Album
cover: Wilmoth Houdini. Calypsos, a set of three 78-rpm records. Decca,
ca. 1939.
Album
cover: Wilmoth Houdini. Calypsos, a set of three 78-rpm records. Decca,
ca. 1939.
The calypsonian Houdini migrated to New York in the late 1920s and began an extensive recording career. Though he became one of the most famous calypso performers in the U.S., Trinidadians considered him to be a minor artist.
Courtesy of Ray Funk.