Duke Of Iron – Jungle Calypso LP 10" 1953 SLP10 1st Pressing
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Duke Of Iron – Jungle Calypso LP 10" 1953 SLP10 1st Pressing
A1 Pretty Woman A2 Mickey Cipriani A3 Duke Of The Calypso A4 Potato B1 Don't Stop The Carnival B2 Rookoobay B3 Jam Session B4 Wild Indian
The Duke of Iron (born Cecil Anderson, 22 November 1906 – 17 November 1968) was a calypsonian, nightclub and concert entertainer, and recording artist from the 1930s through the 1960s. Born in Trinidad and working mainly in the United States, he was renowned for his bawdy humor, crisp diction, and confident vocal mannerisms. His clarity in pronouncing English lyrics helped him achieve tremendous popularity with American audiences.
Anderson became a headliner on the New York club scene, which included a ten-month stint at the Village Vanguard in the 1940s. He also participated in the 1946 Calypso at Midnight!concerts produced by Alan Lomax at New York's Town Hall auditorium. In the latter part of the decade he often performed at the Caribbean Club on Seventh Avenue, New York, along with Wilmoth Houdini (billed as "King Houdini").
In 1948, he performed in the film short Wild Indian, under the name The Duke of Iron and Band. He returned to Trinidad, but made a successful return to New York in the mid-1950s during the boom in calypso music led by Harry Belafonte. During the 1950s and 1960s, he performed at Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and at many leading nightclubs, such as the Village Gate, the Jamaican Room and the Calypso Room. He appeared in the film Calypso Joe (Allied Artists Pictures, 1957) with Angie Dickinson.
Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who recorded a number of Caribbean-styled instrumentals, composed and recorded a piece entitled "Duke of Iron" in his memory
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