Happy Birthday and Message To The Youth.
It is also interesting to note that in the same year, the then 23-year old singer dropped two albums - On the Move and Happy Birthday. Although, most of the songs were rendered in vernacular and her native Isoko language, Nigerians loved for the soothing feeling of her rhythm.
No birthday party in the 80’s and 90’s was complete if Evi Edna’s Ooh yeah, I wish you Happy Birthday song was not played. So popular was the track that many were oblivious of the fact that it was also the title of her third album released in 1988 under Polygram Records, which later became known as Premier Records. The album spawned the following hits Ririovara (Dry Your Tears), Wipe Them Out, Okioghne (God’s Time), Happy Birthday and Message To The Youth.
It is also interesting to note that in the same year, the then 23-year old singer dropped two albums - On the Move and Happy Birthday. Although, most of the songs were rendered in vernacular and her native Isoko language, Nigerians loved for the soothing feeling of her rhythm.
Her debut, My Kind of Music, released in 1987, was no doubt popular, but it failed to become a commercial success because Nigerians had not yet embraced the idea of a woman playing reggae music. Within a few months after the release, she embarked on a national tour of the country, a project sponsored by Pepsi. Unable to cope with the sad reality of dwindling fortunes, in 1999, Edna-Ogholi decided to move to Cote D’Voire in search of bootleggers who were busy pirating her works. She later moved to Paris, France, where she is currently based.