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'''Orlando Owoh''' (14 February 1932 – 4 November 2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/dr-orlando-owoh-a-decade-after|title=Orlando Owoh: A decade after|date=22 November 2018|website=[[TheCable]]|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> was a [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] [[Highlife music|highlife]] [[musician]] and [[Bandleader|band leader]] of [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] origin. |
'''Orlando Owoh''' (born '''Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomeyela'''; 14 February 1932 – 4 November 2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecable.ng/dr-orlando-owoh-a-decade-after|title=Orlando Owoh: A decade after|date=22 November 2018|website=[[TheCable]]|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> was a [[Nigerians|Nigerian]] [[Highlife music|highlife]] [[musician]] and [[Bandleader|band leader]] of [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] origin. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela, later known as Chief Dr. Orlando Owoh, was born in [[Osogbo]], [[Nigeria]] on 14 February 1932 to Chief Atanneye Owomoyela and Mrs. Christiana Morenike Owomoyela. His father hailed from Ifon, [[Ondo State]], while his mother was from the town of [[Owo]]. His father was a carpenter who was also a part-time musician in Osogbo. As a young man Owoh initially entered into the carpentry trade until 1958, when he was hired by Nigeria's Kola Ogunmola Theatre Group to play drums and sing. Owoh went on to form Dr. Orlando Owoh and his Omimah Band in 1960, and over a musical career of forty years became one of the leading proponents of highlife music. With bands such as the Omimah Band and later the Young Kenneries and the African Kenneries International, Owoh remained popular in Nigeria, even as tastes moved to the newer [[jùjú music|jùjú]] and [[fuji music|fuji]] styles.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1883/4}}</ref> He had over 45 albums to his credit. Orlando Owoh died on 4 November 2008 and was laid to rest at his [[Agege]] residence in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. |
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== Discography == |
== Discography == |
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Birth name | Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela |
Also known as | Chief Dr. Orlando Owoh |
Born | Osogbo, Western Region, British Nigeria (now Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria) | 14 February 1932
Died | 4 November 2008 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria | (aged 76)
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Years active | 1958–2008 |
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Orlando Owoh (born Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomeyela; 14 February 1932 – 4 November 2008)[1] was a Nigerian highlife musician and band leader of Yoruba origin.
Biography
[edit]Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela, later known as Chief Dr. Orlando Owoh, was born in Osogbo, Nigeria on 14 February 1932 to Chief Atanneye Owomoyela and Mrs. Christiana Morenike Owomoyela. His father hailed from Ifon, Ondo State, while his mother was from the town of Owo. His father was a carpenter who was also a part-time musician in Osogbo. As a young man Owoh initially entered into the carpentry trade until 1958, when he was hired by Nigeria's Kola Ogunmola Theatre Group to play drums and sing. Owoh went on to form Dr. Orlando Owoh and his Omimah Band in 1960, and over a musical career of forty years became one of the leading proponents of highlife music. With bands such as the Omimah Band and later the Young Kenneries and the African Kenneries International, Owoh remained popular in Nigeria, even as tastes moved to the newer jùjú and fuji styles.[2] He had over 45 albums to his credit. Orlando Owoh died on 4 November 2008 and was laid to rest at his Agege residence in Lagos, Nigeria.
Discography
[edit]Albums released by Dr. Orlando Owoh (not in chronological order):
- Aiye nyi lo Medley
- Ajanaku Daraba
- Apartheid
- Asotito Aye
- Awa de
- Ayo mi sese bere
- Cain ati Abel
- Easter special
- E ku iroju
- E Get As E Be
- Emi wa wa lowo re
- Experience
- Ganja I
- Ganja II
- Ibaje eniyan
- Igba aye Noah
- Ire loni
- I say No
- Iwa l'Oluwa Nwo
- Iyawo Olele
- Jeka sise
- Kangaroo
- Kennery de ijo ya
- Kose mani
- Late Dele Giwa
- Logba Logba
- Ma wo mi roro
- Message
- Mo juba agba
- Money 4 hand back 4 ground
- Oriki Ojo
- Orin titun
- Thanksgiving
- Which is which
His singles include (not in chronological order):
- Brother ye se
- Day by day
- Diana
- Ebe mo be ori mi
- Zo Muje
- Egi nado
- Elese (sinner)
- Fiba fun Eledumare
- Ma pa mi l'oruko da
- Ma sika Ma doro
- Modupe Medley
- Oju ni face
- Okan mi yin Oba orun
- Olorun Oba da wa lohun Medley
- Oro loko laya
- Rex Lawson
- Wa ba mi jo
- Yabomisa sawale
- You be my lover
This list of albums and singles is however not exhaustive.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Orlando Owoh: A decade after". TheCable. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1883/4. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Discography of Dr. Orlando Owoh". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2019.[self-published source]