(1935-07-09) 9 July 1935 (age 88) Grand Roy, St. John, Grenada
Genres
Calypso
soca
Occupation(s)
Musician
producer
Calypsonian
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1949–present
Labels
Balisier
RCA
National
Recording Artists
Warner
Charlie's
B's
Ice
Website
Official website
Musical artist
Slinger Francisco[1] ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World",[2] he is one of the best-known and most successful calypsonians. He has won Trinidad's Carnival Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and has twice won the Calypso King of Kings title.
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 842. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^Goldman, Vivien (November 16, 2018). "Interview | Mighty Sparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex". The Guardian.
Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as MightySparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known...
the authoritarian colonial culture which existed at the time. In 1956 MightySparrow won Trinida's Music contest. Calypso, especially a toned-down, commercial...
Islands carnival as part of a Trinidadian package along with MightySparrow and Lord Cristo. Mighty Dougla died in the late 1970s. Reddock, Rhoda (1999-04-01)...
calypsonians, MightySparrow 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 MightySparrow with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires (1966 recording re-issued in the Netherlands; 27 weeks on charts) 1978 MightySparrow (U.K.) (new...
calypsonian MightySparrow that became an international hit in 1956. It was also his first of eight roadmarches. This calypso, Sparrow's first hit, commented...
Lord Melody Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz Maximus Dan Mighty Shadow MightySparrowMighty Spoiler Nicki Minaj Phase II Pan Groove Ras Shorty I Rikki...
States, Gilberto Gil from Brazil, Bembeya Jazz National from Guinea, MightySparrow from Trinidad and Tobago, Les Ballets Africains, South African artist...
tour". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014. MightySparrow. "Track listing of the MightySparrow album featuring "Sir Garfield Sobers"". Amazon.co...
of The Crown. The intrusion also inspired Trinidadian calypso singer MightySparrow to write his ironic song "Phillip My Dear", very loosely based on the...
the 1950s from native artists such as Lord Melody, Lord Kitchener and MightySparrow. The art form was most popularised at that time by Harry Belafonte....
childhood or community-based "nick-names", including some such as the MightySparrow, Short Shirt of Antigua and Ras Irie of Barbados. Lord Melody, for example...
both to Chango and to Santa Barbara. Shango is a large theme in the MightySparrow song "Congo Man". Caliban invokes Shango in Aimé Césaire's play Une...
Retrieved March 14, 2020. Goldman, Vivien (November 16, 2018). "Interview | MightySparrow: the king of calypso on freedom, Windrush and oral sex". The Guardian...
Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist better known as MightySparrow Slingers (Marvel Comics), a fictional group of superheroes in the Marvel...
Discover America (1972). In particular, it contains several songs by MightySparrow 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 MightySparrow. At the same time, he managed the audio/visual department of Warner...
David Emmanuel, one of the best-selling reggae performers ever, and MightySparrow, a calypsonian. The island is also known for jazz, most notably including...
a very well known calypsonian in many occasions by the name of the 'MightySparrow' (Slinger Francisco). Despite many people's misconceptions, Rose was...
First aired December 10, 2008 Show track listings: "Jack Palance" – MightySparrow (1956) "My Boy Elvis" – Janis Martin (1956) "Sweet Gene Vincent" – Ian...
established himself. In 1970 he performed as part of the chorus in MightySparrow's 'Young Brigade' calypso tent, and by the following year he had begun...
After hearing traditional calypso music and meeting artists such as MightySparrow and Lord Invader while filming Fire Down Below and Heaven Knows, Mr...
Super Blue with ten wins, Machel Montano also with ten wins and the MightySparrow with eight wins. In the mid-1970s, a woman officially broke through...
Records, and includes several tracks by Jimmy Cliff, Elvis Costello, MightySparrow, Blue Riddim Band and Well Pleased & Satisfied, some of which are unique...
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