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Mighty Sparrow
voc, *1935 GD, Grand Roy
Singer / Musician / Songwriter / Producer of Reggae and World
A.k.a. Slinger Francisco
Slinger Francisco ORTT CMT OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Trinidadian citizenship. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of the best-known and most successful calypsonians. He has won Trinidad's Carnival Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and has twice won the Calypso King of Kings title.
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Popular Tracks 
Jean & Dinah - Medley on Dance Party Gold by Mighty Sparrow Short Little Shorts on King Sparrow's Calypso Carnival by Mighty Sparrow Jean And Dinah on Soca Anthology: Dr. Bird - The Mighty Sparrow by Mighty Sparrow Congo Man on Dance Party Gold by Mighty Sparrow Miss Mary - Medley on Dance Party Gold by Mighty Sparrow Only A Fool aka Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart on Soca Anthology: Dr. Bird - The Mighty Sparrow by Mighty Sparrow Margarita - Medley on Dance Party Gold by Mighty Sparrow Wanted Dead Or Alive on Soca Anthology: Dr. Bird - The Mighty Sparrow by Mighty Sparrow Ten to One on Dance Party Gold by Mighty Sparrow Mr. Walker on Soca Anthology: Dr. Bird - The Mighty Sparrow by Mighty SparrowTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slave / The Slave | The Bert Inniss National Recording Orchestra, Mighty Sparrow | 2018 | Single |
| Tour Of Jamaica | Mighty Sparrow With The Bert Inniss National Recording Orchestra | 2018 | Single |
| Picong Duel (With Insults At Six Inches) | Lord Melody Vs Mighty Sparrow | 2012 | Single |
| Sparrow Is A Bird | Mighty Sparrow | 2011 | Single |
| Sparromania! (Wit, Wisdom And Soul From The King Of Calypso 1960-1976) | Mighty Sparrow | 2011 | Compil. |
| The World On An Island / Funky Calypso | Mighty Sparrow | 2011 | Single |
| Soca Anthology: Dr. Bird | Mighty Sparrow | 2011 | Compil. |
| First Flight | Mighty Sparrow | 2005 | Compil. |
| Learn To Cook | Mighty Sparrow | 2005 | Single |
| A Party With Sparrow - Volume Three | Mighty Sparrow | 2002 | Single |
| Wanted Dead Or Alive / Hold Your Bam Bam | Mighty Sparrow | 2000 | Album |
| The Cokie Eye Rooster | Mighty Sparrow | 1999 | Album |
| Soca Lover | Mighty Sparrow | 1999 | Album |
| Doh Stop De Carnival | Mighty Sparrow | 1998 | Album |
| Volume One | Mighty Sparrow | 1996 | Compil. |
| Explodes Into Calypso Time: The Best Of | Mighty Sparrow | 1996 | Compil. |
| The Renaissance | Mighty Sparrow | 1996 | Album |
| Carnival "Jam Back" With Soca Ballads 2 | Mighty Sparrow | 1995 | Album |
| Volume Four | Mighty Sparrow | 1994 | Compil. |
| Doh Stop De Carnival | Mighty Sparrow | 1994 | Album |
| Dancing Shoes | Mighty Sparrow | 1993 | Album |
| Put On Your Dancing Shoes | Mighty Sparrow | 1993 | Album |
| Salvation With Soca Ballards | Mighty Sparrow | 1993 | Album |
| Sparrow's Dance Party | Mighty Sparrow | 1992 | Album |
| Volume Three | Mighty Sparrow | 1992 | Compil. |
| Volume Two | Mighty Sparrow | 1992 | Compil. |
| Party Classic 4 - Survival | Mighty Sparrow and The Troubadours | 1992 | Album |
| 16 Carnival Hits | Mighty Sparrow, Lord Kitchener | 1992 | Compil. |
| Both Of Them (Do It) | Mighty Sparrow | 1992 | Album |
| Party Classic 4 - Survival | Mighty Sparrow and The Troubadours | 1992 | Compil. |
| Volume One | Mighty Sparrow | 1992 | Compil. |
| We Could Make It Easy If We Try | Mighty Sparrow | 1991 | Album |
| Crown Heights Justice | Mighty Sparrow | 1991 | Album |
| Hot Like Fire | Mighty Sparrow | 1991 | Album |
| Sparrow Vs Rest | Mighty Sparrow | 1990 | Album |
| Let The Music Play | Mighty Sparrow | 1990 | Album |
| Party Classics 3 | Mighty Sparrow | 1990 | Album |
| Party Classics | Mighty Sparrow | 1989 | Album |
| All In The Game | Mighty Sparrow | 1989 | Album |
| The Village Ram | Mighty Sparrow | 1989 | Album |
| Party Classics 2 | Mighty Sparrow | 1988 | Album |
| Doctor Bird. | Mighty Sparrow | 1988 | Album |
| Jump For Jesse! | Mighty Sparrow, David Rudder, George Victory | 1988 | Single |
| Jump For Jesse | Mighty Sparrow / David Rudder & George Victory | 1988 | Single |
| One Love One Heart | Mighty Sparrow | 1987 | Album |
| Soca Explosion | Mighty Sparrow | 1987 | Album |
