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  1. Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. [1] . 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. [2][page needed]

  2. Jul 3, 2019 · King Sunny Adé's The Best of the Classic Years brings back a lot of memories especially for people who were born or growing up in the 70s and 80s..

  3. Jul 28, 2022 · King Sunny Ade (Real Name: Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, born 22 September 1946) is a 78-year-old Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is counted among the Africa’s first pop musicians to become successful internationally.

  4. Sep 18, 2024 · King Sunny Ade (born September 22, 1946, Oshogbo, Nigeria) is a Nigerian popular musician in the vanguard of the development and international popularization of juju music—a fusion of traditional Yoruba vocal forms and percussion with Western rock and roll.

  5. May 8, 2023 · Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye is a Nigerian juju singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who goes by the stage name King Sunny Adé. He is known as one of the first African Pop artists to become popular around the world, and he has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time.

  6. Oct 23, 2015 · Today, 69 and long known as King Sunny Adé, he is a wealthy man and one of Nigeria’s most famous musicians. He became the worldwide icon of juju, the Yoruba praise music driven by the rhythm of...

  7. Sep 22, 2024 · 'Juju Music' was Island Records' answer to the death of Bob Marley. The incredible Nigerian musician King Sunny Adé made it so much more.

  8. www.encyclopedia.com › music-popular-and-jazz-biographies › king-sunny-adeKing Sunny Ade - Encyclopedia.com

    May 9, 2018 · King Sunny Adé Singer, guitarist Defied Parents to Play Music [1] Became Worldwide Phenomenon [2] International Appeal Faltered [3] Selected discography [4] Sources [5] Ordained the “King of Juju Music” in the late 1970s by a group of journalists and music critics, King Sunny Adé has been a major.

  9. King Sunny Adé, ‘The Best of the Classic Years’. Some of the sweetest, stickiest jams ever recorded, cherry-picked from the Nigerian juju master’s work from 1967 to 1974, years before he got...

  10. Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR, known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is regarded as one of the first African...