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Juju Music is the 1982 major label debut of Nigerian jùjú band King Sunny Adé and His African Beats. It was produced by keyboard player Martin Meissonnier , who introduced synthesizers and Linn drums into Adé's established juju sound. [ 1 ]
Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which is a form of magic and the use of magic objects, common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean and South American nations. It evolved in the 1900s in urban clubs across the countries, and was believed to have been created by Ababababaa Babatunde King, popularly known as Tunde King .
Tunde King (born 24 August 1910), was a Nigerian musician credited as the founder of Jùjú music.He had a great influence on Nigerian popular music. Lagos in the 1920s and 1930s was peopled by a mixture of local Yoruba people and returnees from the New World.
This is a List of notable juju musicians in Nigeria. There are numerous genres of music in Nigeria. Some genres such as Jùjú music , Fuji music , Apala and Were music are peculiar to certain ethnic groups.
It is music with elements of Fuji, juju, jazz and other music genres. The most popular and well-known performer, indeed the most famous Nigerian musician in history, is undoubtedly Fela Kuti . [ 7 ] Although Kuti is often credited as the only pioneer of Afrobeat, other musicians such as Orlando Julius Ekemode were also prominent in the early ...
Adekunle was a major innovator and force in the jùjú music scene, with his distinctive driving Afrobeat style. Famous musicians such as Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale started their careers playing with his band, the Western Brothers. [1] Although he toured in England in the early 1970s, he did not become well known outside Nigeria. [2]
But his juju style of music was not the most popular among the Lagos elite who dominated the social scene and performances were limited to bars which provided limited income opportunities. [2] In 1952, his band, Tunde Nightingale and His Agba Jolly Orchestra, held regular performances at the West African Club, Ibadan.
I.K. Dairo was born in the town of Offa, located in present-day Kwara State; his family was originally from Ijebu-Jesa before migrating to Offa.He attended a Christian Missionary primary school in Offa, however, he later quit his studies due to a lean year in his family's finances.