| Erasmus B. Black / The Yankee Way | Mighty Sparrow | 1987 | Single |
| Sparrow's Party Classics | Mighty Sparrow | 1986 | Album |
| Don't Back Back/Soca Man | Mighty Sparrow | 1985 | Album |
| A Touch Of Class | Mighty Sparrow | 1985 | Album |
| Vanessa | Mighty Sparrow | 1984 | Album |
| King Of The World | Mighty Sparrow | 1984 | Album |
| Evergreen | Mighty Sparrow | 1984 | Album |
| Margarita | Mighty Sparrow | 1984 | Album |
| The Greatest | Mighty Sparrow | 1983 | Album |
| Only A Fool / Monkey Man | Mighty Sparrow & Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | 1982 | Single |
| Sweeter Than Ever | Mighty Sparrow | 1981 | Album |
| Love African | Mighty Sparrow | 1981 | Single |
| Sanford Soca Disco Human Rights | Mighty Sparrow | 1981 | Album |
| Maradjhin | Mighty Sparrow | 1981 | Single |
| Dead Or Alive | Mighty Sparrow | 1980 | Album |
| 25th Anniversary | Mighty Sparrow | 1980 | Album |
| Ayatollah | Mighty Sparrow | 1980 | Single |
| N.Y.C. Blackout | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Album |
| More | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Album |
| El Reloj / Jack | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| King Kong / Idi Amin | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| Idi Amin | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| El Reloj | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| Born Free / Over The Rainbow | Mighty Sparrow / The Cimarons | 1978 | Single |
| King Kong / Rastamania | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| Obeah Man | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Single |
| Only A Fool | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Album |
| Pussy Cat Party | Mighty Sparrow | 1978 | Album |
| Only A Fool | Mighty Sparrow / Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | 1977 | Single |
| Carnival Woman / Boogie Beat '77 | Mighty Sparrow | 1977 | Single |
| Carnival Woman | Mighty Sparrow | 1977 | Single |
| King Of The Caribbean | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Compil. |
| How You Jamming So / Witch Doctor | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Sol-Fish | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| We Kinda Music / My Woman | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Sol Fish | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Sparrow Vs The Rest | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Album |
| Boogie Beat '77 | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Album |
| Somebody Should / If It's That You Want | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Salt Fish / Statue | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Dragon Dance | Mighty Sparrow | 1976 | Single |
| Don't Blame The Youth / Dragon Dance | Byron Lee And The Dragonaires / Mighty Sparrow | 1975 | Single |
| Sparrow Dragon Again | Byron Lee And The Dragonaires & Mighty Sparrow | 1975 | Album |
| Doctorass / Sweet Pan | Mighty Sparrow | 1974 | Single |
| More Cock | Mighty Sparrow | 1974 | Single |
| Sparrow Power | Mighty Sparrow | 1974 | Album |
| Hot And Sweet | Mighty Sparrow | 1974 | Album |
| Calypso Maestro | Mighty Sparrow | 1974 | Album |
| Sparrow Spectacular | Mighty Sparrow | 1973 | Album |
| Knock Dem Down | Mighty Sparrow | 1973 | Album |
| Hotter Than Ever | Mighty Sparrow | 1972 | Album |
| Bon Bamde / Revenge | Mighty Sparrow | 1972 | Single |
| Bois Ban De | Mighty Sparrow | 1972 | Single |
| Moods Of Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1972 | Album |
| Mr. Walker / Mae Mae | Mighty Sparrow | 1971 | Single |
| The Mighty Sparrow "Live" Vol.2 | Mighty Sparrow | 1970 | Album |
| The Best Of The Mighty Sparrow:- Live At The Blue Coronet In Brooklyn | Mighty Sparrow | 1970 | Album |
| Calypso A La King | Mighty Sparrow | 1970 | Album |
| Calypso Time | Mighty Sparrow | 1970 | Album |
| Maria | Mighty Sparrow, Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | 1969 | Single |
| More Sparrow More | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Album |
| Bongo Man / The Lizard | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Single |
| Christmas With Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Album |
