Information reaching Angelonline.com.gh is that highlife legend, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, has passed on.
The celebrated musician reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday, July 13, 2022, after a period of illness.
Entertainment critic and pundit, Fred Kyei Mensah who confirmed the news paid glowing tribute to the man who died aged 79.
FAREWELL AB CRENSTIL.
The original composer and singer of the famous and controversial songs, ‘Moses and Atia’, 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, ‘Juliana and Obi ba wiase’, cannot be forgotten.
More details soon. Rest well
Below is a little biography of A.B. Crentsil:
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.
He was always known as AB Junior until his father died in 1984 when he assumed the AB Crentsil name without the junior.
While in middle school, Crentsil was introduced to the guitar by Mr. Thedoh.
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.
Crentsil has played with the El Dorados, the Sweet Talks – 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 — and then finally the Ahenfo Band.
