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| Kehinde Lijadu |
Kehinde of the twin Lijadu Sisters musical fame, died in New York, US, on Saturday, November, 9, aged 71.
Kehinde, who was said to have been battling stroke, reigned
as icons, along with her identical sister, on the Nigerian musical scene from
the mid-1960s to the early 1980s.
The sisters released their first debut single ‘Iya Mi Jowo’ in 1969 under Decca Records. Among their hits were ‘Danger’ (1976), ‘Sunshine’ (1978), and ‘Horizon Unlimited’ (1979).
The sisters released their first debut single ‘Iya Mi Jowo’ in 1969 under Decca Records. Among their hits were ‘Danger’ (1976), ‘Sunshine’ (1978), and ‘Horizon Unlimited’ (1979).
In 2014,
Lijadu Sisters announced their planned comeback, but that dream was never
realized. After their last album ‘Orere
Elijigbo’ in 1997, for decades, the singers were out of circulation as sources
hinted that they went into religious mode.
About two
decades after, they returned to the stage in the U.K and performed with Damon
Albarn, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor and Kele Okereke.
Other
performances that followed include ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
together with the Atomic! Bomb Band and proceeded on a tour to New York, San
Francisco and Los Angeles in May 2014.
Lijadu Sisters were born on september 18, 1948, in Jos Plateasu State and had their childhood in Ibadan. The came to fame singing in Yoruba and English lyrics with Afrobeat fusion.
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