CHRISTY ESSIEN IGBOKWE, Born Uduak Essien-Igbokwe on 11th November 1960 - 30 June, 2011. She was the grand dame of Nigerian pop music, and nicknamed the ‘First Lady of Song’. She began her musical career in Secondary School singing at various clubs. In 1976 she joined the satirical NTA series drama, The Masquerade. Her short role in that popular sitcom put her to the limelight and in 1977 she launched a professional music career, aged 17. Many of her albums became hit records, but none came close to the success of her 1981 hit album “Ever Liked My Person” which had the massive hit track “Seun Rere” produced by Lemmy Jackson. She helped put Nigeria’s name on the world music map with this evergreen track. With a desire to make life better for Nigerian artists, she is credited as having initiated the first meeting that brought about the formation of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN in 1981. Between 1996 and 1999, she became the first female PMAN president. Awards 1. Her Honours include Nigerian lady of songs award, 2. Africa music mother award 1984, 3. International special achievement award Mexico 1983 4. World song festival award Los 5. Angeles queen of music international award 6. Qeen of music award, association of theatre arts practitioners Lagos 1996. Just to mention a few. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Seun Rere by Christy Essien Igbokwe. Check it out.!!!
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:28:18 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015