{"product_id":"jamaica-johnny-his-milagro-boys-trinidad-the-land-of-calypso-cd","title":"Jamaica Johnny \u0026 His Milagro Boys - Trinidad The Land Of Calypso (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamaica Johnny was Cornelis Lionel Liefeld's nickname.Liefeld was born in 1919 in Paramaribo, the capital of Surinam, a small state on the northeast coast of South America - a Dutch colony until 1954, then a member of the Dutch Kingdom until final independence in 1975.  During the Second World War he joined the Dutch Navy and was stationed in the Netherlands after the end of the war. Attracted by Amsterdam's lively music and cultural scene, he left the army and became a singer in the band of his compatriot Max Woiski. In the mid-50s he went into business for himself as Jamaica Johnny and formed his own band, the Milagro Boys.  Now he sang Calypso in English at the height of the Calypso craze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his band he mostly performed in the Netherlands, but he also toured other European countries, especially in Scandinavia, where he was able to recruit a large fan base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides his own versions of popular Calypso numbers, Jamaica Johnny wrote new songs himself and regularly recorded for Phillips - and he even recorded Calypsos for commercials of the Amstel Brewery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 6o's Cornelis L. Liefeld founded a family in the Netherlands and left show business. From then on he worked in the automobile industry, among others. He died in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProducer Nico Feuerbach, with the great support of our Dutch trainee Akout Valentino, located Cornelis Liefeld's son, who was able to close many information gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dutch records of Jamaica Johnny apparently sold well back then and are another example of the range of international calypso madness in the late fifties, which was by no means limited to the USA, and show Jamaica Johnny as the leading representative of the genre in the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrinidad The Land Of Calypso  -  Jamaica Johnny \u0026amp; His Milagro Boys\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrinidad Land Of Calypso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Donkey City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Man Smart - Woman Smarter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e No Glamour Girl For Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Madeleine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Food From The West Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mother And Wife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Love Love Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Parbo Calypso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tina And Bambula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pineapple Princess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Take Me To Locero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Calypso Cha Cha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pretty Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wai Wai Sofaya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Raspeballer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Most Rightiest Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Beautiful Para Kitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Divorce By Television\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fifty Woman To One Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let Me Call You Mathilda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Johnny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Last Train To San Fernando\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Amstel Beer Calypso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Op Een Klein Stationnetje\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Amsterdam Calypso\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Beeer Amstel Beer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553907249426,"sku":"5397102175237","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jamaica-johnny-his-milagro-boys-trinidad-the-land-of-calypso-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}