Born in
Loubiere in 1934, Tokyo worked as a taxi driver before finding success as a calypsonian. He married Clemencia Desabaye on 26 May 1962. In 1969 he won the Calypso King of Dominica title, and the following year his composition "Tennis Shoe Scandal" won the Road March. Tokyo spent much of his career in the US (where he also worked as a security guard), Canada, and the UK, recording his debut album in the latter in 1978. He became good friends with
Mighty Sparrow and went on to work with Sparrow's band in the 1997, recording a new version of his Road March winner "Tennis Shoe Scandal", following it with the album
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All in 1998.
De Pumping Man followed in 2000, featuring a guest appearance from Sparrow on the title track. He died in New York on 12 April 2015, aged 80, after suffering a
heart attack. He was survived by 11 children, 28 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. ==Discography==