EYI WALA DONG (MY THANKS TO GOD)
Created on 26/11/2007Latest update on 17/10/2023
Artist: Guy Warren
Author: Guy Warren
Label: Decca
Year: 1956
Drummer from Ghana; real name: Warren Gamaliel Akwei, later aka Kofi Ghanaba (Son of Ghana). With the Red Saunders Orch., conducted by pianist Gene Esposito on album Africa Speaks, America Answers. Spiritual father of the afro beat.
Covers:
- 1957:
Dick Jacobs & his Skiffle Group [as An African Prayer]
- 1962:
Tony Sheridan [as Der Kiss Me Song, B-side of his first single Ich Lieb Dich So, produced by Bert Kaempfert]
- 1962:
Bert Kaempfert [as That Happy Feeling on easy listening classic album A Swingin' Safari]
