Person

Mighty Sparrow

Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born 9 July 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.

Read more on Wikipedia. Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license.

Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Grenada
Born
July 9th, 1935
Genres
Labels
Warner Bros. Records
RCA
Smithsonian Folkways
RCA Victor
VP Records
Last updated: December 5th, 2022·MusicBrainz

Similar artists