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YOUNG KILLER
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REAL NAME: |
Daniel Emmanuel Jardine Gilchrist |
DATE OF BIRTH: |
1930s |
PLACE OF BIRTH: |
..., Trinidad |
EDUCATION: |
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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
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AWARD:
- 1999 - Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame
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DIED: |
October 26, 2001, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, after a long illness. |
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit |
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