Sam Manning was one of the earliest calypsonians who achieved international… Read Full Bio ↴Sam Manning was one of the earliest calypsonians who achieved international acclaim. He was born around 1899 in Trinidad and died in 1960 while traveling in Africa.

Manning served in the British West Indies Regiment in France and the Middle East during World War I. In the early 1920s, he moved to New York, where he recorded music that combined jazz and calypso rhythms. His song "Lieutenant Julian" commemorated the 1929 transatlantic flight by Trinidadian Hubert Fauntleroy Julian. In 1934, he moved to England, where he gave performances in London.

His companion was Amy Ashwood Garvey, Marcus Garvey's first wife. She produced Brown Sugar, a jazz musical production at the Lafayette Theatre, which featured Manning and Fats Waller and his band. She and Manning opened the Florence Mills Social Club in London's Carnaby Street, which quickly became a gathering spot for the city's black intellectuals.

Manning returned to New York in 1941. That same year, he produced the only known calypso "soundies". film clips made for film jukeboxes located in restaurants and bars. They featured Manning and his ensemble, and Trinidadian dance legend Beryl McBurnie. In 1947, Manning wrote and directed Caribbean Carnival, a Broadway show produced by Adolph Thenstead, which was billed as the "First Calypso Musical Ever Presented". It was a lavish production, featuring 50 singers and dancers, among them New York-based calypsonian, the Duke of Iron, Trinidadian dancer, Pearl Primus, and Manning himself. Manning and Thenstead also founded a record company, Cyclone.

Mathilda
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Andy Yorke Mathilda, when we met Is it possible that our lives were …
Carmen Consoli She considered it the height of bad taste Keep fit fanatics…
Cookie & the Cupcakes Your love for me will always be Here to stay, so…
Der Fall Böse Du hast geahnt, dass irgendwann die Zeit kommt Lass sie ruhe…
Euskefeurat Mathilda sitter i en vrå i dagrummet Med sjalen omkring axla…
Freddy Fender Your love for me will always be A special thing for…
Gotcha! Mathilda Mathilda da Wicked Witch Mathilda Mathilda da Wicke…
Henri Salvador Le vent du passé me murmure un conte effacé Eveillant mes…
Jerry Lee Lewis My love for you will always be Just a faded memory Yes…

Kaburga James Mathilda you know I really want And if you needin' You know…
Little Comets Oh, decry with these two fingers I can show you why That…
Micke Muster Micke Muster…
Nada Surf They used to call me Mathilda My mama kept my hair…
Raziel Kederle uyan bu güne Yüzünde çürümüş gecenin izleriyle Sesin…
soulthief I remember it just like it was yesterday From the dew…
Stabil Ey, 242, 242 Eskilerden gelen iç ses, ah Merdivende gene iç…
STABIL Ati242 Ey, 2-4-2, 2-4-2 Eskilerden gelen iç ses, ah Merdivende gen…
Texas Tornados My love for you will always be Just a faded memory Yes,…
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Khoury-Thierry CHORUS: Mathilda, I cried and cried for yo…
Udo Jürgens Mathilda, Mathilda, Mathilda She take me money and run Vene…
Wallen Un nouveau voisin de pallier vient de s'installer La premiè…

Yves Montand Le vent du passé me murmure un conte effacé Eveillant mes…

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