According to the Roaring Lion, Executor "helped raise the general standard of the Calypso genre, gaining it more respect and acceptability in the public eye".
[6] In 1929, Executor joined a group of calypsonians, including Atilla, to establish a carnival tent called the Toddy Syndicate (after their sponsors, producers of a popular chocolate drink).
He recorded 15 sides (78-rpm) including his classic duet with Caresser, "Old Ginger", and also "War", in which the four visitors from Trinidad issue challenges to New York resident Wilmoth Houdini.
In 1947, he became involved in a lawsuit over the authorship of "Rum and Coca-Cola", a calypso which provided a big hit for the Andrews Sisters and a major financial boost to Decca Records in 1945.
Lionel Belasco sued on the grounds that he had written the song in 1906, and in order to rebut this claim, a statement from Executor was produced to the effect that he had already known the melody back in 1893.
Gerald Clark, a New York-based Trinidadian bandleader whose "Caribbean Serenaders" accompanied many great calypso recordings, was called by Belasco's lawyers to attest to the unreliability of Executor’s testimony.
[11] Although this suited Belasco's case, Executor was indeed in serious decline by this time, but did still manage to sing in calypso tents in both 1948 and 1949, on the latter occasion to celebrate his 50th year as a calypsonian.