Arrow (musician)

Arrow
Birth nameAlphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell
Born(1949-11-16)16 November 1949
Plymouth, Montserrat
Died15 September 2010(2010-09-15) (aged 60)
Lime Kiln Bay, Montserrat
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active1959–2010
Labels
WebsiteOfficial website

Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell MBE (16 November 1949[1] – 15 September 2010), known mononymously as Arrow, was a Montserratian calypso and soca musician, regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat.[2] Internationally, his biggest hit song was "Hot Hot Hot" (1982), known from the original by Arrow and numerous later versions by other musicians.

  1. ^ Associated Press, "Soca singer Alphonsus 'Arrow' Cassell dies at 60", Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2010.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, pp. 26–28.