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    • Mighty Sparrow

    Grenadian calypso musician (born )

    Musical artist

    Slinger Francisco[1]ORTTCMOBE (born 9 July ), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadiancalypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist.

    Known as the "Calypso King of the World",[2] 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.

    Career

    Slinger Francisco was born in the fishing village of Grand Roy, Grenada, West Indies, on 9 July He moved to Trinidad as a one-year-old with his mother,[1] his father having relocated there in [3][4] He grew up in Laventille, a suburb of Port of Spain.[5] He began singing as a small child, but his love of calypso was discouraged while at Newtown Boys Catholic School, where he sang in the choir.[3][4] At the age of 14, he joined a