William Onyeabor

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William Onyeabor

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William Onyeabor (born 29 March 1946 – died 16 January 2017) was a Nigerian funk singer and songwriter.

He studied cinematography in Russia (USSR) for many years, returning to Nigeria in the mid-1970's to start his own Wilfilms Records music label and to set up a music and film production studio, Wilfilms (Recording Studios) Ltd. Enugu, Nigeria. He recorded a number of hit songs in Nigeria during the 1970's, the biggest of which was ‘Atomic Bomb’ in 1978.

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Albums
	WRLP 1001		William Onyeabor	Crashes In Love (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WRLP 1001	Nigeria	1977	Sell This Version
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	WRLP 1002		William Onyeabor	Atomic Bomb (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WRLP 1002	Nigeria	1978	Sell This Version
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	WRLP 1003		William Onyeabor	Tomorrow (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WRLP 1003	Nigeria	1979	Sell This Version
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	WRLPS 1007		William Onyeabor	Body & Soul (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WRLPS 1007	Nigeria	1980	Sell This Version
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	WLP 1010		William Onyeabor	Great Lover (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WLP 1010	Nigeria	1981	Sell This Version
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	WLP 1001		William Onyeabor	Crashes In Love (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WLP 1001	Nigeria	1982	Sell This Version
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	WLP 018		William Onyeabor	Hypertension (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WLP 018	Nigeria	1982	Sell This Version
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	WLP 030		William Onyeabor	Good Name (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WLP 030	Nigeria	1983	Sell This Version
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	WLP 033		William Onyeabor	Anything You Sow (Album)	Wilfilms Records	WLP 033	Nigeria	1985	Sell This Version
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	5039		William Onyeabor	What?! (Comp, EP)	Luaka Bop	5039	US	2014	Sell This Version
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	6 80899 0079-2-4		William Onyeabor	Who Is William Onyeabor? (Comp, Album)	Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop	6 80899 0079-2-4	US	2013	Sell This Version
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	6 80899 8002-1-1		William Onyeabor	William Onyeabor Vol. 2 ‎(Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + 4xLP, Album, RE + 7", Single)	Luaka Bop	6 80899 8002-1-1	US	2014	Sell This Version
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	6 80899 8002-1-1		William Onyeabor	William Onyeabor Vol. 1 ‎(Box, Comp, Ltd, Num + LP, Album, RE + LP, Album, R)	Luaka Bop	6 80899 8002-1-1	US	2014	Sell This Version
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	6 80899 8002-2-8, LBCD 5030, LBCD 5031, LBCD 5032, LBCD 5033, LBCD 5034, LBCD 5035, LBCD 5036, LBCD 5037, LBCD 5038		William Onyeabor	William Onyeabor ‎(9xCD, Album + Box, Comp)	Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop, Luaka Bop	6 80899 8002-2-8, LBCD 5030, LBCD 5031, LBCD 5032, LBCD 5033, LBCD 5034, LBCD 5035, LBCD 5036, LBCD 5037, LBCD 5038	US	2014	Sell This Version

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DarioSmagata

January 30, 2022

I hope one day the movie "Crashes in Love" will be discovered. If they can dig up lost episodes of Doctor Who in Nigeria, then there has to be a copy of this movie buried somewhere, if indeed it ever got released in the first place...