Lord Beginner
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Lord Beginner
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Lord Beginner (born Egbert Moore) helped to spark a renaissance for calypso music in the 1940s and '50s. After attracting attention with his soulful singing in Trinidad and Tobago, Lord Beginner was sent by expatriate Portuguese businessman Edward Sa Gomes to New York, along with Attila The Hun and Growling Tiger, to record for the Port-Of-Spain label in May 1934. These recordings helped to introduce calypso to much of the world. Emigrating to England with Lord Kitchener in July 1948, Lord Beginner recorded for the Parlophone label two years later. ~ Craig Harris, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Lord Beginner
Lord Beginner (real name: Egbert Moore) from Port-of-Spain in Trinidad was a popular exponent of the Caribbean musical form Calypso.
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Helping to spark a renaissance of the genre in the 1940s and '50s, Lord Beginner recorded and toured in New York with other leading members of Trinidad's "Old Brigade" of calypsonians, before emigrating to England with fellow calypsonian Lord Kitchener in 1948. The pair arrived near London on the Empire Windrush, the first of many voyages conveying West Indians wishing to start a new life in Britain. Beginner began playing clubs throughout London and was a success, recording for the Parlophone label in 1950.
Two of Lord Beginner's more well known calypsos were "Victory Test Match" including the lyrics "Cricket, lovely cricket, at Lord's where I saw it" and "General Election". The first song was reputedly devised on the spot following the West Indies cricket team's victory against England at Lord's in 1950, inspiring Beginner and Lord Kitchener to begin a musical march from the ground to Piccadilly followed by dancing spectators. "General Election" was inspired by Clement Attlee's victory in the 1950 British general election.
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Mentioned in
Don't Stop the Carnival
(1999 Album by Various Artists)
Musica Tradicional Cubana, Vol. 3
(Album by Trio Matamoros)
Lord Kitchener
(World Artist, '40s-'90s)
Sing De Chorus: Calypso from Trinidad and Tobago
(1992 Album by Various Artists)
Black Music Britain, Early Fifties, Vol. 1 Port of Spain Shuffle
(Album by Various Artists)
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