Calypso Legends

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
June 28, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 28, 2019
    • UPC
      5019396285323
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2853
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. Never Ever Worry

      Composer: Alric Farrell

      Performer: Lord Pretender

    2. Woman is Not the Weaker Sex

      Composer: Raymond Quevado

      Performer: Atilla The Hun

    3. Man Smart Woman Smarter

      Composer: Norman Span

      Performer: King Radio

    4. Yankee Dollar

      Composer: Rupert "Lord Invader" Westmore Grant

      Performer: Rupert "Lord Invader" Westmore Grant

    5. Adeline

      Composer: Alric Farrell

      Performer: Lord Pretender

    6. Bajan Girl

      Composer: Lionel Belasco

      Performer: Lionel Belasco

    7. Madam Khan

      Composer: Rufus Callender

      Performer: Lord Caresser

    8. Women Police

      Composer: Theophilus Philip

      Performer: Mighty Spoiler

    9. Rum and Coca Cola

      Composer: Rupert "Lord Invader" Westmore Grant

      Performer: Rupert "Lord Invader" Westmore Grant

    10. Ugly as Sin

      Composer: Victor Atwell

      Performer: Wonder

    11. Illegitimate Children

      Composer: Alric Farrell

      Performer: Lord Pretender

    12. Sly Mongoose

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Sam Manning

    13. Don't Hide Him Behind the Door

      Composer: Errol Duke

      Performer: Growler

    14. Trinidad Carnival

      Composer: Lionel Belasco

      Performer: Lionel Belasco

    15. One Morning

      Composer: Egbert Moore

      Performer: Lord Beginner

    16. Move Yuh Foot

      Composer: Alric Farrell

      Performer: Lord Pretender

    17. Blow Wind Blow

      Composer: Lionel Belasco

      Ensemble: Houdini's, Belaso Orchestra

    18. Treasury Scandal

      Composer: Raymond Quevado

      Performer: Atilla The Hun


The first mention of calypso comes from a dance described by Abbe Masse in 1882. Otherwise, most scholars who have tried to trace the story of calypso agree that the word itself is not connected with the deity who lured Homer’s Odysseus to her island. The origins of the word are unclear and scholars debate this with no definitive answer. Quick wit, knowing observation of human behavior and comment on its absurd aspects are the bill of fare offered in calypso, which probably prompted the American periodical Time to label calypso “The Living Newspaper” in 1944. For eloquence and topical diversity, no other genre can approach the calypso of Trinidad and Tobago, for the calypsonian assumes a stance between reporter, editorialist, moralist and satirist as scandal, disaster, politics, self-praise, sexual indiscretion and everything from local to international events all prove as grist for the mill. The Mighty Duke asked in a song, “What is Calypso?” Well to start to get an idea, one has to merely listen to a song on this compilation. Let your schooling start here.