Tunde Nightingale

), .Earnest Olatunde Thomas (10 Disamba 1922 - 1981),  wanda aka fi sani da Tunde Nightingale ko The Western Nightingale, mawaƙi ne kuma ɗan wasan guitar Na Najeriya, wanda aka fi saninsa da salon kiɗa na jùjú na musamman, yana bin al'adar Tunde King .

 Rayuwa ta farko da aiki 
An haife shi a Ibadan, ya halarci makaranta a Legas, ya yi aiki a cikin soja, kuma ya yi aiki ga kamfanin jirgin ƙasa. Ya kafa rukuni na farko, ƙungiyar guda uku  wanda ya ƙunshi guitar, tambourine, da shekere, a cikin 1944. Wannan ya kasance a farkon lokacin da mawaƙa na Najeriya suka fara amfani da guitar a matsayin wani ɓangare na rikodin su. Amma salon kiɗansa na juju ba shine mafi mashahuri a tsakanin ƙwararrun Legas waɗanda suka mamaye yanayin zamantakewa ba kuma wasan kwaikwayon ya iyakance ga mashaya wanda ya ba da iyakantaccen damar samun kudin shiga. A shekara ta 1952, ƙungiyarsa, Tunde Nightingale da ƙungiyarsa ta Agba Jolly, sun gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na yau da kullun a Kungiyar Yammacin Afirka, Ibadan . Mutanen zamaninsa sun hada da Ayinde Bakare, I. K. Dairo da Dele Ojo .  A shekara ta 1952, ƙungiyarsa ta faɗaɗa zuwa mambobi takwas kuma ta yi wasa a Kungiyar Yammacin Afirka a Ibadan . Tsakanin shekara ta 1954 zuwa shekara ta 1964, shahararren Nightingale ya fi kyau amma har yanzu yana da 'yan kaɗan. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rikodin tare da Mista Jossy Fajimolu . A wannan lokacin, waƙarsa ta sami karbuwa tsakanin wasu mutane a Legas waɗanda suka ga ya fi dacewa da jam'iyyun zamantakewa fiye da ɗakunan rawa. Ya haɓaka salon sa na kiɗa na juju wanda ya haɗa da ɗaki don yabo da waƙoƙi a matsayin kiɗa na jam'iyya kuma ba a buga shi a dakuna ko rawa. An san salon kiɗansa da So Wàmbè ("Shin yana nan?"), mai yiwuwa ma'anar ma'ana biyu ga beads da aka rufe a kan cinyarsa na mata masu rawa. A cikin shekarun 1960, shahararsa ta karu a tsakanin manyan mutanen Legas, wadanda suka tallafa masa a kan yawon shakatawa a kasashen waje. Lokacin da ya dawo, ya sanya hannu tare da lakabin TYC. A cikin duka, ya rubuta fiye da 40 albums a cikin aikinsa. Taurari na zamani kamar Sarki Sunny Adé da Sarauniya Ayo Balogun suna ci gaba da rinjayar salon sa. Baya ga gaskiyar cewa ya "yi sauti", a zahiri, kamar nightingale, ya kuma ajiye tsuntsu mai rai a gidansa.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1981
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