Sir Victor Olaiya

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:musician
gptkb:saxophone
bandleader
composer
gptkbp:activeYears 1950s–2010s
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:The_All_Stars_Band
gptkb:The_Cool_Cats
gptkbp:award gptkb:Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_Niger_(OON)
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-12-31
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Victor_Abimbola_Olaiya
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Calabar,_Nigeria
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Vaults_and_Gardens,_Ikoyi,_Lagos
gptkbp:children gptkb:Moji_Olaiya
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Fela_Kuti
gptkb:Tony_Allen
gptkbp:deathDate 2020-02-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lagos,_Nigeria
gptkbp:education gptkb:Baptist_Academy,_Lagos
gptkbp:ethnicity Yoruba
gptkbp:father gptkb:Moji_Olaiya
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Afrobeat
highlife
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Victor Olaiya
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Femi_Kuti
gptkb:Orlando_Julius
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Bobby_Benson
gptkb:E.T._Mensah
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:knownFor pioneering highlife music in Nigeria
gptkbp:languageOfLyrics English
Yoruba
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Nigerian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Omo_Pupa
gptkb:All_Stars_Soul_International
gptkb:Baby_Jowo
Ilu Le
gptkbp:performedAt gptkb:Independence_ball_for_Nigeria_(1960)
gptkb:State_ball_for_Queen_Elizabeth_II_(1956)
State ball for Nigerian Republic (1963)
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Polydor
gptkb:Philips
gptkb:Premier_Records
gptkbp:spouse Many wives (polygamous)
gptkbp:title gptkb:OON
Sir
gptkbp:website https://www.victorolaiya.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:FESTAC_'77
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7