- Alamu Atatalo
Alamu Atatalo was a pioneer of
sekere , a type of traditional Yoruba music. A native ofIbadan , he was popular inYorubaland throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. By the middle of the 1960s, however, his popularity began to wane when he was incriminated, in a criminal frame-up, by his detractors. As a result, he struggled relentlessly, for more than a decade, to clear his good name. Ultimately, he bounced back and reclaimed his enviable position as the "king ofsekere " in the mid-70s by releasing several hit LP records.Fact|date=March 2007 His version ofsekere music andAlhaji Dauda Epo-Akara 'swere music dominating theIbadan party scene until the advent ofAlhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister 'sfuji music .Fact|date=March 2007
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