Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
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9065343 | Play | Aguiti | 00:00 Tools | |
9065346 | Play | Rum and Coca-Cola | 02:32 Tools | |
9065347 | Play | Me One Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
9065349 | Play | Pepsi-Cola | 00:00 Tools | |
9065352 | Play | New York Subway | 00:00 Tools | |
9065350 | Play | Yankee Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065370 | Play | Africa Here I Come | 00:00 Tools | |
9065351 | Play | Out the Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
9065359 | Play | You Don't Need Glasses To See | 00:00 Tools | |
9065377 | Play | Tie-Tongue Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
9065348 | Play | Barbados | 00:00 Tools | |
9065363 | Play | Brown skin girl | 00:00 Tools | |
9065356 | Play | Cousin Family | 00:00 Tools | |
9065360 | Play | Sly Mongoose | 00:00 Tools | |
9065358 | Play | Brooklyn, Brooklyn! | 00:00 Tools | |
9065354 | Play | Mary Ann | 00:00 Tools | |
9065357 | Play | Ten Thousand to Bar Me One | 00:00 Tools | |
9065355 | Play | My Experience On The Rieperbahn | 00:00 Tools | |
9065362 | Play | Labor Day | 00:00 Tools | |
9065374 | Play | My Intention is War | 00:00 Tools | |
9065364 | Play | When You Hear I Die | 00:00 Tools | |
9065361 | Play | I'm Going Back to Africa | 00:00 Tools | |
9065366 | Play | Brown Girl in the Ring | 00:00 Tools | |
9065378 | Play | Auf Wiedersehen | 00:00 Tools | |
9065372 | Play | No Place Like the West Indies | 00:00 Tools | |
9065345 | Play | Goodwood Park | 00:00 Tools | |
9065380 | Play | Mahalia, I Want Back My Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065353 | Play | Limbo Dance | 00:00 Tools | |
9065419 | Play | Cries of Arkansas | 00:00 Tools | |
9065373 | Play | Tied-Tongue Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
9065369 | Play | Fidel Castro | 00:00 Tools | |
9065365 | Play | Steel Band War | 00:00 Tools | |
9065386 | Play | God Made Us All | 00:00 Tools | |
9065371 | Play | Caro at Point Cumana | 00:00 Tools | |
9065379 | Play | Barrack-room Scandal | 00:00 Tools | |
9065368 | Play | Happy Land of Canaan | 00:00 Tools | |
9065382 | Play | Cat O'Nine Tails | 00:00 Tools | |
9065375 | Play | Reincarnation | 00:00 Tools | |
9065367 | Play | Saga Boy's in Town | 00:00 Tools | |
9065436 | Play | My Experience on the Reperbahn (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065424 | Play | Old Time Cat-O'-Nine | 00:00 Tools | |
9065425 | Play | You're Wasting Your Time (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065391 | Play | Prince Rainer | 00:00 Tools | |
9065383 | Play | Yankee Dollars | 00:00 Tools | |
9065384 | Play | Chicago, Chicago | 00:00 Tools | |
51492083 | Play | My Experience On The Rieperbah | 00:00 Tools | |
9065404 | Play | The Soldiers Came and Broke Up My Life (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065422 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso Bring Back The Old Cat O Nine | 00:00 Tools | |
9065376 | Play | There's a Brown Girl in the Ring | 00:00 Tools | |
9065401 | Play | Happy Land of Canaan (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065393 | Play | 29, Port of Spain | 00:00 Tools | |
9065387 | Play | Saga Boys In Town | 00:00 Tools | |
9065412 | Play | Merrily We Roll Along | 00:00 Tools | |
9065398 | Play | Chicago, Chicago (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492084 | Play | Paince Rainer | 00:00 Tools | |
51492085 | Play | Reincartatio | 00:00 Tools | |
51492086 | Play | Teddy Boty Calypso | 00:00 Tools | |
9065429 | Play | demasbar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065397 | Play | Reincarnation (The Bed Bug) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492087 | Play | New York Sub | 00:00 Tools | |
9065394 | Play | Mary Anne | 00:00 Tools | |
9065452 | Play | The Soldiers Came and Broke Up My Life | 00:00 Tools | |
9065388 | Play | Beautiful Belgic | 00:00 Tools | |
9065410 | Play | Father Christmas | 00:00 Tools | |
9065426 | Play | Where Jonah Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
9065399 | Play | Carnival | 00:00 Tools | |
9065396 | Play | As Long as it Born in my House (Lt. Joe) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065400 | Play | Teddy Boy (Bring Back The Old Cat O-Nine) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065423 | Play | Women Trying to Rule | 00:00 Tools | |
9065405 | Play | Romancing With The Lord Invader | 00:00 Tools | |
9065457 | Play | Introduction To Rum And Coca-Cola | 00:00 Tools | |
9065434 | Play | Mahalia I Want Back Ma Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065411 | Play | Te We | 00:00 Tools | |
9065421 | Play | Beway | 00:00 Tools | |
9065395 | Play | My Experience on the Rapper Band | 00:00 Tools | |
9065408 | Play | Mahalia, I Want Back Ma Doolar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065414 | Play | Mother Love | 00:00 Tools | |
87187721 | Play | Mahalia, I Want Back Ma Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
9065453 | Play | Lord Invader's Tune | 00:00 Tools | |
9065427 | Play | Prince Rainier | 00:00 Tools | |
9065428 | Play | Early in the Morning | 00:00 Tools | |
9065413 | Play | Brown Skin Gal | 00:00 Tools | |
9065417 | Play | Hello Joe | 00:00 Tools | |
9065446 | Play | Ring a Rosy | 00:00 Tools | |
9065433 | Play | Bassa Down | 00:00 Tools | |