| Sa Sa Ay / Cock-Fight | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Single |
| Sell The Pussy | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Single |
| Only A Fool / Peace And Love | Mighty Sparrow With Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | 1969 | Single |
| Sa Sa Ay | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Single |
| Sa Sa Ay / Pussy Cat | Mighty Sparrow | 1969 | Single |
| Sparrow Meets The Dragon | Mighty Sparrow With Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | 1969 | Album |
| Calypso Carnival | Mighty Sparrow | 1968 | Album |
| Mr. Walker | Mighty Sparrow | 1968 | Single |
| Mr. Walker | Mighty Sparrow | 1968 | Single |
| Half Pick Duck / Treat She Nice | Mighty Sparrow | 1967 | Single |
| Bajan Dolphus / Watching Eem | Mighty Sparrow | 1967 | Single |
| Spicy Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1967 | Album |
| Jook For Jook / Calypso Boogooloo | Mighty Sparrow | 1967 | Single |
| Under My Skin | Mighty Sparrow | 1966 | Single |
| Obeah Wedding / B. G. Plantain | Mighty Sparrow | 1966 | Single |
| Sparrow At The Hilton | Mighty Sparrow | 1966 | Album |
| The Calypso Genius Vol. 1 | Mighty Sparrow | 1966 | Album |
| Trinidad Heat Wave | Mighty Sparrow | 1965 | Album |
| Tattooed Lady | Mighty Sparrow | 1965 | Album |
| Sparrow's Carnival 1965 | Mighty Sparrow | 1965 | Album |
| Congo Man | Mighty Sparrow | 1965 | Album |
| Village Ram | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Single |
| Death Of Kennedy | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Single |
| The Mighty Sparrow Sings True Life Stories Of Passion, People & Politics | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Album |
| Harry And Mama / Dan Is The Man | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Single |
| King Of Calypso! | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Album |
| Bull Pistle Gang / Village Ram | Mighty Sparrow | 1964 | Single |
| Calypso Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Album |
| Kennedy And Khrushchev | Mighty Sparrow, The Bert Inniss National Recording Orchestra | 1963 | Single |
| Sparrow Sings...The Outcast | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Album |
| Great Calypsoes | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Compil. |
| Norman / Ned | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Single |
| The Slave | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Album |
| Sparrow Sings For Lovers | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Album |
| Kennedy And Khrushchev | Mighty Sparrow | 1963 | Single |
| The Mighty Sparrow Volume Seven | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Single |
| Federation / Roy Sweeter Than You | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Single |
| The Sparrow Show At The Sheraton - Kingston Jamaica | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Album |
| Sparrow Come Back | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Album |
| Sparrow Come Back | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Single |
| Calypso King Of Trinidad | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Album |
| Maymay / Cowboy Melo | Mighty Sparrow with Cyril Diaz & Orchestra | 1962 | Single |
| Sparrow The Conqueror | Mighty Sparrow | 1962 | Single |
| Sparrow: Calypso King | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Album |
| Man, Dig This Sparrow - Volume Two | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Single |
| This Is Sparrow Again | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Single |
| Greetings From Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Single |
| Maria | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Single |
| Sparrow The Conqueror | Mighty Sparrow | 1961 | Album |
| This Is Sparrow - Volume One | Mighty Sparrow | 1960 | Single |
| Maria | Mighty Sparrow With Cyril Diaz & Orchestra | 1960 | Single |
| Short Little Shorts / No More Rocking & Rolling | Mighty Sparrow | 1960 | Single |
| More Sparrow's Greatest Hits! | Mighty Sparrow | 1960 | Album |
| Mighty Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1960 | Album |
| Sparrow's Greatest Hits | Mighty Sparrow | 1960 | Album |
| Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1959 | Album |
