Highlife legend A B Crentsil dies aged 79

Ghanaian highlife great Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, popularly known as A B Crentsil, died on Wednesday (13 July 2022) aged 79.

Sound engineer Fred Kyei Mensah, better known as Fredyma, confirmed the news to Asaase 99.5 Accra.

“He [Crentsil] is gone,” Fredyma told Asaase Showbiz’ Andrew Sepah.

“Farewell AB CRENSTIL. The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, ‘Moses and Atia’, AB Crenstil, has died!” Fredyma later posted on Facebook.

“He had a stint with a lot of bands joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart Nkansah and then his own band, Ahenfo. His hit songs, ‘Juliana and Obi ba wiase’, cannot be forgotten,” the post read.

A B Crentsil was born in the year 1943. He is considered one of the “big three” contemporary Ghanaian vocalists.

Throughout his career, he won numerous Ghanaian music awards, including the Fontomfrom Evergreen Award, a special honor bestowed upon a musician with 15–20 years of continuous music experience

Some of his popular songs are “I Go Pay You Tomorrow”, “Papa Samo”, “Moses,” ‘Juliana’, ‘Atia’, ‘Angelina’, ‘Ayen, Devil’, ‘Adwoa’, ‘Adam & Eve’, and many others.

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