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King Sunny Brown

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Sunny Brown, popularly known as King Sunny Brown, was a veteran Nigerian highlife trumpeter and bandleader. Brown started his career by moving to Lagos and joining Baby Face Paul in 1958, went to Senegal and performed with several French bands, before joining Rex Lawson's band in 1968. After Rex Lawson's tragic death, Sunny Brown returned to Onitsha and went solo. He started his own band which he led successfully. Brown later became a Christian and stopped playing at shows until his demise in 2015.

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