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Banda Calypso
111,597 listeners
Banda Calypso was a Brazilian brega pop band formed in Belém, Pará, Brazil in 1999. The band was composed by Joelma da Silva Mendes and…
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Harry Belafonte
699,600 listeners
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. in Harlem, NYC, on 1 March 1927; died 25 April 2023) was an American singer, activist, and actor.…
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Joelma
77,672 listeners
Joelma da Silva Mendes, best known only as Joelma (born June 22, 1974) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer. She began her career in 1994,…
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Calypso Rose
75,993 listeners
McArtha Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose (born April 27, 1940 in Bethel, Tobago) is a Tobagonian calypsonian.
Named after the American general…
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Lord Kitchener
54,148 listeners
Aldwyn Roberts (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was one of the most…
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Mighty Sparrow
34,025 listeners
Slinger Francisco, better known as The Mighty Sparrow, affectionately dubbed, The Birdie is the unrivaled Calypso King of the World, with a career…
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Robert Mitchum
38,882 listeners
One of the lesser known aspects of actor Robert Mitchum's career was his forays into music. His voice had long been used instead of the…
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Lord Creator
53,891 listeners
Lord Creator (born Kentrick Patrick in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago on 21 August 1935; died 30 June 2023) was a Trinidadian-born calypso,…
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Lord Invader
17,381 listeners
Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant; 13 December 1914 – 15 October 1961) was a prominent calypsonian with a very distinctive, gravelly voice.
He…
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Wilmoth Houdini
16,516 listeners
Wilmoth Houdini (Frederick Wilmoth Hendricks, November 25, 1895, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – August 6, 1977, New York, USA) was a prominent…
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Andre Toussaint
16,061 listeners
Haitian ex-patriot André Toussaint moved to Nassau, Bahamas in the 1950s performing as a singer-guitarist for the tourist and lounge crowd.…
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Count Lasher
15,740 listeners
Count Lasher (Terence Parkins) was most likely Mento's greatest single talent. He was one of mento's very best vocalists (along with Harold…
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Lionel Belasco
9,747 listeners
Lionel Belasco (born 1881; died in New York City, c. June 24, 1967) was a prominent pianist, composer and bandleader, best known for his calypso…
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Lord Beginner
15,589 listeners
Egbert Moore (1904–1981) known as Lord Beginner, was a popular Trinidadian calypsonian.
Moore was born in Port-of-Spain in Trinidad. According to…
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Lord Melody
6,319 listeners
Lord Melody (1926 – 26 September 1988) was a popular calypsonian, best known for singles such as the self-deprecating "Boo Boo Man", "Shame &…
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Kobo Town
5,804 listeners
Toronto-based band Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where traditional calypso (kaiso) was born amid…
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David Rudder
7,006 listeners
David was born in Belmont, Trinidad on May 6, 1953. One of nine children, he spent much of his early childhood with his grandmother, a spiritual…