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Lord Kitchener (calypsonian) (Aldwyn Roberts) was born on 18 April, 1922 in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, is a Trinbagonian calypsonian (1922–2000). Discover Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Aldwyn Roberts
Occupation Calypsonian
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 18 April, 1922
Birthday 18 April
Birthplace Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of death February 11, 2000
Died Place Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago

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1922

Aldwyn Roberts HBM DA (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was a Trinidadian calypsonian.

He has been described as "the grand master of calypso" and "the greatest calypsonian of the post-war age".

Roberts was born in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, the son of a blacksmith, Stephen, and housewife, Albertha.

He was educated at the Arima Boys Government School until he was 14, when his father died, leaving him orphaned.

His father had encouraged him to sing and taught him to play the guitar, and he became a full-time musician,.

1943

He moved to Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad in 1943 where he joined the Roving Brigade.

He was spotted singing "Mary I am Tired and Disgusted" (aka "Green Fig") with the group by Johnny Khan, who invited him to perform in his Victory Tent, where he met fellow calypsonian Growling Tiger, who decided Roberts should from that point be known as Lord Kitchener.

He became known as an innovator, introducing musical and lyrical changes, including frequent criticism of the British government's control of the island.

During World War II Kitchener became popular with US troops based on the island, leading to performances in New York.

1946

After the end of World War II, the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival took place in early March 1946, during which Kitchener won his very first official Road March title with a catchy calypso leggo called "Jump In The Line".

1947

He toured Jamaica for six months in 1947–48 with Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) and Lord Woodbine (Harold Phillips) before they took passage on the Empire Windrush to England in 1948.

Upon his arrival at Tilbury Docks, Kitchener performed the specially-written song "London Is the Place for Me", which he sang live on a report for Pathé News.

Within two years he was a regular performer on BBC radio, and was much in demand for live performances.

1950

He found further success in the UK in the 1950s, building a large following in the expatriate communities of the West Indian islands, and having hits with "Kitch", "Food from the West Indies", "Tie Tongue Mopsy", and "Alec Bedser Calypso", while remaining popular in Trinidad and Tobago.

His prominence continued throughout the 1950s, when calypso achieved international success.

Kitchener became a very important figure to those first 5,000 West Indian migrants to the UK.

His music spoke of home and a life that they all longed for but in many cases could not or would not return to.

He immortalised the defining moment for many of the migrants in writing the "Victory Calypso" with its lyrics "Cricket, Lovely Cricket" to celebrate West Indies cricket team's first victory over England in England, in the Second Test at Lord's in June 1950.

This was one of the first widely known West Indian songs, and epitomised an event that historian and cricket enthusiast C. L. R. James defined as crucial to West Indian post-colonial societies.

Kitchener opened a nightclub in Manchester and also had a successful residency at The Sunset in London.

Further US performances followed in the mid-1950s.

In the 1950s, he also composed "Bebop Calypso".

1962

In 1962, he returned to Trinidad, where he and the Mighty Sparrow proceeded to dominate the calypso competitions of the 1960s and 1970s.

1963

Lord Kitchener won the road march competition 10 times between 1963 and 1976, more often than any other calypsonian.

For 30 years, he ran his own calypso tent, Calypso Revue, within which he nurtured the talent of many calypsonians.

Calypso Rose, David Rudder, Black Stalin and Denyse Plummer are among the many artists who got their start under Kitchener's tutelage.

Later he moved towards soca, a related style, and continued recording until his death.

Kitchener's compositions were enormously popular as the chosen selections for steel bands to perform at the annual National Panorama competition during Trinidad Carnival.

1970

Kitchener saw the potential of the new soca phenomenon of the late 1970s and adopted the genre on a string of albums over the years that followed.

1975

He won his only Calypso King title in 1975 with "Tribute to Spree Simon".

1976

He stopped competing in 1976.

1977

In 1977 he recorded his most commercially successful song, and one of the earliest major soca hits, "Sugar Bum Bum", which became a big hit for the 1978 Trinidad Carnival season.

1993

In 1993 a campaign was launched for Kitchener to receive the island's highest civilian honour, the Trinity Cross.

The government declined but offered him a lesser honour, which he turned down.

1999

Having been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, Kitchener retired in 1999 after delivering a final album, Vintage Kitch.

2000

He died on 11 February 2000 of a blood infection and kidney failure at the Mount Hope Hospital in Port of Spain.

He is buried in the Santa Rosa Cemetery in Arima.

It was always important to Kitchener throughout his career to gain new experiences that could be woven into his material.

This led him to performances in Curaçao, Aruba and Jamaica in the early days, and finally to London, when he was already flying high in Trinidad.

Kitchener once said: "I have reached the height of my popularity in Trinidad. What am I doing here? I should make a move."