Mighty Sparrow - This Is Sparrow - Volume One flac album

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.

Well, yes, of course, it's run-don't-walk time. This baker's dozen of songs revealed Sparrow as the greatest calypsonian of the post-WWII era, and arguably of all recorded time - "Jean and Dinah," "Sparrow Come Back Home" and "Obeah Wedding" are perhaps the biggest gems, but nothing here is less than a diamond of the purest ray serene.

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Sparrow was born Slinger Francisco in Grenada in 1935, and has been musically active since the age of 14. He was brought up in Trinidad, and his experience of choral singing and steel bands is discernible in his hits. Not for nothing is he widely known as ‘Calypso King of the World’: his lyrics are as good as, and his melodies better than, Chuck Berry’s. Only Paul Simon has exhibited a more natural synthesis of words and music, and even he lacks Sparrow’s brilliant wit and humorous indignation.

Mighty Sparrow ‎– Volume One. Label: ICE ‎– 921002. Format: CD, Album, Compilation. Country: UK. Released: 1992. 6. Dan Is The Man (In The Van). 7. Sparrow Come Back Home. 8. Congo Man. 9. Federation.

This is a sterling album that not only takes me back to my childhood but also examines one the most famous exponents of this artform. Funny clever and entertaining just listen and you fall in love all over again.

Slinger Francisco ORTT CMT OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Trinidadian citizenship. YouTube Encyclopedic. In 1968 he recorded the album Sparrow Meets the Dragon with Byron Lee in Jamaica. Their version of "Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart" gave them an international hit, earning a gold disc in the Netherlands. In the latter half of the 1960s his recordings began to be released in the United Kingdom.