Lord Kitchener was a Trinidadian calypsonian born Aldwyn Roberts on April 18, 1922, in Arima. He began his career in the 1940s and won his first Road March title in 1946 with the song “Jump in the Line”. In 1948, Roberts traveled to England on the Empire Windrush, famously performing “London Is the Place for Me” upon his arrival at Tilbury Docks. He became a cultural icon for the West Indian diaspora, immortalizing the 1950 cricket victory over England in the “Victory Calypso”. After returning to Trinidad in 1962, he dominated the calypso scene, winning ten Road March titles between 1963 and 1976. Lord Kitchener also won the Calypso Monarch title in 1975 with “Tribute to Spree Simon”. In the late 1970s, he successfully transitioned to soca with the hit “Sugar Bum Bum”. He ran his own calypso tent, Calypso Revue, for thirty years, nurturing artists such as Calypso Rose. Following the release of his final album, Vintage Kitch, Roberts died on February 11, 2000, in Port of Spain.
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