One of the Lijadu Sisters, Kehinde Peme is dead after long battle with stroke.
The ‘Orere Elejigbo’ Lijadu Sisters were Born on 18 September 1958(age 61).
Her death was announced by the Managing Director Evergreen Music Company, Bimbo Esho on her Facebook page on Saturday.
She said “The death has been announced of one of the Lijadu Sisters. Kehinde Lijadu who has been battling severe stroke.
This information got to us this morning from Sir Sina Ayinde Bakare who received a call from New york from TAiwo who is the twin sister of the deceased.
The entire music Industry mourn the passage of KEhinde Lijadu for her contribution to Nigerian musical space.
We remember their evergreen classic Orere Elejigbo.”
The Lijadu Sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, are identical twin sisters from Nigeria who were an Nigerian music duet from the mid-1960s to the 1980s.They achieved success in Nigeria and had modest influence in the United States and Europe.
They were notable for being a West African version of the Pointer Sisters who mixed Afrobeat sounds with jazz and disco, according to one source.
Since the late 1980s, they retired from the music scene. They were cousins of popular Nigerian musician Fela Kuti.
The twins grew up in the Nigerian town of Ibadan, and were inspired musically by various artists including Aretha Franklin, Victor Olaiya and Miriam Makeba.They had guidance from music producer Lemmy Jackson who is credited with helping them with their early successes.Their music was a mix of Jazz, Afrobeat, Reggae and Waka. Sometimes they sang in English and other times in African languages.
One of their first songs was arranged with assistance from jazz saxophone player Orlando Julius.
They released their first album Iya Mi Jowo in 1969 after winning a record contract with Decca Records.
They worked with the late Biddy Wright on their third album Danger (1976). They recorded Sunshine in 1978 and Horizon Unlimited in 1979.
Their song “Orere Eljigbo” was included on a double CD entitled Nigeria 70, Africa 100, and was added to the Roots & Wings playlist in 1997.
The sisters moved to Brooklyn. They performed in various venues including the lower Manhattan club Wetlands and in Harlem with King Sunny Adé’s African Beats as their backing band.
Additional information culled from Wikipedia
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