| Variations of Name | Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell |
| Biography | Alphonsus Cassell MBE as a Montserratian calypso and soca musician, regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat. He performed under the stage name Arrow.
Cassell took up singing professionally in 1969. That year he was runner up in the Montserrat Calypso King competition. He won the title the following year. In 1982, Cassell began working with arranger Leston Paul and recorded Hot Hot Hot. This became his biggest hit, It was the biggest selling soca hit of all time. Hot Hot Hot was Composed by Arrow's brother, Justin 'Hero' Cassell. The song was adopted as the theme song of the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and was later covered by Buster Poindexter, Menudo, and Babla & Kanchan. |