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The Mighty Sparrow?

Well it may be down to your style of dancing.  Meet Mr. Slinger Francisco ORTT COM OBE (The Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago – the highest honour awarded on those islands, the Chaconia Medal, the second highest state decoration and the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences.) Also a great Calypso singer.

One of the first albums released by Island Records, recorded in Trinidad in 1963. Here’s “The Slave”