Yinka Davies

Nigerian singer and dancer Musical artist Yinka Davies Listenⓘ (born July 16, 1970) is a Nigerian singer, dancer, lyricist, vocalist and judge of reality show and Nigerian Idol. Background information Father – Benin Republic/Sierra Leone Lisabi clan who moved to Lagos because he was originally from Nigeria. Mother – from Ikorodu, Lagos State. Paternal grandmother – from the Shagamu royal family. Having grown up to the sounds of Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Elvis and Jimmy Dean and the sounds of her father playing on his guitar, Davies musical influences are heavily rooted in Jazz and Blues. As Davies grew older in the 1970s and 1980s the radio at her grandmother's house was always tuned to Radio Lagos which played a variety of African music from Manu Dibango (Cameroun – Makossa), Mmaman Shatta (traditional Northern Nigerian musician), Dan Maria Jos (Northern Nigeria), Orlando Julius (southern Nigeria – highlife), Hadjia Funtua (northern Nigeria), Victor Uwaifo (southern Nigeria – Joromi), Fela (southern Nigeria – Afrobeat) to mention few. She also remembers watching the late TV personality Art Alade (father of Dare Art-Alade) who had a popular television program called t