Mighty Sparrow Musical artist

Slinger Francisco ORTT CMT (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Trinidadian citizenship. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Francisco Slinger
Birth dateJuly 09, 1935
Birth place
Grand Roy , Grenada

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Musical artist

Career started1949
associated musical artist
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Calypso music
Soca music
instrument
Singing
record label
RCA
Warner Bros.
Ice Records

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Mighty Sparrow on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://newsday.co.tt./commentary/0,1543.html
  2. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mighty-sparrow-mn0000477523/biography
  3. http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Mighty%20Sparrow&sType='phrase'
  4. http://www.grenadamusic.demon.co.uk
  5. http://www.mightysparrow.com
  6. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/calypso-king-mighty-sparrow-flying-high-article-1.205072