| Goaty / I Confess | Mighty Sparrow / Lord Melody | 1959 | Single |
| Teresa | Mighty Sparrow | 1959 | Single |
| Sparrow In Hi-Fi - 1959 Calypsos And Songs | Mighty Sparrow | 1959 | Album |
| This Is Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1959 | Album |
| Mr. Herbert / Simpson | Mighty Sparrow | 1959 | Single |
| Carnival Boycott / Gloria | Mighty Sparrow / Lord Melody | 1958 | Single |
| Calypso Carnival | Mighty Sparrow | 1958 | Single |
| Extended Play | Mighty Sparrow | 1958 | Single |
| Calypso Carnival 1958 | Mighty Sparrow | 1958 | Album |
| Goaty / Jamaican Mambo | Mighty Sparrow / Charles Ross | 1957 | Album |
| Clara Honey Bunch / Family Size Cokes | Mighty Sparrow | 1957 | Album |
| Sailor Man | Mighty Sparrow, Ivor Hendricks And His Orchestra | 1957 | Single |
| The Queen's Canary / Can Can Girls | Mighty Sparrow / Cyril Diaz & Orchestra | 1957 | Album |
| Calypsoes By The Mighty Sparrow | Mighty Sparrow | 1957 | Single |
| Yankee's Back | Mighty Sparrow, Ivor Hendricks And His Orchestra | 1957 | Single |
| Yankee's Back / The Eye And The Finger | Mighty Sparrow With Ivor Hendricks And His Orchestra | 1957 | Album |
| Mama Look A Boo-Boo / Sailor Man. | Lord Melody / Mighty Sparrow | 1956 | Album |
| "Jean & Diana" Yankee's Gone / Girl Days | Mighty Sparrow / Johnny Gomez And Orch | 1956 | Album |
| Family Size / Sweet Trinidad | Mighty Sparrow / Dictator | 1956 | Album |
| Don't Worry Your Head / Stiring Cashew | Mighty Sparrow / Dictator | 1956 | Album |
| Jack Palance / Little Girls | Mighty Sparrow / Lord Christo | 1956 | Album |
| No Doctor No / Chic Chic Chic | Mighty Sparrow / Doreen Gravesands | 1956 | Album |
| Rock-N-Roll Calypso / Yankee's Back Again | Lord Melody / Mighty Sparrow | 1956 | Album |
| The Queens' Canary / Can Can Girls | Mighty Sparrow / Dictator | 1956 | Album |
| Missing Baby / Shoot The Ball | Mighty Sparrow | 1955 | Album |
| Can-Can / Give The Youngsters A Chance | Lord Melody / Mighty Sparrow | 1955 | Album |
| Thelma Haynes Story / Don't Worry Your Head Over Me | Lord Melody / Mighty Sparrow | 1955 | Album |
| Pussy Cat / Welcome To Trinidad | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Under My Skin / English Diplomacy | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Mr. Kitchener / You Don't Love Me | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| My Little Sister / Bermuda Gal | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Tattoo | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Ten To One Is Murder / Skyscraper | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Children Must Learn | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Trinidad | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Steering Wheel / You Don't Love Me | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Marijuana / Queen Of The Bands | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Parables | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Versatile Sparrow - Enamorado | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Wood In The Fire / Shake De Ting | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Sparrow Christmas Songs | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Old Man And The Donkey / Calypso Twist | Mighty Sparrow, Bertram Inniss, The Bert Inniss National Recording Orchestra | Single | |
| Ferris Wheel / Corbeau Sheltering Rain | Mighty Sparrow, Bertram Inniss, The Bert Inniss National Recording Orchestra | Single | |
| Dan Is The Man / English Society | Mighty Sparrow, Cyril Diaz & Orchestra | Single | |
| Steering Wheel / English Diplomacy | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Village Ram / She's Been Gone Too Long | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| John Jones / Pussy Cat | Tony Ricardo, Sparrow's Troubadours, Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Grenada / Club Paradise | Mighty Sparrow / Jimmy Cliff | Single | |
| Senorita / PNM Balisier / Picong | Lord Melody, Mighty Sparrow, The Young Brigade Calypso Tent Orchestra, The March Of Dimes Quartet, Mighty Cypher | Single | |
| Philosophy | Mighty Sparrow, The Troubadours | Single | |
