Late Prince Crosdale Moboluwaji Juba was born in the early 40’s in Ilutitun Osooro in Okitipupa by a Royal father Oba Daniel Ikusika Juba and Princess Marin Juba. He started his musical career as a brigade at St. Louis Local Authority at a very tender age. The Brigade band was captained by Mr. Orji while the bandmaster was Dr. Lebe. The young Crosdale was always going to the nearby Methodist school band to add to his skill. He started his professional career as a trumpeter with the then-popular Agunbiade band in Ado Ekiti, Comina Mend, and the Dynamite Ten, a Ghanaian band. They played at Empire Hotel, Moshalasi, and later at Club 21, Apapa. He later played with Adeolu Akisanya’s Western Toppers Band during which he made most of his early records with the assistance of good hands such as the guitar master- Paipper Jay. Late Crosdale would be singularly reputed as a musician who played in several bands. He was in Dr. Victor Olaiya’s band, Eddy Okonta, Roy Chicago, Celestine Ukwu, Stephen Osita Osadebey, Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson while at Road House, Idi- Oro, Professional Sea Gulls, and Atomic 8 of Aba. He also had a title tint with Chief Billy Friday at the Ambassador Hotel, Yaba, and also featured with Late Fela Ransome Kuti at the Floating Bar, Marina Lagos. Late Prince Crosdale left for Togo to join a French Band but was later invited to Nigeria by Chief Eroya a Musical instrument merchant, who leased to him a set of instruments. Under Chief Eroya’s management, he released a hit album Operation Feed the Nation (Agbe ni mase) which sold in its thousands. The great Highlife multi-instrumentalist, sonorous vocalist, a rich composer, a master trumpeter, a delight to watch on the trombone, a Wizard on the bass guitar died under mysterious circumstances on the 9^th of December, 1976. His brother Sunny Pendido also a good vocalist and composer managed his band briefly.