I am from Uganda and don’t understand the language they are singing in, but I feel the vibes. I can’t stop listening to this Joromi song. It is addictive like falling in love with the most beautiful woman because you can’t just get enough of her. The solo guitar, bass guitar and the konga drum were played with utmost passion, love and professionalism. This is a genius song writing and composition. Victor Uwaifo is trully a Nigerian and African music legend.
@robertcamilla53063 жыл бұрын
Me too I’m from Uganda but I love the Song
@europaeuropa1023 жыл бұрын
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@ErrolMontesPizarro3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qMiVariWy7-nfmw.html Here, he himself explains the lyrics....
@osagunmwedeobayagbonna41352 жыл бұрын
It's an Edo language by the Benin people in the southern region of Nigeria, the very ancient kingdom ( The Benin Empire ) that the British invaded in the 1897 before Nigeria was created, you can Google it if you are interested, but it's not the Republic of Benin .No,
@Twinklestar104 Жыл бұрын
Only Nigerians who speak the Edo language understand the lyrics...just saying.
@ASMR_moments-r2z4 ай бұрын
It’s March 2024 and I’m here to listen to a legend. Truly Music does not need permission to enter your soul.
@emmanuelenac84692 ай бұрын
Mohbad is another legend
@desmonda26464 жыл бұрын
Makes remember my childhood. We lived very close to him in Benin, I still remember walking past his house every morning on my way to school. He had different sculptures around his house. This song won the golden disc award, equivalent to the Grammies in the mid sixties. A talented musician way ahead of his time. In my opinion he is best guitarist ever, could do almost anything with the guitar. A legend!
@europaeuropa1023 жыл бұрын
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@europaeuropa1023 жыл бұрын
Rip
@jcfoganlocoche93203 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing with us. What a beauty we have in our Music
@oluwafemiajayi79492 жыл бұрын
What about king sunny ade
@brainbox78073 жыл бұрын
An inventor, artist, sculptor, engineer and Professor combined! I can’t think of any era in human history that has produced a genius like this man. Goodbye Prof. Victor Uwaifo; you made Africa proud!
@ositaozed22523 жыл бұрын
Naija no dey carry last, rest in eternal peace
@blackmanoluka-setu1982 жыл бұрын
not forgetting his athletic prowess 👌
@brucebanner9664 Жыл бұрын
"I can’t think of any era in human history that has produced a genius like this man."?? Einstein? Leonardo da Vinci? Newton? Mozart? Bernanke? Michelangelo? Aristotle? Kant? Tolstoi? Bonaparte? Boole?Sharpley? Bardeen? Mendel? Darwin? Paine? Locke? Maradona? And hundreds others?
@brainbox7807 Жыл бұрын
@@brucebanner9664 My criteria for the assessment can be different from yours. I am looking at a combination of talents! Maradona was a genius in football only. Everyone can boast of talents too!
@brucebanner9664 Жыл бұрын
@@brainbox7807 What did Uwaifo invent? Just curious.
@indolilyindomitablelily73066 жыл бұрын
Nostalgic this was the music my parents danced to during their courtship in those day. This year marks their 50th wedding anniversary.
@omalichnwa24715 жыл бұрын
Wow
@joelakinola98164 жыл бұрын
So you witnessed your parents courting themselves!
@adejokeakinyemi38354 жыл бұрын
@@joelakinola9816 lol
@ekevanvictor5674 жыл бұрын
@@joelakinola9816 Leemaooo
@Toyota4153 жыл бұрын
@@adejokeakinyemi3835 There are actually kids lucky and loved enough by their parents to be told stories of things that happened long before they were born. Is that too difficult to understand?
@kizolarry4 жыл бұрын
The pride of Benin. The maestro, the ever first Africa song with a gold disc. This man is everything in one form. He can do everything as far as the instrument concern. Joromi is one of the most remix songs all over the world.
