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Léo Ferré
About Léo Ferré was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-1970s. Some of his songs have become classics of the French…
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Georges Brassens
About Georges Charles Brassens was a French singer-songwriter and poet. Albums/Songs: Nº5 : Georges Brassens et sa guitare Volume 10 : La Religieuse Volume 8 : Les Copains d’abord Nº4 : Georges Brassens et sa guitare Nº9 : Les Trompettes de la renommée Nº8 : Georges Brassens, à la basse : Pierre Nicolas Volume 7…
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Juliette Gréco
About Juliette Gréco was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are “Paris Canaille”, “La Javanaise” and “Déshabillez-moi” (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Her 60-year career concluded with her final…
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Charles Aznavour
About Charles Aznavour was a French singer of Armenian ancestry, as well as a lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. In a career as a composer, singer and songwriter, spanning over 70 years, he recorded…
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Destra Garcia
About Destra Garcia is a Trinidadian musician, singer and songwriter of soca music. She is also known by the mononym Destra. She is one of the most popular female soca artists in the world. Albums/Songs: Soca Or Die Independent Lady Queen Call to Action: What’s your favorite Destra Garcia song? Share your thoughts in the…
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Machel Montano
About Machel Montano is a Trinidadian soca recording artist and record producer. Known for his high energy, fast-paced, and often unpredictable on-stage performances, he is one of the genre’s most popular artists. Albums/Songs: The Xtatik Experience B.O.D.Y. – Band of D Year Monk Monté Bazodee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Monk Evolution Machelements (Volume 1) Happiest…
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Arrow
About An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers called fletchings mounted near the rear, and a slot at the rear end called a nock for engaging the bowstring. A…
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Calypso Rose
About Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis is a Trinidadian calypsonian. She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums. Considered the “mother of calypso”, Rose was the first female calypso star and her lyrics frequently address social…
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Mighty Sparrow
About Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE, better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. 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…
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Gal Costa
About Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, known professionally as Gal Costa ( ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968). She was described…