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Tunde Nightingale, a.k.a., "Western" was a native of Ibadan, the largest city in both Nigeria and Africa. An incredible guitarist with a sonorous voice to boot, he was best known for his unique Jùjú music style, following in the tradition of Tunde King.
Born in Ibadan on December 10, 1922, as Ernest Olatunde Thomas, Tunde Nightingale started his career as a Juju musician in the late-1940s. Greatly influenced by the creator of the Juju music genre, Alhaji AbdulRafiu Babatunde King, aka, Tunde King, his contemporaries included Ayinde Bakare, I. K. Dairo and Dele Ojo. Nightingale was credited with the Owambe system, which was popular among Lagos and Ibadan socialites, who eagerly sponsored him on a tour abroad. When he returned, he signed with the TYC label and recorded over 40 albums in his career. Modern stars like King Sunny Ade and Queen Ayo Balogun continue to be influenced by his style. Apart from the fact that he "sounded," literally, like the proverbial singing bird, nightingale, he also kept a live nightingale bird in his home.
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- Nightingale "TUNDE NIGHTINGALE: A LEGEND FOR ALL TIMES". African Songs UK. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
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