The Wizzard (born Merlin St. Hilaire) is a popular calypso musician from Dominica. He began performed in church as a young man, then competed in the carnival calypso tent in 1988, placing second. In 1989, he won the competition with "Feed My Brother" and "Young an' Restless"; that year, he also placed second at the Independence Calypso competition. He retained his Calypso King title in 1990, as well as placing second representing Dominica at the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Song Festival. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in the British and French colonial islands of the Caribbean at about the start of the 20th century. ...
By this time Wizzard had split, in the autumn of 1975, leaving a third album "Main Street" which their record company did not release as they deemed it too uncommercial.
The band produced two albums before Roy Wood dissolved it, scoring their biggest hit with the 1973 single "See My Baby Jive", Wood's faithful and affectionate tribute to the Phil Spector "Wall of Sound".
Wizzard however returned with a third album in 2000.
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