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Mighty Sparrow

Grenadian musician
Person Human Q205876
Mighty Sparrow
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
July 9, 1935
Date of death
September 27, 2026
Place of birth
Grenada, Grand Roy[9]
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago[10][11]
Occupation
songwriter, singer, guitarist, musician
Award received
Chaconia Medal[12]
Genre
calypso[14]
Official website
www.mightysparrow.com[19]
Family name
Slinger[16]
Given name
neutron emission[17]
Instrument
voice[20]
Pseudonym
gunslinger[18]
Record label
RCA Records[15]
Start of work period
1949[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Francisco Slinger en Mighty Sparrow es Francisco Slinger ja マイティー・スパロウ
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000078382820
VIAF cluster ID
32182060
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n86124240
GND ID
119287854
Africultures person ID
10549
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000477523
BIBSYS ID
12061972
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13840472r
Carnegie Hall agent ID
978
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119287854
Discogs artist ID
313486
Europeana entity
agent/base/62443
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FAST ID
186435
Freebase ID
/m/01j2zx
GTAA ID
257566
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
16515
Grove Music Online ID
49877
HAND ID
CA98-0220-C60F-258F-921D
IMDb ID
nm1559908
IdRef ID
082686041
J9U entity ID
987007342377505171
Libris-URI
pm134w2747vh0lj
LyricsTranslate ID
mighty-sparrow-lyrics.html
Munzinger Pop ID
02000000219
Museum of Canadian Music artist ID
107758
MusicBrainz artist ID
ab7b79e9-2671-40c7-a540-838f75b0c04e
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000061453
NNDB people ID
526/000171013
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CmeS;=B4
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
215790383
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100156926
Pitchfork artist ID
30146-mighty-sparrow
Prabook ID
1720498
RILM ID
609
Rate Your Music artist ID
mighty_sparrow
SELIBR ID
207757
Songkick artist ID
222718
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJg4jFqbKbDY9bgBYFkVYP
Yale LUX ID
person/d3e060b5-80c2-4295-8fb0-9d65396e561f

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
singer, songwriter, guitarist
Award received 1
Chaconia Medal
Country of citizenship 1
Grenada
Genre 1
calypso
Given name 1
Francisco
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Place of birth 1
Grenada
Record label 1
RCA Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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High Lane
← Performer 1
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Summary

Mighty Sparrow was born on July 9, 1935[1], in Grenada[2]. He died on September 27, 2026[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a songwriter[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and musician[8].

FAQs

Where was Mighty Sparrow born?

Mighty Sparrow was born in Grenada[2].

Where did Mighty Sparrow die?

Mighty Sparrow passed away in New York City[4].

What did Mighty Sparrow do for work?

Mighty Sparrow worked as a songwriter[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and musician[8].

What awards did Mighty Sparrow receive?

Honors received include Chaconia Medal[12].

Related Entities

Grenada RCA Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . antigua.news. antigua.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . antigua.news. Retrieved . antigua.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Grenada, Grand Roy
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57880: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Grenada, Grand Roy
    "Changed [mul] labels, descriptions, aliases and claims: Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; add mul label (Difool/WikidataCleanup)"
  3. 5w ago · LV-balai · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → 1949
    RILM ID → 609
    National Library of Lithuania ID → LNB:CmeS;=B4
    BIBSYS ID → 12061972
    "Changed claim: Image: Mighty Sparrow 2015 (profile).jpg"
  4. 5w ago · Madamebiblio · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Grenada, Grand Roy
    Given name → neutron emission
    Start of work period → 1949
    "Changed claim: Date of death: 27 September 2026"
  5. 5w ago · ~2026-52541-19 · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Grenada, Grand Roy
    Country of citizenship → Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
    Pseudonym → gunslinger
    Date of death → September 27, 2026
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Pseudonym: gunslinger"
  6. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → CA98-0220-C60F-258F-921D
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46460: HAND ID (6)"
  7. 13w ago · Shatterdaymorn · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum of Canadian Music artist ID → 107758
    "Created claim: Museum of Canadian Music artist ID: 107758, Matched to mighty sparrow (#289815015) in ‎Museum of Canadi…"
  8. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → voice
    Place of birth → Grenada, Grand Roy
    Given name → neutron emission
    Start of work period → 1949
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
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