Education Profile of King Sunny Ade
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR born 22 September 1946, known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Sunny Adé was born in Osogbo to a Nigerian royal family from Ondo and Akure, thereby making him an Omoba of the Yoruba people.
Sunny Adé left grammar school in Ondo City under the pretense of going to the University of Lagos. It was thus in Lagos that his eclectic musical career began.
Sunny Adé’s musical sound has evolved from the early days. His career began with Moses Olaiya‘s Federal Rhythm Dandies, a highlife band.
He founded the King Sunny Ade Foundation, an organization that includes a performing arts center, a state-of-the-art recording studio, and housing for young musicians.
He is a visiting lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and recipient of the Order of the Federal Republic.
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. Sunny Adé signed to Island Records in 1982 and achieved international success with the albums Juju Music (1982) and Synchro System (1983); the latter garnered him a Grammy nomination, a first for a Nigerian artist.
Source: Wikipedia
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