Browse by Artist: LORD INVADER

Artist:	LORD INVADER
Title:	Calypso
Label:	DAGORED (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	RED 154LP

"Musically active since 1937, Trinidadian Rupert Grant aka Lord Invader obtained his nom-de-calypso from his tailor who had predicted his success saying 'when you go up to the city you be invading the capital'. Sent to New York in 1941 by his label to promote Calypso, his main song 'Rum and Coca-Cola', featured here, was stolen from him and soon became a huge hit for the Andrews Sisters. He eventually won a lawsuit against producer Morey Amsterdam but by the time he saw the money he already had flown to Great Britain (1945) where other calypsonians like Lord Kitchener had found success. This record, originally issued in 1956 on Audio Fidelity, witnesses the importance of the calypso tradition not only as a form of entertainment but also -- and often mainly -- as a form of political criticism towards the wartime presence of US soldiers ('Yankees') in Trinidad."

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