The songs featured on this collection are from an era when calypso was the most popular music in the world – the 1950s. Go for a nostalgic musical cruise with traditional calypso and calypso-influenced music from the Caribbean islands.
Track 1: George Symonette – Don’t touch me tomato [Bahamas]
Track 2: Calypso Mama – Yes, yes, yes [Bahamas]
Track 3: The Jolly Boys – Take me back to Jamaica [Jamaica]
Track 4: Leslie Scott and Irene Williams – Crazy like mad [Bahamas/USA]
Track 5: Blind Blake and his Royal Victorians – Peas and Rice [Bahamas]
Track 6: Lord Composer – Linstead Market [Jamaica]
Track 7: King Sparrow – No more rocking and rolling [Grenada]
Track 8: The Percentie Brothers – Goombay Drum [Bahamas]
Track 9: Lord Beginner – Fed-A-Ray [Trinidad]
Track 10: Lord Shorty – Kim [Trinidad]
Track 11: Andre Toussaint – Little Nassau/Bahama Mama [Haïti/Bahamas]
Track 12: Mighty Panther – Barbados Carnival [Trinidad]
Track 13: The Percentie Brothers – J.P. Morgan [Bahamas]
Track 14: Frankie Anderson – The Limbo Song [Bahamas]
Track 15: Delbon Johnson – It’s always springtime in Nassau [Bahamas]