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

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

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

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...

as the No. 3 Punk Album of 2010. All songs written by Ted Leo. "The Mighty Sparrow" - 2:37 "Mourning in America" - 2:59 "Ativan Eyes" - 4:22 "Even Heroes...

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)...

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

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...

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tour". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014. Mighty Sparrow. "Track listing of the Mighty Sparrow album featuring "Sir Garfield Sobers"". Amazon.co...

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...

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...

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

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....

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...

character from Goodnight Sweetheart Jack Sparrow, character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco 1935), West...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

"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...

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After hearing traditional calypso music and meeting artists such as Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody while filming Fire Down Below and Heaven Knows, Mr....

"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...

was later recorded by Harry Belafonte. In 1960 he was invited by The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) to join the Young Brigade calypso tent. He later...