MIGHTY   TERROR REAL NAME: Fitzgerald Cornelius Henry DATE OF BIRTH: January 13, 1921 PLACE OF BIRTH: Arouca, Trinidad EDUCATION: Arouca Government School Piccadilly Street EC School CAREER:                                  Terror learned to play the trumpet at a young age and also sang in school and church choirs. He began his calypso career in 1947 and made his debut at the Calypso Palace Tent in 1948. He later joined the Young Brigade Tent in 1949 where he performed until 1953. He took a job on a ship as a fireman and eventually landed in England in 1953. He found employment with a pottery company in London but also sang calypsoes in London nightclubs and freelanced as a bassist and drummer. He won the Calypso King of Great Britain contest in 1957 with "Life in London" and "I'll Walk A Million Miles." He spent the next several years singing and playing music around the UK with Lord Kitchener and Bert McLean's Trio, respectively. Terror returned to Trinidad in 1964 and sang at the Calypso Review Tent in 1965. He won the Calypso Crown in 1966 with "Steelband Jamboree" and "Last Year's Happiness," and represented Trinidad & Tobago at the first World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, in April 1966. He resettled in Trinidad in 1966 and continued to appear at various calypso tents through the 1990s. His other calypsoes include: 1947 - Negroes Know Thyself 1950 - Chinese Children 1951 - Tiny, Tiny Blow The Trumpet for Me 1965 - Pan Talent; Keep Calypso Clean; Callaloo Tonic 1972 - Pan in Tune 1973 - Tribute to The Solo Harmonites; That Woman Could Lie 1977 - Forgetful Panmen; My Suggestion 1978 - Gouti Dance; Madness; Give The Youths A Chance 1979 - Soca Special; Welcome Foreigners 1980 - Don't Change Calypso; Steelband Boycott 1982 - What Is A Disco; Mostly Women Playing Mas 1986 - The Greatness in Mankind; Sugar for Pan 1988 - Any Time Is Party Time in America 1991 - Money Good, Money Bad; Panmen Jamming Pan 1993 - Calypso Teacher 1995 - No Bail for criminals; Back With The Pan 1996 - Chinese Panorama; Miss Colombia 1997 - Reply to Big Belly Man Also - No Carnival in Britain AWARDS: 1985 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Silver (for Calypso) 2004 - Lifetime Achievement Award, Copyright Organization of Trinidad & Tobago DIED: March 14, 2007, in Trinidad Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit