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Soca music
Soca or soul calypso is a form of dance music which originated in the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago from calypso music. It originally combined the melodic lilting sound of calypso with insistent percussion (which is often electronic in recent music) and local chutney music. Soca music has evolved...
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David Rudder
David Michael Rudder (born May 6, 1953, Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago) is a calypsonian from Trinidad.
David Rudder is one of the top calypsonians of all time. In 1977, he joined Charlie's Roots, one of the top bands in Trinidad and Tobago. He spent...
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- May 6, 1953 (age 56 years)
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Destra Garcia
Destra Garcia (born November 10, 1975 in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Soca singer and songwriter based in Trinidad and Tobago. Destra is noted for her high energy performances, harmonious vocal skill and eccentric fashion style
The eldest...
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- Nov 10, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Arrow
Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE (born 16 November 1954) is a calypso and soca musician who performs under the stage name Arrow, and is regarded as the first superstar of soca.
Cassell first performed aged 10 in a concert at the Montserrat...
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- Nov 16, 1954 (age 55 years)
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Alison Hinds
Alison Hinds (born 1 June 1970) is a Barbadian female soca artist based in the Caribbean island of Barbados.
She is one of the most popular soca singers in the world and has been given the nickname the "Queen of Soca". She has produced many popular...
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- Jun 1, 1970 (age 39 years)
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Oberlin Steel
Oberlin Steel is a steel band based at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Formed in 1981 and known as the Oberlin Can Consortium until 2001, the group plays in the tradition of the great steel bands of Trinidad, but also performs arrangements of...
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Baha Men
The Baha Men are a pop boyband from Nassau, Bahamas. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo.
The group was formed in the Bahamas in the late 1970s as High Voltage, with the original members being percussionist Isaiah Taylor,...
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Byron Lee and the Dragonaires
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires (known as Byron Lee's Dragonaires since Lee's death) are a Jamaican ska, calypso and soca band. The band played a crucial pioneering role in bringing Caribbean music to the world. Byron Lee died on 4 November 2008,...
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- Nov 4, 2008
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Rupee
Rupert Clarke (born September 10, 1975), best known by his stage name Rupee, is a soca musician from Barbados. He was born in military barracks in Germany to a German mother and a Bajan father, who was serving in the British armed forces at the time...
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- Sep 10, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Kevin Lyttle
Kevin Lyttle (born Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs, September 14, 1976) is a soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad, "Turn Me On", which was recorded by Lyttle and the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 14, 1976 (age 33 years)
MINMI
MINMI is a Japanese hip-hop, Soca music, reggae, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
She was born in Osaka on December 8, 1975. She is the first soca artist from Japan.
Michiko Evwana, also known as MINMI, started her musical career around 1996...
Date of birth:
- 1975 (age 35 years)
Denise Belfon
Denise "Saucy Wow" Belfon (born November 23, 1968, in Trinidad) is a Soca, Contemporary R&B;, and Gospel singer, songwriter, and dancer.
As a young girl in school, she was a football (soccer) player and was offered a scholarship to Howard University...
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- Nov 23, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Machel Montano
Machel Montano (born 24 November 1974, Trinidad and Tobago) is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Caribbean.
He is the frontman of the popular soca band Xtatik, and is noted for his high energy, fast-paced, and often...
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- Nov 24, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Shurwayne Winchester
Shurwayne Winchester is a soca musician form Trinidad and Tobago.
He was born and raised on the smaller of the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He brings variety and exclusivity to the musical genre that continues to grow both regionally...
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- 1974 (age 36 years)
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Ken Marlon Charles
Ken Marlon Charles a.k.a KMC (born January 5, 1971) is a soca artist from Trinidad. Famous for hits like "Soul on Fire", "Soca Bashment" and "Bashment to Carnival" KMC is signed to the US-based record label Sequence Records. Considered to be one of...
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- Jan 5, 1971 (age 39 years)
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Kes
KES is a Trinidadian soca band formed in 2005 by brothers, Kees (lead vocals), Hans (drums) and Jon Dieffenthaller (guitar) and close friend Riad Boochoon (bass guitar). Noted for high energy live performances and the soulful voice of lead singer,...
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Bunji Garlin
Bunji Garlin (born 14 July 1978) is a Ragga Soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. His real name is Ian Alvarez. He married fellow Soca artist Fay-Ann Lyons on December 23, 2006, daughter of legendary Soca singer Superblue . He is also a second...
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- Jul 14, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Patrice Roberts
Patrice Roberts (born 1986) is a soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. She currently performs alongside popular fellow Soca artist Machel Montano in his band, Machel Montano HD. She is also a second cousin of singer Bunji Garlin .
She came to...
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- 1986 (age 24 years)
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Adrian Dutchin
Adrian Angelo Frank Dutchin (born 4 September 1981) is a Guyanese singer with musical influences from Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Reggae and RNB. Adrian is currently signed to Kross Kolor
Adrian Angelo Frank Dutchin was born in Guyana, in the capital city...
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- Sep 4, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Rebel Krown
Rebel Krown is a group of DJs / turntablists from Brooklyn, New York.
Formed as a DJ crew in the mid nineties and originally including 3 members, under the name Flatbush International, which was chosen because of the part of Brooklyn they are from....
JFC
JFC (featuring Sam'O) is a reggae, calypso, and soca band based in Arlington, Virginia in the Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. area. Starting as an active band in 2005, their music is produced independently.
JFC is a multi-cultural roots reggae...
Rudy Grant
Rudy Grant, also known as Little Brother Grant and The Mexicano (born Rudolph Grant, Plaisance, Guyana), is a reggae deejay and singer.
Born in Guyana, Grant settled in the United Kingdom with his family in 1960. His brother, Eddy Grant, was a...
