Singing sandra biography trinidad
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On Thursday 28th January , Trinidad and Tobago lost one of its biggest musical icons. Singing Sandra or Sandra DesVignes-Millington as she was also known as when not on the stage was 63 years old.
Born in East Dry River in and raised in Morvant without her father, Sandra and her mother many times struggled to make ends meet. Her grandmother was known to be an exceptional singer and from a young age it was clear that the talent had been passed on to little Sandra.
Sandra often opted to skip school, not because of rebellion but because she felt the need to work due to her family&#;s financial situation. So work she did. Along with acting, singing and performing in village productions and attending to her faith (Sandra was a believer in Orisha). By Sandra, who hadn&#;t finished school was noticed by the calypsonian Dr. Zhivago and the following year was recruited to the Mighty Sparrow&#;s youth brigade. As the years went on she was a seemingly unstoppable force in the calypso wo
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Trinidadian calypso legend Singing Sandra dies at 64
Trinidad and Tobago calypso legend and former Calypso Monarch, Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes-Millington — renowned for hits such as “Voices from the Ghetto,” “Beyond Tears” and “Nobody Wins A War” — died on Thursday, Jan. She was
Singing Sandra, who was born in in East Dry River and raised in Morvant, in Trinidad, won the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch titles in and
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday said that Singing Sandra, the second woman to win the Calypso Monarch contest in the twin-island republic, was regarded as the “Mother of the Calypso Fraternity.”
The publication said it understood that she died at Mt. Hope Medical Complex.
Another Trinidad and Tobago publication, the Trinidad Express, reported that, in , Singing Sandra “spent weeks on the Intensive Care Unit of the Port-of-Spain Gene
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Singing Sandra
Singing Sandra, one the icons of calypso, has passed. She was Born in East Dry River, Trinidad & Tobago in , Sandra’s family on her father’s side, the John family, hailed from Gouyave, Grenada. Sandra performed frequently at the annual Fisherman’s Birthday in Gouyave. Sandra Des Vignes-Millington was the second woman to capture the National Calypso Monarch of Trinidad & Tobago. She took the title on two occasions. She was the 3rd runner-up in EVERYBODY’S World Calypso Monarch competition held in New York and seen on Pay-Per-View in several states. She performed at other calypso events such as in New York calypso tents prod
uced by Dawad Philip’s Domingo Productions and later bygd EVERYBODY’S Magazine.
Singing Sandra lyrics were always uplifting. Her hits such as &#;Song for Healing,&#; &#;Voices from the Ghetto,&#; and “Ancient Rhythm&#; will remain classics.
“Sandra’s passing fryst vatten a great loss to the calypso industry,” noted veteran arranger, Leston P