Kiki Gyan
Real Name:
Kofi Kwarko Gyan
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Kiki Gyan (born June 7, 1957, Takoradi, Ghana – died June 10, 2004, Ghana), also known as Kiki Djan, was a Ghanaian musician. He was the keyboardist of the band Osibisa which was popular in the 1970's. He also recorded and produced a series of disco records.
Hailed as Africa's answer to Stevie Wonder, Ghanaian multi-instrumental Kiki Gyan was a musical Wunderkind who in the 1970's rose from the lowly status of high school dropout to playing keyboards and touring the world with international supergroup Osibisa. Subsequently he enjoyed a lucrative tenure as an in-demand session player in the top recording studios of London - and all of this before his twenty-first birthday. Out on his own, he produced a series of highly ambitious disco records aimed at positioning him as an international star, but weighed down by the excesses of the era. He died impoverished, a victim of AIDS and drugs-related complications.
Hailed as Africa's answer to Stevie Wonder, Ghanaian multi-instrumental Kiki Gyan was a musical Wunderkind who in the 1970's rose from the lowly status of high school dropout to playing keyboards and touring the world with international supergroup Osibisa. Subsequently he enjoyed a lucrative tenure as an in-demand session player in the top recording studios of London - and all of this before his twenty-first birthday. Out on his own, he produced a series of highly ambitious disco records aimed at positioning him as an international star, but weighed down by the excesses of the era. He died impoverished, a victim of AIDS and drugs-related complications.
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SRL 910.017 |
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Kiki Gyan | Afro Reggae (Album) | P.V.P. Records | SRL 910.017 | Netherlands | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BLP 003 |
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Kiki Gyan | Feeling So Good (Album) | Boom Records (6) | BLP 003 | UK | 1979 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TOP 001 |
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Kiki Gyan | Feelin' Alright (Album) | Top Records (21) | TOP 001 | Nigeria | 1983 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PVPS 530 |
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Kiki Gyan | Just One Night (7", Single) | P.V.P. Records | PVPS 530 | Netherlands | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SRS 510.037 |
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Kiki Gyan | Doing My Thing (7", Single) | Dureco | SRS 510.037 | Netherlands | 1977 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kiki Gyan | Disco Dancer (Barry&Gibbs Edit) (File, FLAC, Single) | Not On Label | none | France | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kiki Gyan | 24 Hours In A Disco 1978-82 (Comp) | Soundway, Soundway | SNDWCD0047P | UK | 2012 | Sell This Version |