"Kitch" "The Grandmaster"

LORD  KITCHENER REAL NAME: Aldwyn Roberts DATE OF BIRTH: April 18, 1922 PLACE OF BIRTH: Arima, Trinidad EDUCATION: Arima Boys' Government School CAREER:                               Kitchener began singing professionally in 1938 and won the Arima Calypso King contest from 1938 to 1941. He left for Port-of-Spain in 1942 and joined the Roving Brigade which operated from the various cinemas in Trinidad. He moved over to the Victory Tent in 1944. He joined the House of Lords Tent in 1945 but returned to the Victory Tent in 1946. By 1947, he had achieved enough success to open his own calypso tent, The Young Brigade. He left Trinidad in 1947 and, after short stays in Aruba and Jamaica, moved to England in June 1948. He continued his success as a calypsonian for almost 15 years before he returned to Trinidad for Carnival 1963. After a brief return to England in 1965, he remained in Trinidad for the rest of his years. He won one Calypso Crown in 1975 with "Tribute to Spree Simon" and "Fever."                                                   Kitchener also won ten Road March titles: 1963, "The Road"; 1964, "Mama Dis Is Mas"; 1965, "My Pussin"; 1967, "Sixty-Seven"; 1968, "Miss Tourist"; 1970, "Margie"; 1971, "Mas In Madison Square Garden"; 1973, "Rain-O-Rama"; 1975, "Tribute to Spree Simon"; 1976, "Flag Woman." His calypsoes were played by 18 steelband Panorama winners: 1964, "Mama Dis Is Mas" (PanAm North Stars); 1967, "Sixty-Seven" (Guinness Cavaliers); 1968, "The Wrecker" (Solo Harmonites); 1969, "The Bull" (CIBC Starlift); 1970, "Margie" (Deperadoes); 1971, "Play Mas" (Solo Harmonites); 1972, "St. Thomas Girl" (Solo Harmonites); 1973, "Rain-O-Rama" (Trinidad All Stars); 1974, "Jericho" (Solo Harmonites); 1975, "Tribute to Spree Simon" (Maritime Life Hatters); 1976, "Pan In Harmony" (Desperadoes); 1977, "Hasely Crawford" (Desperadoes); 1982, "Pan Explosion" (Renegades); 1984, "Sweet Pan" (Renegades); 1985, "Pan Night and Day" (Renegades and Desperadoes - Tie); 1990, "Iron Man" (Renegades); 1993, "Mystery Band" (Renegades); 1997, "Guitar Pan (Renegades)." His other calypsoes include: 1939 - Shops Close Too Early 1942 - Green Fig 1945 - I Am A Worrier; Yankee Sufferers 1946 - Tie Tongue Mopsy; Beware Tokyo; Chinese Never Had A VJ Day; Jump in the Line; The Beat of The Steelband 1947 - Scandal in St. Ann's; Mount Olga 1950 - London Is the Place for Me; Nora 1951 - Ramadhin and Valentine 1952 - Mama Look Ah Band Passing 1953 - Africa My Home; Beware Tokyo; If You're Not White You're Black 1954 - Trouble in Arima 1957 - Little Rock 1963 - Love in The Cemetery 1965 - Hold on to Your Man 1966 - Ting Tang; My Brother, Your Sister 1967 - Panorama Night; Grenadian May; Take You Meat Out Me Rice; Get Up and Get; Tobago Lollipop; Yankee Gone; No More Calypsong; Cricket Champions; Don't Come Back Again 1970 - Sock It To Me; Trinidad Time 1971 - Curfew Time; Wait Teacher; Let Them Crow; P.P. 99; True Confession; Ah Go Tell Granny; Jealous Cathy; Black Power 1972 - Mrs. Harriman 1973 - Pamesar; 100 Miles 1974 - 20 to 1 1975 - Soul Train; Alma; Tell Dem Judges; The Streakers 1976 - Weekes The Road March Champ; Home for Carnival 1977 - Junior Carnival Queen 1978 - Pan In The 21st Century 1980 - No Pan; Jean, The Netball Queen 1981 - More Pan 1982 - Heat 1984 - Tourist Elsie 1986 - Pan Here to Stay 1987 - Pan in A Minor 1992 - Bee's Melody 1994 - Earthquake 1996 - The Power of Music 1997 - Ash Wednesday Mas; They Turn Back The Clock 1999 - Toco Band 2000 - Kuei Tung Wey de Money Gone; Pan Birthday; Election Time; Moko Jumbie; Kitchy Wey Yuh Doing; Back Yard Party; Gimme de Ting Also - Dr. Kitch; Yes Teacher; Symphony in G; Your Wife Is Your Wife; The Carnival Is Over; Elsie River; Soldier Boy; Jaws; Sugar Bum Bum; Pan In A Rage; 12 Bar Joan; Happy Birthday; My Landlady; Birth of Ghana; Kitch in the Jungle; The Underground Train; Saxaphone No. 2; Sweet Jamaica; Come Back Home Meh Boy; My Saxophone AWARD: 1969 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Silver for Calypso DIED: February 11, 2000, in Trinidad Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit