The first appearance was in 1971 with their album “Osibisa”. Osibisa band actually made it onto the charts seven times in a row including twice in 19. In fact, the musical group was the first from Ghana to debut on the Billboard Chart after winning the hearts of many with their electric songs. Osibisa’s single, Music for Gong Gong became an immediate hit in 1970 with three others later making the UK Top 10: Sunshine Day, Dance The Body Music and Coffee Song. Mac was also a member of the Uhuru Dance Band. They played an integral role in developing an awareness of African music among European and North American audiences in the 1970s.īefore Osibisa band, Teddy and Sol had played with the Star Gazers and had a hit, Pete Pete with the Comets. Their ground-breaking blend of African rhythms with Rock and Soul made their music appeal as much to the African as it did to the European or American. They were joined soon by Darko Adams on percussions. The Ghanaian members were already seasoned highlife artistes in Accra before moving to London to launch their attack on the world stage.
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Osibisa band was the first Ghanaian as well as African band to notch up a whole series of best-selling singles and albums in the pop charts with its infectious fusion of styles referred to worldwide as criss-cross rhythms that explode with happiness.įormed in London, England in 1969 by three Ghanaians, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums) and Mac Tontoh (trumpet), Teddy’s brother, together with three Caribbeans Spartacus R (Grenada), Robert Bailey (Trinidad), Wendell Richardson (Antigua), and one Nigerian Lasisi Amao (Nigeria).
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