AKA Alphonsus Cassel

Born: 16-Nov-1954
Birthplace: Monserrat, West Indies

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Musician

Nationality: Montserrat
Executive summary: Soca performer

Beginning his music career in Trinidad as a popular calypso performer, Arrow has since become the world's most visible purveyor of soca, a style of calypso that combines other forms such as soul and traditional African music. Some of his songs have made an impact in American and British dance clubs, but he remains best known in the States through Buster Pondexter (David Johansen)'s 1987 cover version of Hot Hot Hot. His popularity in the Carribean, on the other hand, has been enormous since he was first crowned "Calypso Monarch of Monserrat" in 1971.

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