Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S.

A tragedy in February 1959 meant that the original songwriter of "White Lightning" never got to see George Jones' rendition top the charts.

This week the Ghanian musician Ebo Taylor died at 90 years old. While he was not well known in the U.S. he was a star in Africa, and a defining force in highlife music.