| Leave Me Man / Cousin Jeniffer | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Love One Another | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Honesty | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Sparrow's And Ken Lazarus' Greatest Hits | Mighty Sparrow / Ken Lazarus | Compil. | |
| Congo Man / Patsy | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Sweeter Than You / Dutch Romance | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Sack / Round And Round | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Raphaela / Charlie | Mighty Sparrow With Cyril Diaz & Orchestra | Single | |
| Melody '72 | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Obeah Wedding / Shanty Town People | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| I Should Have Told You / You're Mine | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Why Get Sober | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Rebel | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Cuff Them Down | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Solomon / Well Spoken Moppers | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Sparrow In London | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Duncan | Mighty Sparrow With Ron Berridge And His Orchestra | Single | |
| Bang Bang Lulu / Black & White Love | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| O.J. Simpson | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Big Bam Boo / Jordan | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Marajhin Sister, Margarita BW Stealing Love | Mighty Sparrow / George Faith | Album | |
| Philosophy | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Dear Sparrow / Sailor Man | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Dorothy / Teresa | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Going Home Tonight / Honesty | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Benwood Dick / Monica Do-Do | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Pump | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Margarita | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Bag Ah Sugar / Bikini Girl | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Rope / Drunk & Disorderly | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Cousin Jennifer / Leave Me Man | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Papa Jack / Sir Garfield Sobers | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Jook For Jook / Wood In The Fire | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Sparrow's Greatest Hits | Mighty Sparrow | Compil. | |
| No Money, No Love | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Lizard | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Soca Rock King | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Man Likes To Feel / Mother | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Ee Don Dey / Village Ram | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| You Must Pay Tax | Mighty Sparrow, Sonny Denner And Orchestra | Single | |
| Toronto Mas / Happy School Days | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Papa Jack | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Governor's Ball | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Paye / Russian Satellite | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Only A Fool / More And More Amour | Mighty Sparrow, Byron Lee And The Dragonaires | Single | |
| Mr. Rake And Scrape | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| The Little Boy Santa Claus Forgot | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Panama Women / Police Get More Pay | Mighty Sparrow With Cyril Diaz & Orchestra / Frankie Francis Orchestra | Single | |
| Love Me All Night | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Don't Touch Me / Maude | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Jerk / Rufus | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| All In One / Lend A Hand | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Priest / Trinidad Woman | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Thinking of You While Listening to Starlift | Mighty Sparrow | Album | |
| Hucklebuck / Hither Thither And Yon | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| Mr. Walker / Jook For Jook | Mighty Sparrow | Single | |
| More | Mighty Sparrow | Single |
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