Sonny Okosun was born in Benin City, southern Nigeria. Always attracted to western music, his favourites included Elvis, the Beatles and, later, Bob Marley. Okosun formed the Postmen, a group playing pop covers, in 1966, but in 1969 he left to join Victor Uwaifo, the virtuoso guitarist and visual artist who created his own idiosyncratic, psychedelic style of highlife, the hugely popular form of west African dance music characterised by blazing horns and complex, interweaving guitar melodies. He found fame across Africa with his socio-political album "Liberation" lyrics and crossover style of internationalised pop highlife. He achieved global success in the 1970s and 80s with the highlife-reggae hit Fire in Soweto, He released almost 40 albums and his appeal to mainstream audiences was helped by the high production values he brought to his recordings. In his later career he turned to religion, performing as Evangelist Sonny Okosuns. (The Guardian)
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