Legendary Ghanaian Highlife musician, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil known professionally as A.B. Crentsil has died at age 79.
The news about his demise was confirmed by sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah better known as Fredyma on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in a Facebook post.
“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”, the post read.
Fredyma revealed to GhanaWeb in an interview that the veteran singer had been sick for sometime now.
A.B. Crentsil was known for hit songs like, Obi ba wiase, Juliana, Moses, I Go Pay You Tomorrow, Angelina, Akpeteshi Seller and more.
He had a stint with a lot of bands before joining the Sweet Talks Band with Smart Nkansah and later had his own band, Ahenfo.
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