Born in Diego Martin, Trinidad, Tiger was originally a boxer who won the Trinidad flyweight championship in 1929.[2] He was active in calypso from his teens and began singing professionally in 1934.[2] He was a member of the old brigade of calypso singers, which included Lord Beginner, Attila The Hun, the Roaring Lion, and Lord Pretender. In 1935, he went to New York with Attila and Lord Beginner to record for the Decca label, recording 46 songs in total.[2] In 1939, he won the first Calypso King competition with "Trade Union".[2][3]
More so than his contemporaries Tiger sang about social and political issues. His best known songs are "Money is King",[4] about economic inequality, and "The Gold in Africa", about the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Recording together with Atilla and Beginner as the Keskidee Trio, he recorded some lighter tunes, including "Don't Let Me Mother Know".
neville, marcano, 1916, 1993, known, growling, tiger, trinidadian, calypsonian, contents, biography, references, external, links, alsobiography, editborn, diego, martin, trinidad, tiger, originally, boxer, trinidad, flyweight, championship, 1929, active, calyp. Neville Marcano 1916 13 May 1993 1 known as the Growling Tiger was a Trinidadian calypsonian Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 External links 4 See alsoBiography editBorn in Diego Martin Trinidad Tiger was originally a boxer who won the Trinidad flyweight championship in 1929 2 He was active in calypso from his teens and began singing professionally in 1934 2 He was a member of the old brigade of calypso singers which included Lord Beginner Attila The Hun the Roaring Lion and Lord Pretender In 1935 he went to New York with Attila and Lord Beginner to record for the Decca label recording 46 songs in total 2 In 1939 he won the first Calypso King competition with Trade Union 2 3 More so than his contemporaries Tiger sang about social and political issues His best known songs are Money is King 4 about economic inequality and The Gold in Africa about the Italian invasion of Ethiopia Recording together with Atilla and Beginner as the Keskidee Trio he recorded some lighter tunes including Don t Let Me Mother Know Folklorist Alan Lomax recorded him in 1962 In 1966 Growling Tiger performed at the Newport Folk Festival In 1979 he recorded an album Knockdown Calypsos for Rounder Records Fellow Trinidadian George Browne was dubbed Young Tiger after recording a cover version of Marcano s song Single Man in 1953 5 References edit Growling Tiger biography AllMusic a b c d Thompson Dave 2002 Reggae amp Caribbean Music Backbeat Books ISBN 0 87930 655 6 pp 5 59 Ronald C Emrit Growling Tiger bestoftrinidad com Retrieved 6 May 2019 unreliable source Growling Tiger Money is King YouTube Jason Ankeny Young Tiger Answers com External links editGrowling Tiger bestoftrinidad com Historical Museum of Southern Florida Neville Marcano at the Wayback Machine archived 22 February 2007 Growling Tiger mentioned in iupress indiana edu journals at the Wayback Machine archived 23 January 2004 Growling Tiger song mentioned in trinibase com at the Wayback Machine archived 7 July 2007 See also editList of calypsos with sociopolitical influences Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neville Marcano amp oldid 1158773533, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
