Tony Allen

Tony Allen has over 380124 followers across Spotify, LastFM, YouTube Music and Twitter. Currently we track 4 digital music and social platforms for Tony Allen. When AVR-Music Stats last calculated the current growth of Tony Allen's social media following, it was roughly 78 followers per day. We collect data on 10,000’s of rappers, singers, musicians, producers, bands & DJs from around the world across multiple genres including edm, rock, hip hop, grime, pop, jazz, folk and many more. Found something missing? You can add data for Tony Allen here.

Tony Allen's Music Bio

Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. Read more on Last.fm

Tony Allen's YouTube Videos

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