@chuxehiwuogufred2457 Жыл бұрын
Do us a Favour by translating Uwaifo songs to English. Most popular English songs have lyrics in Spanish, French etc. So the binis should do same to most of these songs that captivated the world in the 70s
@LawrenicaOji-hz8ti7 ай бұрын
I love Sir Victor Uwaifo music; especially, jeromi and se se se. Infact, I love all his music. May his legendary soul rest in peace. Amen.
@lajoostice8 жыл бұрын
i'm not an 80's kid...but i hear my mum singing this when i was little so it got stuck in my head...all hail Benin city
@emekaobiOmtherealthings8 жыл бұрын
this is not even 80s music this is music from mid 60s
@beproudofyourown75717 жыл бұрын
Justus Mcvincent my late dad's favourite. Bless!
@ToriOfTheNile6 жыл бұрын
I was born in 2003 but my dad played this among other classics in the car so it is still a staple in my childhood
@timmygamer46785 жыл бұрын
I am 13 and this song was my favourite song since the first day i heard it
@gardensteps4 жыл бұрын
@@emekaobiOmtherealthings Yes, you are very right.
@andersonojoshimite60473 жыл бұрын
After six decades of superlative performance, the octogenarian and quintessential artiste has gone to rest 😭.
@Cotyledonous11 жыл бұрын
Wow! Nothing surpasses the original. This is what brings bk the memories. I think this song was bigger in Ghana even than in Nigeria. We didn't understand the words but what did it matter? The music was all.
@redpillafricaredpillafrica5896 жыл бұрын
Cotyledonous really?
@kofimanu93064 жыл бұрын
@@redpillafricaredpillafrica589 yes this song was very huge in Ghana. A popular men"s shirt was named joromi in honor of this song. LOL
@edwardadu-gyamfi31074 жыл бұрын
His wife at the time was Ghanaian from Adansi Akrofrom
@teegeedavid50854 жыл бұрын
This song is about a very strong and powerful Benin wrestler who wrestled and defeated various monsters with several heads. He was advised not to wrestle with the one with seven heads who was the strongest and most feared of them all ,else he will die.
@MrSivram283 жыл бұрын
@@edwardadu-gyamfi3107 is there any truth is that
@mfongeorge9313 Жыл бұрын
Good old days
@ladygreat79545 жыл бұрын
I am not even from Edo but my love for this song made me search for it, thank God I found it.
@benberry75344 жыл бұрын
This song was more popular in Ghana 🇬🇭 than Nigeria I bliv cuz at my tender age I’d hear my mum & granny’s sings it all day long!!! #Jeromi
@afsafs19682 жыл бұрын
It was very popular in Nigeria
@millicentfrimpong26762 жыл бұрын
Do you know the meaning?
@josephinempundu42052 жыл бұрын
Am Zambian and growing up in the 70s, we had this record which we used to play on our sanyo radiograme which had a brick sized battery. Fond memories.
@adamsc9049 Жыл бұрын
Lovely song, I remember hearing it often growing up in Ondo. Good memories
@iyobosaasemota8323Ай бұрын
To all lovers of GOOD music and especially our Uganda brothers this track is one of the many classics from the Maestro Himself-Sir Victor Uwaifo known in Nigeria as "Guitar Boy". He was in a class of his own. He bagged a Phd and became a Professor at the University of Benin before his passing. A true and worthy son of Edo Kingdom and Nigeria. RIP Legend
@nkirunwoye26499 жыл бұрын
My father made me love highlife. The joy of listening to these oldies but goodies.....
@wolefarotimi34449 жыл бұрын
Same here..
@ToriOfTheNile6 жыл бұрын
Same 😄
@reelspilltv11 жыл бұрын
I just read that Victor Uwaifo can play the guitar with both feet and with his TONGUE! Him and Oliver De Coque (R.I.P) were Nigeria's guitar legends!!! THIS IS A CLASSIC!!!
@sankofax80824 жыл бұрын
you don't play with tongue but with teeth... jimi hendrix did the same
@godsanointed3397 Жыл бұрын
💯% yes
@ngwaemmanuel61863 жыл бұрын
Our closest neighbours_Nigerians. I don't understand but it's just so nostalgic !!!! So much love from Cameroon
@beproudofyourown75717 жыл бұрын
Wow! My late dad's favourite! I pray he rest in peace. Rest in peace dad, this one is for you. I still love you. Always will. Enjoy dad.
