Slinger Francisco

person
10 mentions 3 recordings first heard Sep 2026 last heard yesterday ↑10 this month

Calypso singer known as the Mighty Sparrow

Trend

mentions per day · public audio 7d30d6M12M
10 · 28 Sep 30 Aug6 Sep13 Sep20 Sep27 Sepnow

Peak in the day, 28 Sep — 10 mentions across 1 series.

Moments

newest first · ▶ plays the moment
Felix ContrerasNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 7PM EDT · 3:39 · today
…Slinger Francisco earned his stage name Mighty Sparrow for his energetic dance moves during his earliest performances in the dual island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.…
· Open transcript →
Ryland BartonNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 7PM EDT · 3:23 · today
…A towering figure of Caribbean music who performed as Mighty Sparrow died in New York at age ninety one, and Pierre's Felix Contreras reports Slinger Francisco became the face and voice of Trinidadian Calypso.…
· Open transcript →
Dale WillmanNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 3AM EDT · 4:33 · today
…Over his career he wrote more than five hundred songs and recorded seventy albums.…
· Open transcript →
Dale WillmanNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 3AM EDT · 4:30 · today
…His first hit song was released in nineteen fifty six.…
Dale WillmanNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 3AM EDT · 4:29 · today
…He was ninety one years old.…
Dale WillmanNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 3AM EDT · 4:20 · today
…The family of Slinger Francisco, known around the world as……
Dale WillmanNPR News Now · NPR News: 09-28-2026 1AM EDT · 4:32 · today
…He wrote more than 500 songs and recorded more than……
10 moments · sign in to read them all