He was born in 1940 at Ilara Mokin in Ondo State, he showed keen interest in music from this elementary school, leading the school band at the age of 15. He became a school teacher in 1959 but because of his love for music, he relocated to Lagos and joined Victor Olaiya’s All-Stars Band as a trumpeter. He also sang and played guitar for his artistic development. Dele’s experience however paid off when the second set for which he played trumpet disbanded rendering him jobless. He immediately took advantage of the popularity of Juju music to form a band with his Highlife background. Dele Ojo traveled far and wide outside the country. He released many beautiful tunes such as Ilu Oyinbo Dara after his European tour, Bouncing Bona with which he introduced Bass guitar into Juju music in the 60s, and also tunes such as I don’t know why she loves me, Christianah, etc.