Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known...

"Base (The)" (1958), Mighty Sparrow "Brown Skin Gal" - "Brown Skin Girl" (1933), King Radio "Chaguaramas Issue (The)" (1959), Mighty Cypher "Dock Site Baby"...

Islands carnival as part of a Trinidadian package along with Mighty Sparrow and Lord Cristo. Mighty Dougla died in the late 1970s. Reddock, Rhoda (1999-04-01)...

the authoritarian colonial culture which existed at the time. In 1956 Mighty Sparrow won Trinida's Music contest. Calypso, especially a toned-down, commercial...

toured and recorded with calypso groups including The Mighty Sparrow, Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Chalkdust, Denyse Plummer, and Black Stalin. The Roy Cape...

calypsonians, Mighty Sparrow and Chalkdust, have won the title eight and nine times respectively, the first in 1956, and the last in 1992 for Sparrow, and Chalkdust's...

album 1977 Mighty Sparrow with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (1966 recording re-issued in the Netherlands; 27 weeks on charts) 1978 Mighty Sparrow (U.K.) (new...

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the Guyanese superstar, Slingshot, and "Labor Day in Brooklyn" by the Mighty Sparrow. Jay-Z mentions the Labor Day Carnival on his hit song "Empire State...

calypsonian Mighty Sparrow that became an international hit in 1956. It was also his first of eight roadmarches. This calypso, Sparrow's first hit, commented...

Merrymen Mighty Bomber Mighty Cypher Mighty Destroyer Mighty Dougla The Mighty Duke Mighty Gabby Mighty Panther Mighty Shadow Mighty Sparrow Mighty Spoiler...

the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte....

of The Crown. The intrusion also inspired Trinidadian calypso singer Mighty Sparrow to write his ironic song "Phillip My Dear", very loosely based on the...

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States, Gilberto Gil from Brazil, Bembeya Jazz National from Guinea, Mighty Sparrow from Trinidad and Tobago, Les Ballets Africains, South African artist...

childhood or community-based "nick-names", including some such as the Mighty Sparrow, Short Shirt of Antigua and Ras Irie of Barbados. Lord Melody, for example...

Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist better known as Mighty Sparrow Slingers (Marvel Comics), a fictional group of superheroes in the Marvel...

a very well known calypsonian in many occasions by the name of the 'Mighty Sparrow' (Slinger Francisco). Despite many people's misconceptions, Rose was...

Retrieved March 14, 2020. Goldman, Vivien (November 16, 2018). "Interview | Mighty Sparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex". The Guardian...

Discover America (1972). In particular, it contains several songs by Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, as well as a diverse selection of past and present...

America and on records he produced for the Esso Trinidad Steel Band and Mighty Sparrow. At the same time, he managed the audio/visual department of Warner...

established himself. In 1970 he performed as part of the chorus in Mighty Sparrow's 'Young Brigade' calypso tent, and by the following year he had begun...

both to Chango and to Santa Barbara. Shango is a large theme in the Mighty Sparrow song "Congo Man". Caliban invokes Shango in Aimé Césaire's play Une...

Super Blue with ten wins, Machel Montano also with ten wins and the Mighty Sparrow with eight wins. In the mid-1970s, a woman officially broke through...

"Bebop Calypso". In 1962, he returned to Trinidad, where he and the Mighty Sparrow proceeded to dominate the calypso competitions of the 1960s and 1970s...

top calypsonians turned soca singers, including the Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, and the Mighty Duke, relocated to the city. Others, including Chalkdust...

Records, and includes several tracks by Jimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello, Mighty Sparrow, Blue Riddim Band and Well Pleased & Satisfied, some of which are unique...

David Emmanuel, one of the best-selling reggae performers ever, and Mighty Sparrow, a calypsonian. The island is also known for jazz, most notably including...

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"Ah Doh Rhyme"); lastly in 2009 (Doh Touch My Heart). Before only the Mighty Sparrow had more wins in that competition, until 2009 when Chalkdust also achieved...