Dai si orlando owoh biography
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Stephen Oladipupo Olaore Owomoyela AKA Orlando Owoh (14 February 1932 – 4 November 2008) was a Nigerian highlife musician and band leader of Yoruba origin was born in
Osogbo, Western Region, Nigeria.
The parents were Owomoyela and Mrs. Christiana Morenike Owomoyela. His father hailed from Ifon, Ondo State, while his mother was from Owo.
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. 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.
Some of the Albums released by Dr. Orlando Owoh include;
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
Ibaje eniyan
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I have always been fond of record stores and as a teenager; I would stand in front of these stores listening to songs by old and new musicians. My relationship with my favourite musicians started in record stores, long before I could afford to buy records and use streaming services. My first encounter with Orlando Owoh was at a record store and I remember paying attention as the speakers blasted Orlando Owoh’s‘Ese Rere’. I eventually saw some Orlando Owoh tracks in my uncle’s place and played themmyself. Years later as a young adult, I was an impromptu Disc Jockey at the naming of my uncle’s first child after the invited DJ left. From his extensive collection of albums, I picked Orlando Owoh’s‘IyawoOlele’ because I liked how young Orlando Owohlooked in the black suit and tie on the album cover. My uncle and his friend quickly asked me to change the song and he picked another Owoh album, ‘Ire L’oni’ for me to play. The importance of that incident was unclear to me until I grew up later and understood that there were different songs fitting for different occasions. In a career that spanned 4 decades, Orlando Owoh released an average of 5 albums per decade and
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…….Story of Orlando’s seized 504 Car
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