Adé, Sunny
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- 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)
Wikipedia description:
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (Yoruba: Sunday Adéníyì Adégẹyè; born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time. Sunny Adé formed his backing band in 1967, eventually known as his African Beats. After achieving national success in Nigeria during the 1970s and founding his own independent label, Sunny Adé signed to Island Records in 1982 and achieved international success with the albums Juju Music (1982) and Synchro System (1983); the latter garnered him a Grammy nomination, a first for a Nigerian artist. His 1998 album Odu also garnered a Grammy nomination. Sunny Adé served as board chairman of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria before it got licensed and was later appointed honorary president of the society in recognition of his leadership role in the society.
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