naptu2:
You see, he wasn't only a great musician and singer (as you can tell from Mother and Child), he was also a great producer.

She worked at the NTA in the early 1980s and she approached him to produce her album and he did. I think it was recorded in London, but I can't remember for sure.

naptu2:
The moment I fell in love with Onyeka Onwenu.

I had the Everly Brothers version of this song (I believe that's the original) and I absolutely loved it. So, for anyone to make a cover version of the song that is as good as the original. . .that person must be really special.

So the NTA showed a competition that was staged in the UK (c1981) and an unknown Nigerian performed this song. I was blown away. In fact, I think I prefer the tempo and beat of Onyeka's version. That was Onyeka's first hit.

Unfortunately her version is not online (God bless Classic FM for playing it once in a while). Here's the Everly Brothers' version.


The Everly Brothers - Walk Right Back.

naptu2:
There was a video clip that caught my attention in 1981 or 1982. It was of an incredibly beautiful young Nigerian woman in the UK. I think she had just won some kind of award and then she gave a performance. She sang the Everly Brothers' song, "Walk Right Back". It was beautiful. That video was shown many times on NTA 2 Channel 5 in 1982/1983. I have been looking for that video on YouTube since 2008.


I already loved the Everly Brothers and it was some feat for someone to perform that song and for me to like it without comparing it to the original. We had the Everly Brothers' album and it was one of my favourites. The album sleeve was very colourful. It was made up of little cartoon strips that represented each song on the album. I loved every song on that album. I loved "Bird Dog" because there was someone that I knew that was named Charlie and we used that song to tease him. (Now I'm tempted to do and Everly Brothers sweep).


Anyway, that was the first video of Onyeka Onwenu that I ever saw. I still haven't been able to find her version of "Walk Right Back" on the internet, but this song (below) was from the same album. (You can clearly hear Sunny Okosun's influence in the horns).


Onyeka Onwenu - Living Music (1982)

naptu2:
Dear diary,

I told you!

I told you!

I told you that I'll find it one day!

Today is the day!


This was the first song by Onyeka Onwenu that I ever heard. I wish I could find the exact video that was on heavy rotation on NTA2 Channel 5 in 1982.

We had the original album that contained this song. That album is one of my favourite albums. It had hit after hit after hit and the album sleeve was filled with cartoons. I absolutely loved that original version by the Everly Brothers, so I thought that it would be difficult for anybody to cover the song in a way that I would like it. Onyeka Onwenu succeeded. I also love this version.

The original video from 1982 showed Onyeka performing this song at an event in the UK. She was very pretty.


Onyeka Onwenu - Walk Right Back (1982).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNNhf0pyvo

naptu2:
Onyeka Onwenu - One Love (1986)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkeHOllD5c

naptu2:
There was a video clip that caught my attention in 1981 or 1982. It was of an incredibly beautiful young Nigerian woman in the UK. I think she had just won some kind of award and then she gave a performance. She sang the Everly Brothers' song, "Walk Right Back". It was beautiful. That video was shown many times on NTA 2 Channel 5 in 1982/1983. I have been looking for that video on YouTube since 2008.


I already loved the Everly Brothers and it was some feat for someone to perform that song and for me to like it without comparing it to the original. We had the Everly Brothers' album and it was one of my favourites. The album sleeve was very colourful. It was made up of little cartoon strips that represented each song on the album. I loved every song on that album. I loved "Bird Dog" because there was someone that I knew that was named Charlie and we used that song to tease him. (Now I'm tempted to do and Everly Brothers sweep).


Anyway, that was the first video of Onyeka Onwenu that I ever saw. I still haven't been able to find her version of "Walk Right Back" on the internet, but this song (below) was from the same album. (You can clearly hear Sunny Okosun's influence in the horns).


Onyeka Onwenu - Living Music (1982)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIyIAMee_X8

naptu2:
Onyeka Onwenu presenting Contact. This was in 1986 or '87 or '88.

I remember that there were two series of Contact and that a man presented the other series. I can't remember who the man was, but I think it was Patrick Oke. I can remember the backdrop though. It was a view of Marina taken from somewhere around Federal Palace Hotel. The background footage must have been shot from around 6:30 to 7:30 in the evening because we could see the transformation from evening daylight to complete darkness.


skip to 1:27.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5vJaxr9W28

klintoski:
Prominent Nigerian singer, actress, media personality, and politician, Onyeka Owenu is dead.

Born on January 17, 1952, Owenu reportedly died after performing at the birthday party of Stella Okoli on Tuesday evening.

Quoting an eyewitness, TheNiche reports that she slumped after performing at the party and was rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.

“It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today, and after performing, she slumped. She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it.”

https://journalist101.com/2024/07/31/breaking-sad-news-onyeka-onwenu-is-dead/

klintoski:

https://leadership.ng/breaking-onyeka-onwenu-dies-at-72/