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Rex Lawson
Nigerian high life musician
Rex Lawson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Erekeosima Lawson (1938-03-04)4 March 1938 Buguma, British Nigeria[1] |
| Died | 16 January 1971(1971-01-16) (aged 32) Asaba-Benin Road, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Other names | Pastor Rex Lawson, Cardinal Rex Lawson |
| Spouse | Regina Rex Lawson |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | highlife |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet and saxophone |
| Years active | Late 1950s – Early 1970s |
Musical artist | |
Rex Jim Lawson (4 March 1938 – 16 January 1971),[2] known as Cardinal Rex, was a singer, trumpeter and bandleader from Buguma in present Rivers State, Nigeria.
He became one of the best-known highlife musicians of the 1960s in Africa when Cardinal and his band dominated Nigeria's highlife scene.
Early life
Rex Lawson was born in 1938 in Buguma, Nigeria to a Kalabari chieftain father and an Igbo mother from Owerri. He was given the name Erekeosima Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson - Greatest Hits - YouTube WEKIX