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    Calypso Cross Section Calypso Cross Section (1957)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    • Young Killer – Carolina
    • 1. Young Killer – Carolina
    • 2. The Mighty Bomber – The Motion
    • 3. The Mighty Wrangler with the Frankie Francis Orchestra – Thelma
    • 4. Small Island Pride, March of Dimes, and the Roderick Borde Orchestra – Calypso Cha Cha
    • 5. The Mighty Wrangler with the Frankie Francis Orchestra – Gamecock
    • 6. The Mighty Bomber – Old Man's Darling
    • 7. The Mighty Bomber – Mamaguy
    • 8. The Mighty Wrangler with the Frankie Francis Orchestra – Soda Water
    • 9. Small Island Pride, March of Dimes, and the Roderick Borde Orchestra – Country Girl
    • 10. The Mighty Bomber – Celita
    • 11. Small Island Pride, March of Dimes, and the Roderick Borde Orchestra – Bad Payment
    • 12. Young Killer – Baptist Funeral

    Juxtaposing the musical talents of vocalists Bomber, Wrangler, Killer and Small Island Pride, the art of the 1950s Trinidadian calypso resonates on this recording. These witty songs provide a lesson in picong, the game of teasing intrinsic to the genre, from these crowned Calypso Kings. Recorded in Trinidad and Tobago.

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