MIGHTY  KILLER

REAL NAME: Cephas Alexander
DATE OF BIRTH: ...
PLACE OF BIRTH: Gasparillo, Trinidad
EDUCATION: ...
CAREER:                           Killer began singing at the House of Lords Tent in 1946 and helped form the Young Brigade Tent in 1947. He started singing at the Old Brigade Tent in 1948 but ended the Carnival season back at the Young Brigade Tent. He is best remembered for "In A Calabash" which was the most popular calypso of the 1950 Carnival season. His other calypsoes include:
  • 1946 - Unsolved Crimes; Have You Ever Seen A Green Fowl Yet?
  • 1947 - Mabel Leggo Me Finger; Carnival in Town; Baptist Song; Animal Concert in Cemetery; Indian Wedding
  • 1948 - The Bad Johns in Trinidad; The Mule and the Corbeau; Work Killed All My Family
  • 1949 - Old Time Calypso
  • 1950 - Laws of the Colony; Indian Women With Creole Names; Indian Politicians
DIED: 1952, in Trinidad.
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit