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Died On This Date (September 15, 2010) Alphonsus Cassell aka Arrow / Popular Soca Performer

Posted by themusicsover on September 15, 2010

Alphonse “Arrow” Cassell
November 16, 1954 – September 15, 2010

Known professionally as Arrow, Alphonsus Cassell was a highly resected West Indies Soca and Calypso singer-songwriter.  Cassell was still a child when he began singing back in the mid-60s and by the time he was 18, he recorded his first record.  In 1982, he released a song entitled “Hot Hot Hot,” which became the biggest selling Soca song in history.  Five years later, the New York Doll’s David Johansen had a pop hit with it under his alterego of Buster Poindexter.  Cassell continued to release hits through the ’80s and ’90s.  He continued to perform through the later years of his life.  On September 15, 2010, Alphonsus Cassell died of cancer at the age of 60.

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