A trumpeter, Olaiya ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and early 1960s with a sound heavily inspired by Ghanaian highlife. As reported by The Nation, it was the legend's record label Evergreen Music ...

Nigerian highlife musician Victor Olaiya has died, the Nigerian newspaper The Punch reports. He passed on February 12 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was 89. Olaiya, aka Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON, was a ...

Five College Professor of Music at Mount Holyoke College and the Five College Consortium (Amherst, Hampshire, Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst), USA., Mount Holyoke College ...

On the 12th of February, News broke about the death of Veteran highlife music king, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya. Many Nigerians who were familiar with the artist took to several platforms to express the ...

Have you ever listened to a song that reminded you of the unforgettable past? Or song that made you forget your worries and stress after the day’s toiling? Maybe you play music to help you think ...

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has mourned the death of the late music icon, Sir Victor Olaiya. Mohammed in a statement sent to DAILY POST signed by his Special ...

Nigeria has been mourning music legend Victor Olaiya, who created Nigeria's highlife rhythms and influenced a generation of musicians including Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Nduka Orjinmo looks back at the ...

CONSCIOUS of the need to celebrate legends while alive, NAIJAZZ music, led by ace Jazz promoter Ayoola Sadare is honoring the legendary Highlife Genius Dr. Victor Olaiya whose career has spanned about ...

Her real father is Victor Olaiya's younger brother, Joshua Bodunde Olaiya who died a long time ago. Several media outlets ran with the story that they couldn't tell her aged father the truth. Although ...

When news of the death of veteran highlife music don, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON flew around on Wednesday, 12th February 2020, most African music lovers both old and young who knew him or familiar ...