GHANA DANCE BAND HERITAGE

YEDE ABA EFIE NE FIE, NYANKOTON KOWIE SIKYI PART I MANSA WO MBA EPONO HINIME NYE NE MANIKAN SAMA AWO DE ME MO NDODO MO HO NON-STOP MEDLEY DANKWA MA NSEM KEKA ADOOSO-LEAD VOCALS-ERIC AGYEMAN AND THOMAS FRIMPONG ODOYEWU DA MAABI- LEAD VOCALS AND DRUMMER-THOMAS FRIMPONG MENE WO BEKO MAABI KROKROHENKO SIKYI PART II OBREGUO YEYA OGYA SIDE I OBAA BAAKO AGYEGYE ME SEI NAZO MMEBO WO DIN NIPA NFON KWA BOAFO YE NA ODEDE MONTIE NKOGYA NKOGYA MINNIM OBIARA BEKA ONKA DR. K. GYASI EYIE

C.K.MANN AND THE MASTERS C,K,MANN AND HIS CAROUSEL 7 MEDZE MEHO BEMA NYAME MATOW ABOA FA WOAKOMA MA ME SOM NYAME OKWAN TSENTSEN OWARE Do you know that C. K. Mann played with Kakaiku's band? NYIMPA REBRE HEMFA MENSA NE MANSA MAWEREKYEKYER MEDZE MAKOMA MA WO AWOKANKA AGYENKA NYAME ASAFO BEESOUN ARABA LUCY

B.B. COLLINS ANOMA ENNTU A SINGS PRAISE TO GOD MOMMA YENYI NO AYE NIPA NNYE WONKO MENKO ?

SONG COMPOSED BY DR. PAA BOBO AND ALHAJI K. FRIMPONG AND ARRANGED BY SMART NKANSAH- AWARE TE SE AKOM

WHEN I LOOK

The Apagya Dance Band was formed by Ebo Taylor and Gyedu Ambulley when they left their respective bands SEMINAL ENSEMBLE and the UHURU Dance Band and were interested in experimenting with ideas other than only Ghanaian highlife stuff to appeal to global blacks. TAMFO NNYI EGYIR MUNMUNDE AFRO FUNK COMPILATON

MENKO OFIE HO

IN OSIBI

AWULA  ABLA

KPANLOGO LOLOMASHIE

OBAA ROSE

AO LOLONYE

GOLD COAST FAREWELL CALL

ASEM ATO ME

ODO YE FE SEN SIKA

ABAAWA BEGYE ME LETTER

MENKA HWEE

GYAE AKEKA KEKA

IRON BOY KPANLOGO

SIZE BOOR ANTO BOR PAY DAY NYONKO

YENSEMPA PAPA SUPERITENDENT-1968 ROSE-1968 APENSA KO ARA KO

GYAE MA MINDZI MENKOMO NKODZEN

AYIBA

ODASANI NO NKWA MU

MITEE MOMO OBRONI WUEWU

RAPALA

WOFA NONO ASHEWO WONGYE NSA NNOM TELEPHONE LOBI 50S, 60S,AND 70S GHANA HIGHLIFE VARIOUS BANDS FA ABOTAR NANTSEW YEHYIA MU

WOBETUMI-1966 GO SLOW- 1964 THE SOUNDS OF AFRICA APAAWA OSCAR SULLER WITH UHURU BAND IN BUKOM MASHIE ( THE LEAD SINGER SOUNDS LIKE SHATTA WALE) AGBADZA  ( AGBADZA AND GAHU TRADITIONAL RHYTHMS FEATURED) NO PARKING KANOWA  ( INTRODUCTION SAMPLED BY SWEET TALKS) MAFAM DZE ANNYE YIE

IN SWEDEN 1972

Dear Super Hero and Curious Mind, Welcome to one of our historic archives projects online. Agya Koo Nimo, one of the top Ghanaian ethnomusicologists and a guitar maestro in one of his Adadamu music tells a story of a 90 year old man planting coconut to the surprise of his grand children who subjected him to series of ridiculing questions while laughing at him. He calmly responded that when "AKOKORA DUE KUBE A, NA ODWEN DAAMA", literary, the old man said he was planting the coconut for the grand children and the future.  Interesting, isn't it? What are you planting for the future generation yourself?  Time for Deep Reflection. At the GHANA DANCE BAND HERITAGE, a project of the International Center for African Culture and Arts, our mission is to share the journey and the history of Ghana Dance Band Music from the early 60s.  This is for today's new singers to learn from their stories, be inspired for responsible compositions, for those who participated in...

Did we hear you say Amee? Music from Ghana is full of wisdom.  It is like an encyclopedia of traditional prose, ideas, values, norms, proverbs, life experience and everything in between. To understand some of them one has to spend time to digest them by asking critical questions.   We are proud Ghanaians documenting our Dance Bands stories over the years with assistance from various experts who have shared them online. Thanks to all whose works are used. Please subscribe to their pages on Youtube and like their works. Ghana Dance Band stories have interesting journey and we can all contribute to its docuemnting, preservation and sharing. Make suggestions if you can. Long Live Ghana, Long Live Africa. Ghana Dance Band Heritage Research Team New York, USA