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Born Sunday Adeniyi, on September 1, 1946, in Oshogbo, Nigeria; 12 children. Addresses: Home--Nigeria.
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Ordained the "King of Juju Music" in the late 1970s by a group of journalists and music critics, King Sunny Ade has been a major musical force in his native Nigeria since the mid-1960s and an international star since the early 1980s.
His style of juju--which is primarily a form of praise music sung in a local Nigerian Yoruba language that merges guitars with percussion in a lively style--is a so-called "synchro" style that utilizes synthesizers and other electronics technology, including computers.
Ade was greatly influenced by the "So wa mbe" style of juju pioneered by Tunde Nightingale and "is one of juju's great innovators," according to Jon Pareles in the New York Times.
Noting Ade's dynamic stage presence and versatility as a singer, Pareles als