Genre: World
Album: Humorous: Millennium Series
Original Release : 6/5/2001
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Album: Sweet Talk: Millennium Series
Humorous: Millennium Series
2001
Mighty Sparrow
Sweet Talk: Millennium Series
First Flight: Early Calypsos from the Emory Cook Collection
2005
Smithsonian Folkways
With his ultra-sweet vocals and lyrics that speak of romance and topical politics, Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) has risen to the upper echelon of Trinidadian calypso. Best known for his hits "Jean And Dinah" in 1956 and "Carnival Boycott" in 1957, Sparrow is an 11-time winner of the calypso monarchy and an eight-time winner of Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival Road March competition. Born to a poor working class family in Gran Roi, a small fishing village in Grenada, Sparrow Read More