Mighty Bomber

Clifton Ryan (30 January 1928 – 1 January 2022), better known as the Mighty Bomber, was a Grenadian-born calypsonian from Trinidad and Tobago.

The name "The Mighty Bomber" was also used in the 1940s by Trinidadian Calypsonian Kenny Cooper.

Early life Clifton Ryan was born on 30 January 1928 in St. George's, Grenada, son of Fitzroy Ryan, an Anglican sexton originally from Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago, and Agatha Joseph, who was Grenadian. He migrated to Trinidad and Tobago in 1956. His brother, Samuel, also sang calypso, under the sobriquet King Solomon.

Career Bomber began singing calypso in Grenada, and won a national competition there in 1940 according to the National Action Cultural Committee. After migrating to Trinidad and Tobago in 1956, he began performing and had his first hit, "Gloria", in 1958.

In 1964 Bomber won the Calypso Monarch competition, defeating Sparrow.

He was ranked among the top 50 calypsonians of the twentieth century by TUCO. In 1976 he was granted a plot of land in Picton Hill, Laventille, by the government of Prime Minister Eric Williams in recognition of his contribution to calypso.

Selected discography Calypso Jamboree (1966). Is one of his album title.