@globalcetzen52714 жыл бұрын
This song was part of my childhood. 🎸 it played from the wooden transistor radio with the upholstery covered amplifier on a bright Saturday afternoon, while the palm-nut soup was bubbling on the fire, and the sound of fufu pounding synced in harmony. 🇬🇭Afrika sweet oooo 🎶🇬🇭💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾🎵 TFS 👌🏾😊
@DJHarryHandsome13 жыл бұрын
Hahaha...Nice 1
@anichukwunnaemeka5978 Жыл бұрын
This man is not dead because he is still ruling the world from his grave through his unique style of music.
@ellaizoseukhun81363 жыл бұрын
RIP sir victor uwaifo... listening to this from canada and remembering Benin...
@iyobosaasemota8323Ай бұрын
A multi-instrumentalist, his versatility with musical instruments is second to none. Notably the Guitar, Flute and Keyboard
@Xitohan6 жыл бұрын
I finally found the song! Thank God!😭
@20ckpwt183 жыл бұрын
lol how ols are you blackGirl?
@itsperpetual28743 жыл бұрын
Same here
@Songinor533 жыл бұрын
👍🏾😁
@vincentchekwube49153 жыл бұрын
Same here my dear. So happy to hear it again
@bashirbukar5382 жыл бұрын
goodbye prof but Nigeria is proud of you
@sidiqabdul-kareem55442 жыл бұрын
As a child growing up in Lagos , I loved this song so much. Hello Didn’t understand a word, classic. Legend.
@gbubemia3 жыл бұрын
The first Nigerian song to go platinum. In 1963 it sold over 100 thousand copies.
@fleshoo11334 жыл бұрын
WELL this song was really big in Ghana in the 80's and we really enjoyed to the fullest.tRUE AFRICAN DARLING SONG
@bridgetlindayaaАй бұрын
❤
@markwwigzell12765 жыл бұрын
I listened to this around 1967, I lived in Ibadan, Nigeria from '61 - '66, and a family friend sent this and others to us after we got back to England. Great Music!
@judeeze5065 жыл бұрын
Am Igbo can’t hear what he is saying but can’t stop listening to it Ok is hear that zlantan larn gbese gbese
@omorogbeosarol22604 жыл бұрын
It kese kese not gbese gbese
@Tatianarain4 жыл бұрын
@@omorogbeosarol2260 yeah so a watered down version of gbese. ALL our modern day naija musicians take inspiration from olden days predecessors. All. Those guys were the true originals
@olabodefashola5 жыл бұрын
Who is still listening to this in 2019?
@aduvieokoh94704 жыл бұрын
Me
@thomasanders29684 жыл бұрын
Am even listening to it now
@fmo56414 жыл бұрын
Or 2020
@pendingbadness70843 жыл бұрын
We say hello from 2020
@johndavid41893 жыл бұрын
December 2020!
@ziongetscreative3304 Жыл бұрын
Can our generation ever fill the shoes of our fathers ?
@bridgetlindayaaАй бұрын
Hard to say!@
@julieosazuwa14 жыл бұрын
Who else is still listening to this song, in Aug 2020 😍😍❤❤ Tho am here bcos of bbnaija task💃💃
@josephtwum3 жыл бұрын
You know right...praise made me love this song 🎶 echoke oo❤️
@mathiasbanda25223 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of those good days
@babyfish56217 ай бұрын
Bini language is so sweet. My partner is from Benin City he showed me this song and I just loved it so much, sweet song and very good vibes
@michaelnwabuobi97443 жыл бұрын
I feel I reincarnated from a previous life,I don’t understand why I so much love old Highlife songs,I’m an old school and new school kinda guy. My playlist can be really annoying,most people just don’t understand my taste of songs. I have lived here before😆❤️❤️
@adehenry95912 жыл бұрын
Same here lol
@winningwaysglobal2 жыл бұрын
I guess I reincarnate from a previous life too.. lol 🤣 My love for old highlife songs is beyond measure. People don't really understand my kind of person. Only my guardian angel understands me perfectly ❤️💯
@richmond6621 Жыл бұрын
Same here, too
@aframaco9491 Жыл бұрын
Don't let that bother you one jot! There's a name for aficionados like you, it's Eclectic!! Enjoy good music sir !!!
@bridgetlindayaaАй бұрын
Me too,aaa!!!
@Valetdalgrup9 жыл бұрын
This song at the Kingsway... In Kumasi ... in 1965... How many times I have enjoy it!!!
@jamesbrown2868 жыл бұрын
+Gian Paolo Albertazzi and cape coast
@olamilekanadam83104 жыл бұрын
I never knew this song was that old
@europaeuropa1023 жыл бұрын
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@europaeuropa1023 жыл бұрын
Rip
@igwesmartnwarupuo232 жыл бұрын
The great uwaifo I can't stop loving you
@shaerilmcbrown81927 жыл бұрын
Uh oh i learned that Joromi was a warrior (wrestler) who battled and defeated all possible rivals on earth.
@robertacofie73874 жыл бұрын
2020 and I am remembering this from Christmas Dance ,1966 in Star Hotel Accra Ghana. Great night.
@african-history-fountain3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Great memories. Thanks for sharing.
@Newsman-u2e8 күн бұрын
If you hear this song in 14 years ago and my grandfather always play this and tell us a story 😢💔 Rest on mom,dad, Gandfather too 😪😥
@arresteddevelopment21583 жыл бұрын
One of the icons who pushed the envelope and gave birth to the younger generation of Nigerian musicians. Rest in power Sir!! God bless on your way to higher plains! Amen.
@OMOREDE133 жыл бұрын
Thanks dad for introducing me to this song. From Benin City with 💙.
@victoroje82016 жыл бұрын
OUR PRESENT BUNCH OF MUSICIANS NEEDS TO STEP UP THEIR GAME TO MATCH UP WITH THESE LEGENDS!!!
@Emmydhon7283 жыл бұрын
Just heard the Sad News Rest in peace sir, you will be missed
@janiceiyonawan3 жыл бұрын
One of my best Benin songs as an Benin girl❤️❤️🇳🇬I too like am
@MannehN9 жыл бұрын
An old classic I've been looking for forever. Thanks to a DJ at a wedding last week I now have this song to my collection.
@nicknotmyname8 жыл бұрын
+Nathan Manneh Lucky you!! I wish that DJ at weddings I usually have to go...
@blamaco13 жыл бұрын
Aah Naija, that sweeeeet Nigerian highlife sound.....very much a part of my now nostalgic childhood! Mayibuye....Come back Africa, come back Nigeria.
@chibuzonwokolo30353 жыл бұрын
Sir Victor Uwaifo is a living legend
@mikky4712 Жыл бұрын
Early 70's Nigeria. Thanks for uploading
@marthaobike14303 жыл бұрын
Who is here after the news of his passing to listen to this song again
@danielvroom58624 жыл бұрын
My dad made me fall in love with this man and his music. He will, play, sing, and dance alongside this great tune every morning and especially on weekends. My dad is also called, Victor. I guess that might have contributed greatly to his love for the legend Sir Victor Uwaifo. As matter of fact, most of his army mates referred to him as, Victor Uwaifo! RIP Dad 🙏🏿💓💖💓🙏🏿
@bridgetlindayaaАй бұрын
RIP Daddy chidi❤
@jhonkhan8153 Жыл бұрын
One of the foundamental structures of ecowas , pure jamah
@laotanfaji57283 жыл бұрын
RIP SIR VICTOR UWAIFO
@yahozee20092 жыл бұрын
What year is this song? Does anybody knows? My father used to play this song when we were little. Now today I hear this song in my dreams. Weird!
@waskyhenry630610 ай бұрын
1966 if I'm not mistaken.
@ThomasMoore198413 жыл бұрын
If you have not seen Uwaifo's website, you ought to. It makes me pretty happy. One of his listed hobbies on wikipedia is 'raising other people's children.' what a dude.
@kofiadjorlolo9290 Жыл бұрын
My mentor my legend he pruned me to become an international awards winner today. Sir Prof rest in perfect peace
@abrahamakol62475 жыл бұрын
Not from 9ja but stumbled on this and been bumping to it since 2018. Its the kind of sound i've always wanted to hear bud didn't know where to find it. I'm thankful
@nariware14 жыл бұрын
Sir Victor Uwaifo is the greatest highlife guitarist.
@lugardboy3 жыл бұрын
The greatest highlife guitarist is Nana Kwame Ampadu of Ghana. Read about him. Even the great Jimi Hendrix acknowledged him as the very best
@nnannaprince2 жыл бұрын
Oliver D Coque>>>>
@babaneee12 жыл бұрын
@@lugardboy I disagree ...it was bcos Jim met Kwame ...but he never met Sir Victor ...I bet he would have said the same for him too ...this man was called Guitar boy for a reason all over the world
@NgonyamaKabrooklyn Жыл бұрын
I am 61 today and do remember this classic from my childhood!!RIP Professor Baba Victor Uwaifo!
@positionnormal8 жыл бұрын
Just heard this track tonight at a Ata Kak gig. I'm going to listen to this for good. And so is my little boy.
@inafern5 жыл бұрын
that guitar solo was unbelievable , Got to be one of the best I've ever heard
@UwuUwu-pw6tm5 жыл бұрын
No doubt.
@isholadotun1460 Жыл бұрын
I think that’s Oliver De coque. The same man that played “sweet mother” lead guitar.
@otaruaisoni3044 жыл бұрын
Ever green music for matured minds, up till now I can not be tired of this music. It refreshed my soul.
@sweetminkjay91284 жыл бұрын
Oooops I thought this was Ghanaian lol this is one of the classics that are revived in Ghanaian parties grrrrrrrrrr geswe
@sethlefari286411 жыл бұрын
i have the tears of joy when i listen this old good music
@emmanymatthew253929 күн бұрын
This man is a jack of all and master of all. I won’t be surprised if he was once a lawyer. My dad once kept a newspaper from 60s when this man was an athlete/model…
@ogagaokotie27733 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Sir Victor Uwaifo; you were simply legendary!!!
@awriterstouch91515 жыл бұрын
Proudly Benin, I remember the story attached to this song...... Memories.... 😔
@shaibuladidiayeesha58714 жыл бұрын
Nostalgic.... I don’t even know how to feel 😩.
@shaibuladidiayeesha587110 ай бұрын
Mee too 😫
@bridgetlindayaaАй бұрын
😇🥺
@iyohaewaenjoel94384 жыл бұрын
Old memories coming to us anew! What a great historical hit of a song. Playing this song I used my right leg with my right hand fingers on it as Sir Dr Victor Uwaifor's guitar and friend said to me what you look so happier today!
@Dfemogmusic4 жыл бұрын
Wow, gone are the days,memory lives on!!
@ebitamrobert75753 жыл бұрын
I remember when my dad used to sing this.. He's late now.. Rest in Power dad
@alexchimwaza87822 жыл бұрын
A reminder of my late uncle Mr. A. Magretta. He had a record and used to play at Kanjedza, Limbs, Malawi in mid 1970's. RIP
@lawalidris161612 жыл бұрын
This is infact the lovely way we grew up and it's really going down the memory lane
@GabrielBayoFowoduGAFTV3 жыл бұрын
A Glorious Transition. 🎸🎸Sir Prof.Victor Uwaifo was unique in many ways. 🎸🎸*He was a famous and well celebrated Musician, Sculpture, Artist, Arts collector, Museums owner, erudite Professor, song writer, Guitar Boy, historian and winner of many local and international awards, and recognitions.etc. *He recently celebrated his 80 year Birthday Anniversary. 🎸The Joromy King was recently recording a new song tittled "Halleluyah" . 👏🏻May his great soul rest in perfect peace. 🙏🏻May God comfort his family, friends and fans. Adieu Ekassa King. 👏🏻Shalom Shalom. GAF.
