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For the next month, passengers can enjoy live music playing in SFO's terminals as part of the Sounds of the Season program. In the 1940s, Pan American hired Lord Caresser, a Trinidadian Calypso singer, to greet passengers at Picaro Airport near Port of Spain, Trinidad, with songs about travelers or current news. The group adopted the name Pan-ypsoes for the gig. Lord Caresser and his calypso group performing at Picaro Airport, Trinidad, for Pan American Airways early 1940s SFO Museum Collection 2014.061.005
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