Career
Known as the "Crown Prince of Calypso", Cypher was an established calypsonian since the 1940s and appeared on the Cook Records compilations Calpypso Kings and Pink Gin (1958, with "PNM Balisier"), Calypso Atrocities (1959, with "Sailor Manitoba in Donkey Pants") and Calypso Exposed (1961 with "Love Mission Dove"). This victory led to the issue of a postage stamp in Trinidad and Tobago bearing his image. He continued to perform and was a regular in the Original Young Brigade tent at the carnival into the 1990s.
