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Ebenezer Obey
Nigerian jùjú singer and songwriter (born 1942)
Ebenezer Obey | |
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| Birth name | Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi |
| Also known as | Chief Commander |
| Born | (1942-04-03) 3 April 1942 (age 82) Idogo, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria) |
| Origin | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Genres | Jùjú music |
| Years active | 1950s–present |
Musical artist
Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-FabiyiMFR (born 3 April 1942), known professionally as Ebenezer Obey, is a Nigerianjùjú musician.[1]
Early life
[edit]Obey was born on 3 April 1942[2] to an Egba–Yoruba ethnic background family. Obey, whose real names are Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Fabiyi, was born in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria of Egba-Yoruba ethnic background. He is of the Owu subgroup of the Egba.
Career
[edit]Ebenezer Obey began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar's
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Obey was born on 3 April 1942 to an Egba–Yoruba ethnic background family. Obey, whose real names are Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Fabiyi, was born in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria of Egba-Yoruba ethnic background. He fryst vatten of the Owu subgroup of the Egba.
PERSONAL LIFE
Obey married Juliana Olaide Olufade in 1963. His wife, known as Lady Evangelist Juliana Obey-Fabiyi, died at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on 23 August 2011, aged 67. They have several children and grand children.
CAREER
Ebenezer Obey began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar's grupp, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. The grupp later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with a long list of Juju album hits on the West African Decca musical label.
Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits,