C.K. Mann Big Band

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C.K. Mann (Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann, Cape Coast, Ghana, 1936 - 20 March 2018) was a Ghanaian highlife musician and producer. The C.K. Mann Big Band album was arranged by Ebo Taylor & Oscar Sulley and features the devastating voice of Papa Yankson on "Twer Nyame", "Fa w'akoma ma me" and "Etuei" a.o.. C.K. Mann worked briefly as a seaman before joining Moses Kweku Oppong's Kakaiku band. After familiarizing himself with the Ghanaian music scene, he joined Ocean Strings and led the band until 1965. When the band was disbanded, he joined a newly formed band in Takoradi, The Carousel 7. He came to prominence in 1969 when he released his single "Edina Benya". It was he who impressed on the band's owner, Anis Mubarak, to sign Paapa Yankson to the group. Mann added Western musical instruments to Osode, the traditional music of Ghanaian fishermen rhythms. Mann had several hit songs, including "Asafo beesuon", "Obaa yaa aye me bone", "Kolomashie", "Dofo bi akyerew me", "Ankwasema dede", "Okwan tsentsen awar", "Aboa akonkoran", "Beebi a odo wo", "Tsie m'afotusem", "Ebusua ape adze aye me", "Yebeyi wo aye", and "Do me ma mondo wo bi". His latest album, Wope Nyeho was produced by West Gold Music Studio in Takoradi and released in 2013. In 2006, Mann was awarded the Grand Medal of Ghana during the 2006 National Honours and Awards Ceremony by President John Agyekum Kufour in recognition of his contribution to Ghanaian music. He was among the first recipients of this award after the cere

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Life Stories

Fa W'akoma Ma Me

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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 / Ghana Music Power House

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C.K. Mann Big Band

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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House [Analog Africa No. 33]

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Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980

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Life Stories - Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 [Disc 2]

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Highlife Special

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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 (Ghana Music Power House) [Analog Africa No. 33]

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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 (Ghana Music Power House)

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Life Stories - Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980

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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 // Ghana Music Power House

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