Roy Chicago (John Akintola Ademuwagun) (died 5 February 1989)
Nigerian musician and bandleader
was an indigene of Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria. He had two children Bolajoko and Kayode Akintola. He was a musician and band leader who played in the Highlife style, introducing talking drums into the musical style. He moved to Lagos from Ibadan in the late 1950s, and was most popular during the 1960s. In contrast to Victor Olaiya, whose music was based on Ghanaian melodies and progressions, Roy Chicago based his music on Nigerian indigenous themes and folklores.[1] He was one of the highlife musicians who changed his name to a purely Western form, perhaps to make it sound more cool.[2]
^Benson Idonije (1 October 2009). "Echoes of the 60". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2009. [dead link]
^Trevor Schoonmaker (2003). Fela: from West Africa to West Broadway. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 80. ISBN 1-4039-6210-3.
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