Mighty Terror|Pan Talent

This special track is from the LP "Pan in Poetry" and is the first track of sixteen (16) songs on this musical gem. The LP is available for purchase from eCaroh and can be sourced at this link:


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The Mighty Terror was a Trinidadian Calypso artist who had a long career. He career began in 1947 in Trinidad. He took part in recording sessions with SaGomes (1951), Christopher (1952) and Dial (1953). He moved to England in 1953, working his passage as a ship's fireman. In England he first recorded for Melodisc, making him label-mates with his long time hero, Lord Kitchener.
Mighty Terror won the tile of "Calypso King Of Great Britain" at the 1957 concert which was to later become the Notting Hill Carnival. He returned to Trinidad in 1965, winning the Calypsio Crown the following year. He continued to perform in Trinidad until he bacame ill with the throat cancer which finally killed him in 2007.
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