King Sunny Ade
From a Nigerian Royal family in Ondo, King Sunny Adé (born Sunday Adeniyi) is the most popular performer of Yoruba Nigerian Juju musicand one of Africa’ greatest artists. In 1967 he made his debut with The Green Spots. Since 1975 King Sunny Adé has been leading his 20 piece African Beats and has become known as "The Minister of Enjoyment". During his numerous worldwide tours he built up a significant audience for Nigerian music and opened the door for many Nigerian musicians to perform on the international stage.
King Sunny Ade performs with the 20 piece African Beats
Selected titles from over 200 releases:
New Sound of Sunny Ade (1972/EP; African Songs EPAS 32)
Awa Arawa (1970/Series single?; African Songs LPAS 1111)
Syncro Series (1975/LP; Sunny Alade SALPS 37)
Sound Vibration (1977/LP; Sunny Alade SALPS 9)
The Child (1987/LP; Atom Park ASLPS 6)
Juju Music (1982/LP; Sunny Alade SALPS 29)
Destiny (1988/LP; Atom Park ASLPS 7)
The Good Shepherd (1988/LP; Atom Park ASLPS 8)
Ogun (1997/CD; Aladdin ALA 211)
ODU (1998/CD (US); Mesa/Atlantic # 92796-2)
Private Line (1978/LP; Sunny Alade SALPS 11)
Live At The Hollywood Palace (1999/cassette; Sigma Park MDLC 050)
Kool Samba (1999/cassette; Master Disk MDCL057)
Seven Degrees North (2000/CD (US); Mesa 91100-2 / cassette (Nigeria); Master Disk MDCL057)
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