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I wind up this series, written in recognition and honour of the greatness of the Calypso King of the World, Slinger Francisco, the Mighty Sparrow, on his 90th birthday, placing the focus on his off-stage contributions. But then again, Sparrow has always been in the glare of society in whatever he has done since his 1956 Jean and Dinah, Rosita and Clementina; he has never left the bright lights.
We therefore shift the attention ever so slightly, but remain always with the calypso extraordinaire-plus with a microphone in hand.
From the 1960s, Sparrow emerged as a businessman who invested in the record-selling industry through having his own record shop on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain. It was located inside a mall on the eastern side of Frederick Street, going south to Independence Square.
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