Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site.

Tony Allen

  • Listeners

    238.3K

  • Scrobbles

    2M

  • Listeners

    238.3K

  • Scrobbles

    2M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
12 August 1940
Born In
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Died
30 April 2020 (aged 79)
Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Of mixed Nigerian and Ghanaian parentage, Allen taught himself to play drums by listening to records made by the American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach. He began working as a professional musician… read more
Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70… read more
Tony Allen (born Tony Oladipo Allen in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 August 1940; died 30 April 2020 in Paris) was a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, and was one of the primary co-founders of the genre … read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Fela Kuti

  2. Avatar for Femi Kuti

  3. Avatar for Ebo Taylor
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Afrobeat Makers (Tony Allen Rhythms Revisited) Ikeja Roads
  • Loading
 646 listeners
2 Play track Été jazz Go Back
  • Loading
 384 listeners
3 Play track Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same) Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same)
  • Loading
 221 listeners
4 Play track A Tribute To Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers Politely
  • Loading
 188 listeners
5 Play track Home Cooking Every Season
  • Loading
 149 listeners
6 Play track Day Like This Rework Day Like This Rework
  • Loading
 65 listeners
7 Play track Cosmosis Cosmosis
  • Loading
 58 listeners
8 Play track Home Cooking Home Cooking
  • Loading
 49 listeners
9 Asiko (In a Silent Mix) - Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix Asiko (In a Silent Mix) - Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix
  • Loading
 46 listeners
10 Secret Agent - 2022 - Remaster Secret Agent - 2022 - Remaster
  • Loading
 45 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 42,070 listeners

    20 Oct 2014 · 10 tracks

    Film of Life
    • Loading

  2. 28,943 listeners

    31 May 2009 · 11 tracks

    Secret Agent
    • Loading

  3. 26,465 listeners

    14 Dec 1999 · 7 tracks

    Black Voices
    • Loading

  4. 23,663 listeners

    18 May 2017 · 4 tracks

    A Tribute To Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
351
290
356
346
347
368
351
301
281
363
364
379
332
385
349
302
455
413
406
345
359
333
298
368
331
375
333
380
340
330
370
380
381
396
402
361
329
375
399
380
379
384
374
310
377
373
377
365
349
351
350
390
356
384
369
363
403
393
487
354
375
348
339
320
321
340
378
386
380
345
350
327
407
401
364
425
329
339
308
362
362
383
393
371
336
353
400
414
398
379
340
328
310
373
406
352
360
341
320
296
355
384
346
343
373
321
340
394
364
396
383
390
346
342
391
395
374
351
360
375
357
426
360
396
367
374
329
337
308
392
372
338
366
309
347
512
472
423
414
459
366
377
427
417
429
393
412
397
336
389
377
404
427
412
489
338
434
456
480
482
492
458
398
464
476
357
404
444
359
368
403
438
425
394
405
349
331
381
359
393
382
330

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 383,463 listeners

    Avatar for Fela Kuti

  2. 132,901 listeners

    Avatar for Femi Kuti

  3. 134,375 listeners

    Avatar for Ebo Taylor

  4. 137,409 listeners

    Avatar for Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra

  5. 112,009 listeners

    Avatar for Sons of Kemet

  6. 112,797 listeners

    Avatar for The Souljazz Orchestra

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

Features

API Calls