AUTHENTIC CALYPSO WITH LORD CHRISTO

Here's a great calypso album from Haiti born Lord Christo and this came out in 1958.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ROBERT MITCHUM - CALYPSO IS LIKE SO...

In 1957 Robert Mitchum was filming in Trinidad and soaking up the local talent like Mighty Sparrow and Lord Melody and loving it and in no time he was singing Calypso in local pubs there. When he made it back to the States he contacted singer-songwriter Johnny Mercer with the idea of doing a Calypso album and Mercer referred him to Capitol Records and this lovely album is the result of that.... He even sings in the Caribbean accent or at least tries to. A great album! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

PETER RICARDO AND HIS CALYPSO - TAKE HER TO JAMAICA

Peter Ricardo was born in 1916 on the Island of Grenada, his real name was Eustace Fitzgerald Watts. His father was Alfred Ernest Watts. His mother "name unknown", was a south-American Indian "Carib". He was orphaned at an early age around 10 years old and adopted by an English judge, the right honourable B. H. Easter, along with his housekeeper Mrs. Killy Kelly. She taught him to read music and play the piano/guitar. He was educated at the Grenada School for Boys, along with his lifelong friend Sir Sydney Gun Monroe. At the age of 15, he took a job on a cruise liner and one day jumped ship in Southampton "England", around 1932. Shortly after this, he formed his calypso band and worked the night clubs around London. He wrote his own calypsos, they are very much a story of his life in Grenada. An album was recorded around 1950 in England, Peter Ricardo was his stage name and he became a well known calypso artist on the London club-scene. Apart from being a successful musician, he was also a successful hotelier/business man. He died at the age of 91 in the year 2008, leaving six children and a number of grandchildren. Music was his first love and he carried on performing for as long as he was able to. GET IT HERE Enjoy!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - FIRE DOWN BELOW

Here's the super swinging calypso movie sound-track from the Fire Down Below movie starring Rita Hayworth.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

NINA & FREDERIK - MALADIE D'AMOUR / MANGO VENDOR

Here's a 7" from Nina & Frederik....


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POPS FOR AMERICA - VARIOUS ARTISTS

Here's an album from the great and pretty big series of records that came out in the 50's on the Grand Award label, mainly rock n roll, some pop songs and some calypso....

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NINA & FREDERIK

I got this record from fellow collector and seller Jim Turner, I had no idea what it was and.... it's GREAT!!! Has to be heard to believe, calypso songs sung in a Caribian accent....

Nina & Frederik were a Danish - Dutch popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypsos and standards. The duo consisted of Frederik, Baron van Pallandt and his wife at the time, Nina van Pallandt.

Nina & Frederik began singing together at the age of four, but since Frederik's father was the Dutch ambassador to Denmark, his family soon moved to Trinidad and Frederik eventually began to study at the university, where he formed a Calypso band. During this time he kept writing to Nina, and in 1957 they met again at her parents' home where one evening he played his guitar for her. To his surprise Nina began singing to it, and it was at that moment that they decided to sing together. Originally they sang only for their friends, and occasionally at house parties. This led to them being asked to perform at charity shows, and soon they were in demand professionally. On 1 July 1957, the duo made their professional show business debut in Copenhagen's top night club, Mon Coeur. Within a matter of months they became favourites throughout Europe, and also starred in the 1958 Danish singing-themed comedy The Richest Girl in the World. The couple married in September 1960 and, in 1961, had their own series on British Television, Nina and Frederik at Home.

Their earliest known single was "Jamaica Farewell"/"Come Back Liza", both calypso songs, issued in 1959 on Pye International 7N 25021, but showing a 1957 'recording first published' date.

Their debut album, Nina & Frederik, charted at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart in February 1960. Their second collection, also entitled Nina & Frederik but with a different selection of songs, peaked at number 11 in the UK chart in May 1961.

In 1963 they spent three weeks performing at the Savoy Hotel in London, and in December of the same year they gave a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, and made guest appearances on the panel of Juke Box Jury. Shunning the limelight, Frederik insisted the duo retire shortly thereafter, and the couple eventually divorced in 1976.

Frederik died in the Philippines from gunshot wounds on 15 May 1994.


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