Artist
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos
E.T. Mensah & The Tempos appears once in our Highlife list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Highlife
- Year
- 1952
- Highest placing
- No. 2 in Highlife
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
All For You
1952 · Decca
Ranked No. 2 in Highlife
Mensah put a dance band behind highlife and took it across West Africa. Louis Armstrong sat in with the Tempos in Accra, which tells you how good the horn section was.