OPINION: Music of Yester Years And Today's. By Hakeem Jamiu

Date: 2009-05-27

I must confess I am not an authority in music, but there is at least some agreement on what constitutes a good music. In view of the kind of music that is produced today, one cannot but have nostalgic feelings of the music of yester years. It appears that there is no music produced in the 60s and 70s that is not interesting and sweet to the ears. These cover Juju, Apala, Highlife, Waka, Sakara, Apiri (in Ijesa and Ekiti). The roll call of Juju stars of those days includes Late Araba, Fatai Rolling Dollars, I.K Dairo, Oladunni Decency, Tunde Nightingale and Kayode Fashola. The next generation of Juju stars include Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, Remi Olabanji, Dele Abiodun a.k.a Adawa Super, Emperor Pick Peters, Ahuja Bello, Sir Idowu Animashaun-Apola King, Sir Shina Peters, Professor Y.K Ajao, Suberu Oni, Comfort Omoge, Sir Francis Akintade, Col Juba, Sunny Pedido, Segun Adewale, Micho Ade, etc. The first generation of Apala musicians were Haruna Ishola, Ayinla Omowura a.ka Egunmogaji, Fatai Olowoyo, Yusuf Olatunji a.k.a Baba Legba, Odolaye Aremu, Mukaili Mugaiba. Waka include Batile Alake and Salawa Abeni. Fuji stars of those days are Ayinde Barrister, Ayinla Kollington, Iyanda Sawaba. The next generation of Fuji musicians are Wasiu Ayinde a.k.a Kwam 1, Abass Akande a.ka. Orobokibo omorapala, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, Sule Alao Malaika, Osupa Saheed a.ka. Saridon, etc.

Highlife music was the most popular in those days and the leading stars of this brand of music included Sir Victor Olaiya, Roy Chicago, Sir Adeolu Akinsanya a.k.a Baba Eto, Cardinal Jim Rex Lawson, Fela Anikulapo Kuti a.k.a Abami eda (the strange one), Dr. Orlando Owoh, Ade Wesco, Oriental Brothers, Oliver De Coque, Pop musicians of those days were, Chris Okotie with evergreen tunes like Caroline and Good bye teacher, Jide Obi with a tune like kill me with love, Felix Liberty with a tune like Lover Boy and Ifeoma. Later there was Tera Kota with the hit tune of 'Lamentation of Sodom'. One spectacular Highlife musician of that time was Sir Victor Olaiya who together with Sir I.k Dairo entertained the Queen of England during Nigeria's independence anniversary. Their tracks remain evergreen till date.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Suwa-Arabs     MATTA Girls Foundation     Iqra Books     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Doyin Agbamu     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Mohammed Saidu     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     AbdulHamid Adi     Moji Makanjuola     Abdulkareem Alabi     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Tunji Moronfoye     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Dan Iya     Okiki     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Omu-aran     KWAFFA     Ilorin South Constituency     Valsolar     Maryam A. Garuba     Plat Technologies     Owo Isowo     Bankole Omisore     Stephen Fasakin     Samari     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Umaru Saro     Kwara Central     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Fatai Olodo     Wole Oke     Oba Abdulrahim     Voices Of Tomorrow     Ifelodun     Razak Atunwa     Bola Magaji     Wahab Egbewole     Ijakadi     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Hassan Taiye Salam     KWASIEC     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Yahaya Dumoye     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Eghe Igbinehi     Olaoye B. Felix     Adeleke Ogungbe     Otoge     Shero     20 Billion Bond     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Abubakar Ndakene     Flights To Ilorin     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Egbejila     Odolaye Aremu     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Folashade Omoniyi     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Joseph Bamigboye     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Sarah Jubril     Okeose Christian Cementary     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Lithium     Nupe     Bolakale Kawu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara North     Omoniyi Ayinla     Moses Adekanye     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Iliasu     Ahmed Alhasssan     Saka Isau     Mustapha Olanipekun     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Shade Omoniyi     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Muhammadu Gobir     NIPR     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Elerin Of Adanla     NYSC     Isau     Shehu Salau     Magaji Nda     Guber Aspirant     Iyiola Oyedepo     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Jelili Yusuf     Edu     Belgore     Umar Saro     Lucky Omoluwa     Salihu Ajia     Tafida Of Kaiama     Okasanmi Ajayi     Oke-Kura     Al-Adaby     Salihu Alhaji Musa     International Vocational Centre     Olatunji Moronfoye     Muhammed Akanbi     Magaji Are     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Ndama Al-hassan     Bio Ibrahim     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Bola Tinubu     Chief Imam Of Offa     Leke Ogungbe     Tanke Road     Kwara State Polytechnic     Akanji     LABTOP     Idris Garba     Emir Of Shonga     Owu Fall     Isiaq Khadeejah     Florence Saraki     Saheed Popoola     Raji AbdulRasaq     Offa Descendants Union     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Raymond Olaitan     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Bolakale Ayo     Grillo     Binta Abubakar Mora     Park     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Agbarere     Wole Oke     Okin Biscuit     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Aliyu Adebayo     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Olaitan Adefila     Lawal Jimoh     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Segun Ogunsola