Adé, Sunny
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Name (Latin)
Adé, Sunny
Other forms of name
Adeniyi, Sunday
Adé, King Sunny
Date of birth
1946-09-22
Associated country
Nigeria
Occupation
Singers
Soul musicians
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed October 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Adé, King Sunny; Sunday Adeniyi Adé; popular singer, soul musician; born 22 September 1946 in Ondo, Ondo, Nigeria; joined the musical group of singer Moses Olaiya and his Rhythm Dandies (1963); formed his own group the Green Spots (1966); recorded many albums with the Nigeria-Africa Song Label (1967-1972); renamed his band the African Beats and set up his own record label, Sunny Aldade Records (1974); his beloved album Synchro System Movement drew influences from Fela Kuti's Afro-Beat style (1976); his group expanded to roughly twenty members and featured expensive synthesizers, tenor guitars, and many dancers (1979); his group African Beats recorded with Chris Blackwell (1982); Island Records dropped him (1984); became head of the Nigerian Musicians Union; the most popular juju artist of his lifetime)
- Hooked to music, 1996:p. 100-101 (Nigerian guitarist; b. Sept. 1946 in Ondo, Nigeria)
- Juju music [SR] p1982:label (King Sunny Adé) container insert (Sunny Adé)
- New Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Oct. 13, 2004:Adé, "King" Sunny [Adeniyi, Sunday] (b. Oshogbo, Nigeria, 1946; Nigerian performer, "King" of Jùjú music)
- Nigeria-Arts.Net WWW Home page, Aug. 9, 2007(King Sunny Adé; singer, composer, guitarist)
- His Juju music [SR] p1982:label (King Sunny Adé) container insert (Sunny Adé)
- OCLC 18618549(hdg.: Adé, King Sunny)
- His Hooked to music, 1996:p. 100-101 (Nigerian guitarist; b. Sept. 1946 in Ondo, Nigeria)
- King Sunny Adé, 1989:pref. (Sunday Adeniyi)