousands of people are laughing at you now |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Advancedman(m): 10:57pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
PureGoldh: Bright chimezie |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by Lashbaba(m): 10:59pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
You can't talk about Nigeria music without Bobby Benson.Most of all this legends played in his band. |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by xcellentgraphic: 11:00pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Sunny Ade remains the king of them all 1 Like |
Re: Top Afro (juju) And Highlife Musicians In Nigeria by slivertongue: 11:03pm On Sep 26, 2020 |
Dan maraya aint a highlife or juju musician |
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