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Slinger Francisco ORTT CMT 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", 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.

Slinger Francisco, better known as The Mighty Sparrow, affectionately dubbed, The Birdie is the unrivaled Calypso King of the World, with a career that spans over 40 years and counting. This artist par excellence has earned his rightful place as "King of the Calypso World" by defeating every other to his throne.

The official Mighty Sparrow page.

I have admired the creativity, charisma and voice of Slinger Might Sparrow Francisco since I was first introduced to his song Mr. Walker by my mother. I believe his calypsos can be used as documentation of the history of Trinidad and Tobago mainly in social and political aspects. This site is intended to be informative while looking at the other side of the Mighty Sparrow’s musical humor

Slinger Francisco, known the world over as the Mighty Sparrow, was born on 9 July 1935, in Grandroy Bay, Grenada, West Indies. His father was a carpenter who relocated to Trinidad to earn a better living. About half of the singers followed, including Lord Melody. In 1957, Sparrow recorded his first album, Calypso Carnival 58, released the following year on the Balisier label. He again boycotted the carnival in 1959, choosing instead to tour extensively, and early that year released the album Sparrow in Hi Fi before signing a deal with RCA, for whom he recorded eleven albums between 1960 and 1964.

Vero nome: Slinger Francisco. Profilo: Trinidadian calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist born July 9, 1935. His 1956 song "Jean and Dinah (When The Yankees Gon)" made him one of the most known calypso performer. Alias: Slinger Francisco. Varianti: Stai visualizzando tutto Mighty Sparrow.

Martin Luther King for President" was Sparrow's attempt at inspiring a campaign that never happened. Years later he wrote a song lamenting King's assassination. The original 1963 LP cover is reproduced here. Colombia's Ondatrópica Contextualize the Music of the Tropics. Kafundó Records Preserves the Marginalized Cultures of Brazil in a Changing Political Climate.

Sparrow’s gripping track The Slave, from the 1964 album True Life Stories of People, Passion and Politics, set a template for how Caribbean music could interpret its bloody history. Fergusson recalls his friend Bob Marley confiding: When I heard the Mighty Sparrow sing The Slave, I knew what I wanted to do with my music. Over a propulsive afro-cuban jazz rhythm, Sparrow’s pointed enunciation and swelling attack on the chorus build a narrative that presages Marley’s Redemption Song. Sparrow has succeeded in translating his witty island authenticity to the world, in a one-man demonstration of the role that culture plays in uniting humankind. Having seen and heard so much and compressed it into so many searing songs, as he anticipates performing to symbolise the beleaguered, resistant Windrush generation, how does Sparrow think we should approach the future?

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