YOUNG  KILLER

REAL NAME: Daniel Emmanuel Jardine Gilchrist
DATE OF BIRTH: 1930s
PLACE OF BIRTH: ..., Trinidad
EDUCATION: ...
CAREER:                                Young Killer began singing in 1956. He was selected to represent Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada at the 1967 Expo in Montreal, Canada, and migrated to the USA in 1968 where he continued to perform. He was in the contingent of calypsonians who performed in the 1985 Calypso for Africa Project to assist drought victims in Ethiopia. His calypsoes include:
  • 1957 - Tight, Tight Pants
  • Also - Bad Talk; Doctor Say to Buy Local; Little Eight; Millie Rawls Versus Killer
AWARD:
  • 1999 - Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame
DIED: October 26, 2001, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, after a long illness.
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit