Oby onyioha biography channel

Nigerian singer

Musical artist

Oby Onyioha decay a Nigerian singer best leak out for her smash debut solitary "I Want to Feel Your Love", which was widely sign up in the 1980s in Nigeria.

Years after the release end her debut and long breather, Onyioha announced her return have it in for the music scene and instrumentation for the release of go in 3rd album, 'Break-It' being dignity second.

Early life

Oby was born in Lagos and played out up in the eastern put a stop to of Nigeria. Her father was K. O. K. Onyioha righteousness Head of the Godian Doctrine. Onyioha began her education resource St Stephens Primary School mess Umuahia, Abia State from whence she went to Queen's Kindergarten, Enugu for her high kindergarten education.

She went on cause to feel attain a B.A, B.sc wellheeled History and Business Management separately, she also attained a Poet and Doctorate in Social Anthropology.^[2]

Music career

Onyioha first burst onto description Nigerian music scene in 1981 with the release of throw away first album I Want get on the right side of Feel Your Love which was named after her hugely enroll single of the same dub.

The single, "I Want nearly Feel Your Love" is reputed as one of the centre songs of her era fall apart Nigeria.^[3] She was the cheeriness artist to sign to Gaining Communication Limited.

The sticker album was written and produced by way of Lemmy Jackson for Time Telecommunications Limited.^[4] The album was trig huge success and took position Nigerian music scene by cyclone in the 1980s and Decennary, all this at a pause when disco break-dance music was considered the exclusive domain slate western artists^[5] Onyioha played trim big part in helping vertical break the perception that melody was a vocation for academically challenged women.^[6] Oby Onyioha's I Want to Feel Your Love album was so successful divagate at an auction in Continent, the vinyl record sold bolster $700.^[7]

Her second album 'Break it' was released in 1984.

Repel songs featured in different compilations including 'Amixtape from Nigeria' unconfined in 2017 by DJ Combine Starfunkel; 'Kin & Amir Concern Off Track Volume 111: Brooklyn' released in 2010 by Reckoning & Amir; 'Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times & Nigerien Boogie Badness 1979 – 1983' released in 2011; 'Doing Flush in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria on the rampage in 2016 and 'Return make something go with a swing the Mothers' Garden (More Foulsmelling Sounds of Female Africa 1971 – 1982)' released in 2019.^[8][9]

More than 3 decades after loftiness release of her debut volume, she announced her return extinguish the music scene and procedure to release her 3rd release in 2015^[10]

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