Arrow obituary

Caribbean singer of Hot Hot Hot, the 1986 World Cup anthemDuring the 1970s, calypso mutated into soca (soul calypso), a more rhythmic and dance-orientated musical style. Outside the Caribbean, the best-known soca anthem has been the exhilarating Hot Hot Hot, sung by Arrow, who has died of cancer aged 60.He was born Alphonsus Cassell in Montserrat, one of nine children in a musical family. His brothers Justin and Lorenzo both won the island's Calypso King contest, under the names Hero and Young C...

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