THE MUSIC HISTORY OF NIGERIA [FUTURE, PRESENT AND PAST] PART 2

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THE 1960s HISTORY

All thanks to a business platform like EMI, which started producing records by musicians just like Dr. Sir Warrior & His Sounds Of Brass as well as the Royal Dance Band, recording technology considerably upgraded in the 1960s, this Band added to the extensive popularity of the period's music in Nigeria by performing a style of Nigerian pop music with strong Jazz influences, and so on.

THE 1970s HISTORY

Koola Lobos, the first group led by guitarist or bandleader Fela Kuti, will go on to become one of Nigeria's most popular and well-known bands and also the first to play Afrobeat Music. Fela Kuti played guitar licks on West African instruments, also just like the other Nigerian highlife musicians. Nevertheless, in difference to other highlife musicians, most of his songs were much longer and covered a wide range of genres, like Jazz, R&B, Funk, and Soul.

They also talked about societal problems and concerns like the corruption of the government, which was not heard of in popular Nigerian music at the time. After being rejected by radio stations for their lyrics that mocked or ridiculed politicians for years, with that it made Fela Kuti launched his own channel, Radio Lagos. This led to greater popularity for his music throughout Africa than it had previously received.

Jazz, Highlife, and R&B were also among the many genres that thrived in Nigeria around the Golden Era of music in the 1960s & 1970s. Afrobeat and Reggae also witnessed significant growth during that period. It has never happened a time in Nigerian music history when so many talented musicians have emerged.

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