years_active alias article_title background genre origin name
1940s -- 1990s lord cypher mighty cypher
 solo_singer calypso trinidad mighty cypher
mighty cypher

mighty cypher aka lord cypher was a trinidadian calypsonian who won the calypso king title at the 1967 carnival .
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 '' -lrb- 1958 , with `` pnm balisier '' -rrb- , `` calypso atrocities '' -lrb- 1959 , with `` sailor man in donkey pants '' -rrb- and `` calypso exposed '' -lrb- 1961 with `` love miss dove '' -rrb- .
after finishing as runner-up in 1956 -lrb- to mighty sparrow -rrb- , mighty cypher won the 1967 calypso king title with the songs `` last elections '' and `` if the priest could play '' .
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 .
