Long before she became a radio icon, Doreen Andoh was just a young girl in Tema, lost in music and laughter.
“I remember growing up, going to my grandma’s house during vacations,” she recalled fondly in an interview with Kafui Dey in an interview as monitored by MyNewsGh.
“We’d spend our long holidays going through Bob Marley’s albums, singing, playing the vinyl, just having a good time. I didn’t realize I was honing my talent then.”
Her childhood home was filled with melody. “My mom is a great piano player,” she said.
“Our house was full of music, Frank Sinatra, Barry White, The Sound of Music.
“My dad would buy records, and I remember buying my first Kiki Gyan LP for two cedis, thirty pesewas at GNTC. I still have it — it’s my prized asset.”
But Doreen’s musical journey wasn’t without mischief.
“My sister and I went to piano lessons after school,” she laughed. “We teased the teacher until he sacked us. We were just happy kids having fun.”
Growing up in Tema, Doreen described a tight-knit community where children played freely and families knew one another.
“We played gutter-to-gutter, went swimming at the beach, watched movies at the Pahal Club. It was a beautiful time,” she reminisced.
Even now, when she cues up a classic tune on-air, echoes of that childhood, her mother’s piano, her father’s records, and the hum of community life, still guide her rhythm.
“If you hear me playing old music,” she smiled, “it’s because it lives in me. I grew up with it.”
