Mighty Sparrow

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Grenada

Active from

1935

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

34,865

Total plays

297,529

Slinger Francisco, better known as The Mighty Sparrow, affectionately dubbed, The Birdie is the unrivaled Calypso King of the World, with a career that spans over 40 years and counting. This artist par excellence has earned his rightful place as "King of the Calypso World" by defeating every other competitor/pretender to his throne. He has entertained audiences across the globe, including, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, to name but a few. <a href="https://www.last.

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

   · 2012 · cited 6,659x

2. Ensembl 2018

   · 2017 · cited 2,610x

3. Theory for Off-Specular Reflection From Roughened Surfaces*

   · 1967 · cited 1,407x

4. Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips

   · 2011 · cited 1,107x

5. Exome sequencing and analysis of 454,787 UK Biobank participants

   · 2021 · cited 993x

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Quotes

• “Universities are turning out thousands of reporters. They are quite bright and they don't have to rhyme.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Francisco

Gender

male

Citizenship

Grenada

Place of birth

Grenada

Occupation

guitarist

Genre

calypso

Instrument

voice

Record label

RCA Records

Official website

www.mightysparrow.com

Image

Mighty Sparrow 2015 (profile).jpg

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