Calypso Rose · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Soca explosion
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
Discography
- Sombre Con2006
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- Listeners
- 102,401
- Total plays
- 738,284
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calypsosocalatintrinidad and tobagotobagonian
McArtha Lewis, better known as Calypso Rose (born April 27, 1940 in Bethel, Tobago) is a Tobagonian calypsonian. Named after the American general Douglas MacArthur, Rose's earliest years were a crowded environment - 19 people in a one-bedroom house. When she was 9, she moved to live with an uncle in Barataria She began writing songs at the age of 15, and has written over 800 songs. In 1966 she wrote the song Fire in Me Wire, which has since become a calypso anthem. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rose
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- Tobago
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soca music
- Official website
- www.calypsorosediva.com
- Image
- Calypso rose.jpg
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- Commons category
- Calypso Rose
- date of birth
- 1940-04-27
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- social media followers
- 76700
Sources (2)
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Available in 14 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Português
- Italiano
- Breton
- Finnish
- Haitian Creole
- Nederlands
- Papiamento
- Picard
- Polski
- Tiếng Việt
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