@browndada3 жыл бұрын
I always thought this was a Ghanaian song. We used to sing it in Akan as “Ny3 menkoa na me p3 joromi” Which translates to I’m not the only one who like joromi.. I always thought burna boy stole Gbeze Gbeze from us.. ohh Niaja, what have we done to you??
@gr8son4943 жыл бұрын
Lols! Funny! You've done nothing to us braa.
@akainyahazannekofi3 жыл бұрын
Allegedly a favourite of Nkrumah.
@emmanuellaedomwonyi52705 жыл бұрын
Wow.... enjoying the melody
@estherdaitey17016 жыл бұрын
SISTER KELEN, MY AUNTIE KELEN DAITEY, YOU ARE BEING REMEMBERED THIS AFTER FROM LONDON.I MISS YOU SO MUCH
@kesterdafe24267 жыл бұрын
Oldies one can appreciate and just swing to..... loved those moments though I was very young
@odoifeanyi3563 жыл бұрын
RIP legend
@audreyquaye40953 жыл бұрын
Great multi instrumentalist musician, inventor, artist and sculptor! A truly remarkable man! Sincere sympathy to the entire family. May God grant his soul peaceful rest! 🙏🏽✝️
@dbpartner72943 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Poland to Nigeria :)
@feliciad.williams76472 жыл бұрын
This was one of my Grand mother's favorites
@HalleluyahNova10 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's the song I've been looking for, I remember hearing it when I was only 5.
@lawrencegiegbefumwen78342 жыл бұрын
Real legend
@junity16 жыл бұрын
Wow, never knew this dude was a Nigerian ! ......primarily due to the Ghanaian lyrics !
@chidimmajustina46635 жыл бұрын
John P it’s in Edo language
@lthomas85154 жыл бұрын
they speak edo in Ghana???
@iniakpan20693 жыл бұрын
We thank you sir for the memories. May you find rest. 2021
@avanpiano20 күн бұрын
Am not from benin But this song is mind blowing Wooo❤
@officialpaulsibility41753 ай бұрын
It’s may ❤2024 I still Dey here Dey blast this jam
@austinessien94617 жыл бұрын
the land of opportunity Benin city!!
@okechiokoro17845 жыл бұрын
Joromi
@abstraqtphilosophy73574 жыл бұрын
There is nothing in Benin City
@steveveron2513 жыл бұрын
Benin city is poor and unkept
@xazzybwoii88533 жыл бұрын
@@steveveron251 wetin this idiot dey talk...Benin die but the state is not poor try googling the richest Nigerian states
@blessingmicheal63973 жыл бұрын
Benin to the world, a beautiful place full of loving people
@yorubadiaspora558910 жыл бұрын
One of the best African classics....
@african-history-fountain3 жыл бұрын
Definitely an African classic.
@Joeldo._5 жыл бұрын
2019 anyone
@queenify75355 жыл бұрын
Yes ooòoooo
@lilianomoigui19865 жыл бұрын
🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
@slickonthebeat224 жыл бұрын
over here!
@jamesmensah5778 Жыл бұрын
The music master of the mid 60s
@valentineoruigbo43104 жыл бұрын
I heard this beautiful song in the late 80s, it made me even prouder of the exceptional talents we had in those days when singing was inspiring..I mean each musician had a message to transmit to future generation.
@godfreyojeator9994 жыл бұрын
Sir I thank you Soo much for this song, it brings me back so much memories back in naija at my mom's restaurant. Thanks and God bless you and your family.
@samuelsotunde36223 жыл бұрын
RIP sir. Not heard this song for a while . A legend.
@samtexswin74715 жыл бұрын
Listening 01/07/2019 one of my daddy best songs I wish I'm still living closer to my father now. miss my daddy this day 💖
@idrissambo24463 жыл бұрын
An blossom era when music was truly sang from the heart.
@verasunday85064 жыл бұрын
I remembered this song now and decided to play it. Who is still here in 2020