Not much point in further comment until unless his birth certificate is found. One problem would be in tying any birth certificate to a person unless there are relatives who have the family history recorded. His U.S. passport (which would require birth information for the application) is the best information that we have- details would require inquiries to the government agency with the records, and that is a time-consuming job in itself.

Morwen, a graduate dissertation study of the roots and early performers of Caribbean folk-calypso would be an admirable study; I hope your interest continues.

Mudcat is a good place to post lyrics and basic information, but I doubt that you will be able to elicit any detailed background from members here.

Remember that even in the case of old performers who recorded, people who knew them are mostly "stone cold dead" by now- Executor's Decca recording of 1938-39 was some 70 years ago.
The information that members here possess come from sources that you can find easily yourself on the net; much else would be hearsay.

Finally, please use 'refresh' only after the thread disappears from the list- more frequent use serves no purpose. I usually wait a week before I try again.