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Parang soca or soca parang is a fusion of calypso, soca, parang and Latin music. It originated in Trinidad & Tobago and is often sung in a mixture of English and Spanish. The first major parang soca hit was a track called "Parang Soca" [30] by the Calypsonian called Crazy for the 1978 Christmas season that also gave this soca sub-genre its name ...
Parang is about general merrymaking and festivities around Christmas time and the food, dancing and music is all a part of the parang. The singers of parang visit the homes of family and friends and sing Christmas-themed songs in Spanish accompanied by instruments, usually the guitar , Venezuelan cuatro , maracas (known as chac-chacs on the ...
Parang is a popular folk music originating from Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago that was brought to Trinidad and Tobago by Venezuelan migrants who were primarily of Amerindian, Spanish, Mestizo, Pardo, and African heritage, something which is strongly reflected in the music itself.
The two songs from the single gained him second place at the National Calypso Monarch finals in 1978. [2] Crazy was the first artist to sing a "Parang Soca" song (mixing soca and hymnal Latin music) in 1978. [2] [4] His debut album, Crazy's Super Album, was released in 1979 and sold over 35,000 copies in his home country. [2]
Chutney parang or parang chutney is a style of music that is a cross between Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago's traditional Christmas music, parang and Indo-Trinidadian chutney music. It is sung in English , Hindustani , and Spanish .
Voisin and her group became cultural ambassadors for Trinidad and Tobago, taking the music to places in the Caribbean, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, and North America. In the latter days of her life, Voisin's performances were few, hampered by ill-health, but the quality of her voice was still evident.
The song's music video broke the records for the biggest music video premiere on YouTube, with 979,000 million concurrent viewers, [54] and the most-watched music video within 24 hours, with 56.7 million views in its first day. [55] It became the fastest video to reach 100 million views, in two days and 14 hours. [56]
Despite being known for his Christmas music, he found Christmas a "bittersweet experience" after the death of his wife on 26 December 2010. [9] [3] Kenny J died from COVID-19 on 2 January 2022, at the age of 69. His daughter reported that he was fully vaccinated, and had participated in a series of public service announcements encouraging ...