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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Lord Kitchener Memorial Book [microform]
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Active from
- 1922
- Active to
- 2000
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61,891
- Total plays
- 436,062
Tags
calypsoAlltrinidadsocacaribbean
Aldwyn Roberts (18 April 1922 – 11 February 2000), better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener (or "Kitch"), was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. Roberts was born in Arima, Trinidad, the son of a blacksmith, Stephen, and housewife, Albertha. He was educated at Arima boys' government school until he was 14, when his father died. His father had encouraged him to sing and learn to play the guitar, and he became a full-time musician. He won the Arima borough council's calypso
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Roberts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- Arima
- Place of death
- Port of Spain
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- calypso
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- 1945 - Lord Kitchener.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1922-04-18
- date of death
- 2000-02-11
- cause of death
- multiple myeloma
- Commons category
- Lord Kitchener
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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