Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expat… Read Full Bio ↴Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate African and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.
In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei's brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song "Pete Pete." In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat's Paw, an early "world music" band that combined highlife, rock and soul. In 1969 he persuaded Amarfio and Tontoh to join him in London, and Osibisa was born.
The name Osibisa was described by the band members as meaning "criss cross rhythms that explode with happiness" but it actually comes from "osibisaba" the Fante word for highlife. Their style influenced many of the emerging African musicians over the last forty plus years.
In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei's brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song "Pete Pete." In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat's Paw, an early "world music" band that combined highlife, rock and soul. In 1969 he persuaded Amarfio and Tontoh to join him in London, and Osibisa was born.
The name Osibisa was described by the band members as meaning "criss cross rhythms that explode with happiness" but it actually comes from "osibisaba" the Fante word for highlife. Their style influenced many of the emerging African musicians over the last forty plus years.
Music For Gong Gong
Osibisa Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Osibisa:
Beautiful Seven-Y Sharp We give you We give you Our treasure All our treasure We giv…
Celebration Celebrate good times, come on It′s a celebration Celebrate g…
Che Che Kule We Call it Che Che Kule Che Che cofisa Ah ah ah…
Coffee Song 2Pac Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Papa'z Song (feat. Wycked…
Dance the Body Music Dance The Body Music - Osibisa Dance the body music. Make…
Fire Wild thing, you make my heart sing You make everything groo…
Flying Bird Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Anoma Spread your wings And y…
Ojah Awake Ogya e (Ogya e) Ogya eeee Ogya ee Ogya aa Eeeeeh eeeh…
Pata Pata [** feat. Jory:] [Jory:] Chek the flow* Yo quiero tu aber…
Sunshine Day Everybody do what you're doing Smile will bring a sunshine d…
Survival , So at this time we're all going to put our…
The Coffee Song Way down among the Brazillians, coffee beans sell by the…
The Warrior Okay, we gotta go and this time But we got to…
Think About The People Now stop for a moment Think about the world Think about the…
Welcome Home You've been gone it's an empty home Come on back when…
Welcome Home (Live at the Royal Festival Hall) You've been gone it's an empty home Come on back when…
Who's Got The Paper Who's got the paper who's got the match Who's got the…
Woyaya We are going Heaven knows where we are going We will know…
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@trevorwebb5292
I listened to this band 50 years ago and still enjoy these tracks.
@cecilelyons7178
I saw them live 3 times in 70s in Brisbane Australia. So great. Always opened the concert with The Dawn. In the late 90s they returned to Brisbane at a small venue. Only about 200 people....diehard fans so I was so close to the stage. Oh what memories. There has never been another Osibisa-type band since. Music for Gong Gong.....yay...one of the best.
@luisgonzalez721
Verga...! Esa vaina parece una tormenta!
@humblename8085
Classic osibisa., everything about the sound so sweet ... the drum all the instruments wow great music . Africa Ghana always had it , thumbs up , afrobeat
@Mauricio4612
What beautiful memories of Osibisa, really a great African rock group from the 70s, this music was played in 1973 in Quito Ecuador on a station called musical radio, greetings and happy New Year's Eve parties to its members.
@alannurthen2820
Classic Osibisa! Saw them play live a few times in the mid 70s and every show was awesome!
@cityrapper4882
🇬🇭 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 OSIBISA THE REAL LEGENDS OF AFROBEAT'S MUSIC
@premtoocaram5176
My second purchased album in the 70's after Santana Abraxas! Classic move memories on the dance floor to this!!
@johnchaney1781
THIS HAD ME SMILING I'M GOING BACK IN TIME WE ARE BLESSED 2021
@elizabethokoye8727
I miss you Osibisa. I was with you in Switzerland Disco called Black Out. And one of you ask me to come with you to Greece. Please come back. Loving you always. Namaste.