Online search engine Google is honouring the late Nigerian musician Oliver de Coque with a striking image, on what would have been his 74th birthday.

Here are four facts you may not have known about the guitar great:

His birth name was Oliver Sunday Akanite

Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the traditional ruler of Oyo, gave him the “king of highlife” moniker

He started his career at the age of 17, and said he first learnt guitar from Congolese Piccolo

He featured on Prince Nico Mbarga’s classic album Sweet Mother.