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A. B. Crentsil (born 1943) is a Ghanaian musician. He is one of the big three of contemporary Ghanaian vocalists. Crentsil has won numerous Ghanaian music awards including the Fontomfrom Evergreen Award, a special honour bestowed upon a musician with 15–20 years of continuous music experience. ==Biography== Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Jr. was born in Prestea, Ghana, to the late Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Snr. and Esi Yaaba in 1943. He was always known as AB junior until his father died in 1984 and then he assumed the AB Crentsil name without the junior. His primary and middle school education was the Takoradi Methodist Primary and Rev Cleveland Middle School Respectively. After his middle school examinations, AB worked as an electrical apprentice under his father, who was Works Superintendent of the technical branch of Ghana Railways at Takoradi. While in the middle school, Crentsil was introduced to the guitar by a Mr. Thedoh. 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, Sweet Talks – who 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〔("Sweet Talks – Party Time in Hollywood" ), Clear Spot.〕 and then finally the Ahenfo Band. Crentsil continues to release new albums and he continues to win all the top accolades that are awarded to top musicians in Ghana. As he always says: "When burger highlife came and everybody loved it, we all joined the train because we also wanted to make some money, but one that I realized is that, highlife will always be the original form of music for Ghanaians and we will always come back to it." Crentsil is married to Elizabeth and they have eight children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A. B. Crentsil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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