{"id":1148054,"date":"2022-07-13T10:12:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/highlife-legend-ab-crentsil-is-dead-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T10:12:52","slug":"highlife-legend-ab-crentsil-is-dead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/13\/highlife-legend-ab-crentsil-is-dead-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlife legend AB Crentsil is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n            <!-- image --><br \/>\n            <!-- content --><br \/>\n <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<h3>Legendary highlife musician Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, professionally known as AB Crentsil has passed away at the age of 79 years.<\/h3>\n<p>The death of the celebrated singer was confirmed by sounds engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah better known as Fredyma on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE :Sonni Balli laid to rest ; Samini pays glowing tribute at the funeral (WATCH)<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_129744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129744\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AB-Crentsil-is-dead-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"AB Crentsil is dead\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129744\"   title=\"Highlife legend AB Crentsil is dead 1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AB Crentsil is dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Ad-banner.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFAREWELL AB CRENSTIL. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, \u2018Moses and Atia\u2019, AB Crenstil, has died! He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart Nkansah and then his own band, Ahenfo. His hit songs, \u2018Juliana and Obi ba wiase\u2019, cannot be forgotten,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, Fredyma intimated that the veteran singer had been sick for some time now.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p>\n<p>Tons of tribute have poured in for the late composer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AB-Crentsil-is-dead-1.jpg\" alt=\"AB Crentsil is dead\" width=\"696\" height=\"719\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129745\"   title=\"Highlife legend AB Crentsil is dead 2\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>AB Crentsil Biography <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Jr was born in Prestea, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana), to the late Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Sr and Esi Yaaba in 1943.<\/p>\n<p>He was always known as AB Junior until his father died in 1984 when he assumed the AB Crentsil name without the junior.<\/p>\n<p>His primary and middle school education was the Takoradi Methodist Primary and Rev Cleveland Middle School respectively. After his middle-school examinations, AB worked as an electrical apprentice under his father, who was Works Superintendent of the technical branch of Ghana Railways at Takoradi.<\/p>\n<p>While in middle school, Crentsil was introduced to the guitar by Mr. Thedoh.<\/p>\n<p>A.B. Crentsil became proficient in playing guitar and started singing along when playing it. He was simultaneously working as an electrician and playing with the Strollers Band owned by one Kwesi Donkor.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SPUCH7XH98c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AB Crentsil Live - Moses\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SPUCH7XH98c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Crentsil has played with the El Dorados, the Sweet Talks \u2013 which latter group in the 1970s, under the joint leadership of Crentsil and Smart Nkansah, were the resident band at The Talk Of The Town Hotel in Tema, with Crentsil as lead singer \u2014 and then finally the Ahenfo Band.<\/p>\n<p>Crentsil opened a 16-track recording studio in 1990. \u201cDevil\u201d is among his best-known songs. Crentsil continues to release new albums and to win the accolades that are awarded to top musicians in Ghana. As he always says: \u201cWhen burger highlife came and everybody loved it, we all joined the train because we also wanted to make some money, but one that I realized is that, highlife will always be the original form of music for Ghanaians and we will always come back to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may read full biography about A.B Crentsil from Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><noscript id=\"td-ad-placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary highlife musician Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, professionally known as AB Crentsil has passed away at the age of 79 years. The death of the celebrated singer was confirmed by sounds engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah better known as Fredyma on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in a Facebook post. 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