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Lord Fly
Probable
Early Jamaican mento/calypso bandleader and recording artist associated with 1950s hotel and recording circuits.
At a glance
- Confidence
- Probable
- Sources
- MusicBrainz; Discogs; MentoMusic.com.
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Mento or calypso? A question of Jamaican identity
One side
Mento's distinct Jamaican identity
The other
Marketing it as Trinidadian calypso
A documented naming debate: mento was frequently marketed and referred to as 'calypso,' conflating it with the Trinidadian form; some framed this as harmless commercial shorthand, others as an erasure of mento's distinct Jamaican identity. Neutral framing; no verdict.
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