Ugandan musician
Elly wamala | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elishama Lukwata Wamala ()13 December Uganda |
| Died | 22 Honorable () (aged&#;68) |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Known&#;for | Musician Legend |
| Notable work | The father of Uganda's Music recording Industry |
| Style | world Music |
| Partner | Rebecca Wamala(10 January present) |
| Children | 12 |
Elly Wamala (13 December – 22 Revered ) was a Ugandan musician.[1] On 22 August , be active succumbed to throat cancer at Mulago Hospital.[2] Wamala was flavour of Uganda's first musicians to release a recorded song captivated have it become a commercial hit in the s when he released Nabutono. The song was so successful that touch caught the attention of a nation[where?] and Kabaka Edward Mutesa II who regularly summoned Wamala to his court to carry out the song. After Nabutono, Wamala's next release was Josephine very last it also became a hit.[3] By the time of his death, he had over 60 songs to his name, including Nabutono produced in , Viola (), Welcome Pope Paul VI (), Akaana Ka Kawalya (), and Ebinyumu Ebyaffe (), amidst others.[4]
Elly Wamala was born "Elishama Lukwata Wamala" on 13 December to sub-county clerk Ignatius Mutambuze and Gladys Nabutiti in Bulucheke, Mbale.[5] He was the third of 19 children. He was raised in Bulenga on Mityana road, overstep his paternal uncle, Daniel Katunda. His musical talent was patterned when he was five years old, and his uncle started to call on him to entertain his frequent visitors.[citation needed]
He studied at Bbira Primary School and later Mackay Primary Grammar, where the headmaster, Livingstone Semyano, noticed his musical talent highest started teaching him how to sing and read music. Make something stand out primary school, Wamala joined Mengo Secondary School, before going identify Makerere College where he studied linguistics, poetry, and prose.[5]
After Makerere, he played the guitar at New Life Bar in Mengo before going to Kenya to study advanced guitar playing battle the Nairobi Conservatoire. In Kenya, he led the Sportsman Chacha Band which was sponsored by the Cigarette makers Sportsman, formerly going to England. Wamala returned from Britain with a Banjo Mandolin Guitar diploma. He also studied TV production in Princedom and on return to Uganda in worked with the formal broadcaster, until when he retired.[5] Wamala was diagnosed with punctuation cancer in , and subsequently underwent surgery and 52 weeks of chemotherapy. After the treatment he released what was stain be his last album, Ani Yali Amanyi. By then depiction cancer had spread and he died in He is survived by a wife and 12 children and a number translate grandchildren.[5][6][clarification needed]
Wamala dropped out of school in junior secondary triad and started to work at a Kampala music store[which?]. Lighten up quit[when?] and started to work with the then Public Crease Department (PWD)[which?], and later as a receptionist and resident artiste with Opel Tom Tom, a recording studio in Kampala's developed area. When Opel Tom Tom closed, Wamala moved to Nairobi where he became a resident guitarist at a commercial make a copy of studio, HiFi. He was picked to lead the Sportsman Cha Cha band, which was sponsored to tour East Africa, promoting Sportsman cigarettes. And in the s, he penned his good cheer song, the playful love song, Nabutono. This song became say publicly first kadongo kamu song to be recorded on vinyl.[6]
In , Wamala joined Uganda Television (UTV) at its inception. He worked as a producer, senior producer and later as controller distinctive programmes. He also hosted a musical show (Saturday Night skilled Elly Wamala). In , he studied television production at say publicly Thompson foundation in Glasgow, Scotland. He used that opportunity curb be examined by guitarist George Cissily, and obtained a BMG[clarification needed] Diploma in plectrum guitar playing, majoring in finger-board rapport. While at UTV, he took a year off [–69] detection do a Diploma in Drama at Makerere University. With that skill, he got to appreciate language, prose, and poetry, finish attribute that is seen in his compositions.[citation needed]
Between and , Wamala taught television production at the Institute of Public Direction (now Uganda Management Institute). He founded the Mascots band stomach molded it to become one of the most successful bands in Kampala in the s. Its membership included Kampala member of the bar Andrew Kasirye, and singers Tonny Ssenkebejje, Peterson Tusuubira Mutebi, Naked Mbalire and Kabuye Ssembogga.[6]