E. T. Mensah

Emmanuel Tettey Mensah (31 May 1919[2] – 19 July 1996),[3] was a Ghanaian musician who was regarded as the "King of Highlife" music.

The leader of the Accra Orchestra at the time was a teacher, Joe Lamptey, who gathered talented young people together to form a band.

Mensah formed the Accra Rhythmic Orchestra,[8] which won the Lambeth Walk Dance Competition in 1939 at the King George Memorial Hall, now known as the Parliament House in Ghana.

[9] The original "Tempos" band was formed in 1946 as a "jam session" group by some European soldiers stationed in Accra.

[10] He co-starred on a highly successful album with the Nigerian trumpeter Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya.