Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Mighty Terror - Pan Poetry

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Tracks

Pan Talent
Millie and the Centipede
Sweet Trinidad
Keep Calypso Clean
Steelband Jamboree
Home Sweet Home
Callaloo
Monkey
Female Woodcutter
My Suggestion
False Hair
Dora Pork Fat
Calypsonians
Yankee Woman Ain't Cooking Sweet
Pan in Tune
Chinese Children

Mighty Terror - Steelband Jamboree by maharajah



Mighty Terror, Fitzgerald Cornelius Henry, career started in 1947 and he first debuted at the Calypso Palace Tent in 1948. He joined the Young Brigade Tent in 1949, where he continued playing until leaving Trinidad in 1953 for Englan. He began recording for Melodisc in 1954 and took part in the Nixa sessions in 1958 (these tracks being released by Pye). In 1957 Terror won the title of Calypso King of Great Britain at the concert organised by Claudia Jones after attacks on the West London black community. This concert was the prelude to the now famous Notting Hill Carnival.The time between 1958 and 1964 was spent touring, first with Lord Kitchener and later with Bert McLean's Trio. Terror returned to Trinidad in 1965 and won the Calypso Crown in 1966. In April 1966, he represented Trinidad at the Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal.
In 1985 his home country awarded him the Silver Humming Bird Medal for services to Calypso music.

The Mighty Terror, until recently, performed in Trinidad, but died on March 14, 2007.


Part 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?vvdwdm5myqu

Part 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?nhdjtnfommn

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Many of Terror's best early recordings are on a budget compilation called "Kings of Calypso" (available from Amazon)

jazztap said...

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