9065409 | Play | Barrack Room Scandal | 00:00 Tools | |
9065431 | Play | Cat-O-Nine tails | 00:00 Tools | |
9065420 | Play | 29 Port Of Spain | 00:00 Tools | |
9065440 | Play | Annie Rooney | 00:00 Tools | |
9065496 | Play | Introduction To Tie-Tongue Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
9065438 | Play | Labor Day Carnival | 00:00 Tools | |
9065437 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso (Bring Back the Cat-o-Nine) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065435 | Play | See See Oh! | 00:00 Tools | |
9065441 | Play | Call Him for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
9065477 | Play | My Intention Is War (feat. Mighty Dictator) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065454 | Play | That Game Named Poker | 00:00 Tools | |
9065430 | Play | Hurricane Connie | 00:00 Tools | |
9065455 | Play | Brooklyn,Brooklyn | 00:00 Tools | |
9065444 | Play | Jackie Robinson | 00:00 Tools | |
9065451 | Play | Cat O'Nine Tails (feat. Calypso Group) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065402 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso | 00:00 Tools | |
51492088 | Play | Romancing With Lord Invader | 00:00 Tools | |
51492092 | Play | Social Party | 00:00 Tools | |
9065416 | Play | Reincarnation [the Bed Bug] | 00:00 Tools | |
9065418 | Play | The Sport Pool | 00:00 Tools | |
51492089 | Play | My Experiencee On The Reperbahn (#2) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065471 | Play | Chicago,Chicago | 00:00 Tools | |
9065415 | Play | Rum and coca cola (audio) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492090 | Play | Barbados,Barbados | 00:00 Tools | |
51492091 | Play | Tee Way,Tee Way | 00:00 Tools | |
9065488 | Play | Cousin Family (feat. Felix & His Internationals) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065491 | Play | Reincarnation the Bed Bug | 00:00 Tools | |
89222268 | Play | Rum & Coca Cola (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065448 | Play | Crisis In Arkansas (feat. Calypso Group) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065445 | Play | My Experience On The Reperbahn (feat. Calypso Group) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065486 | Play | Rate Rate Ray | 00:00 Tools | |
9065442 | Play | Pepsi-Cola (feat. Felix & His Internationals) | 00:00 Tools | |
89222269 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso Bring Back the Old Cat O' Nine | 00:00 Tools | |
9065487 | Play | Rum Coca Cola | 00:00 Tools | |
9065450 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso (Bring Back the Old Cat-O-Nine) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065473 | Play | Jonah | 00:00 Tools | |
9065432 | Play | Brooklyn, Brooklyn | 00:00 Tools | |
51492093 | Play | Fan Me Saga Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
9065460 | Play | Out The Fire (feat. Felix & His Internationals) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492095 | Play | McGee | 00:00 Tools | |
51492094 | Play | Some Girl Something | 00:00 Tools | |
87187723 | Play | Old Time Cat-O´-Nine | 00:00 Tools | |
51492115 | Play | Down At Rockaway | 00:00 Tools | |
9065447 | Play | Enraptured Soulz | 00:00 Tools | |
9065459 | Play | Mary Ann (feat. Felix & His Internationals) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492099 | Play | The Soldiers Came And Broke My Life | 00:00 Tools | |
51492096 | Play | Cat O' Nine Tails | 00:00 Tools | |
51492098 | Play | Cat O-Nine Tails | 00:00 Tools | |
51492097 | Play | Fidel Castro [edit] | 00:00 Tools | |
51492106 | Play | Pepsi Cola | 00:00 Tools | |
51492107 | Play | Trinidad: Old Time Cat-O'-Nine | 00:00 Tools | |
9065475 | Play | 08-lord invader-aguiti | 00:00 Tools | |
51492101 | Play | SOFFIE BELLAH | 00:00 Tools | |
9065492 | Play | Reincarnation - The Bed Bug | 00:00 Tools | |
9065443 | Play | Barbados, Barbados | 00:00 Tools | |
9065439 | Play | Tee Way, Tee Way | 00:00 Tools | |
51492100 | Play | Auf Wiederseh'n | 00:00 Tools | |
9065490 | Play | Té Way | 00:00 Tools | |
51492102 | Play | Reincartation (The Bed Bug) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065485 | Play | Lord Invader / My Experience On The Rieperbahn | 00:00 Tools | |
89222270 | Play | Britannia Rules | 00:00 Tools | |
9065503 | Play | Don't Stop The Carnaval | 00:00 Tools | |
51492105 | Play | Romance In The Moonlight | 00:00 Tools | |
9065495 | Play | My Intention Is To Join The Volunteers | 00:00 Tools | |
9065472 | Play | Ochro And Rice | 00:00 Tools | |
51492103 | Play | Chicago, Chicago [#2] | 00:00 Tools | |
9065482 | Play | Lord Invader / Me One Alone | 00:00 Tools | |
87187722 | Play | You Don't Need Glasses to See (feat. Gerald Clark & the Calypso Orchestra) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065468 | Play | Hitler Demanded Trinidad | 00:00 Tools | |
51492104 | Play | Lord Invader / You Don't Need Glasses To See | 00:00 Tools | |
51492112 | Play | as long as it born in my hous | 00:00 Tools | |
51492111 | Play | brittania rules | 00:00 Tools | |
51492108 | Play | Rum And Cola-Cola | 00:00 Tools | |
51492110 | Play | Happy Land of Canaan [#2] | 00:00 Tools | |
89222271 | Play | Dock Site Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
51492109 | Play | Mary Anne - Lord Invader | 00:00 Tools | |
9065481 | Play | Steel Band War (feat. Calypso Group) | 00:00 Tools | |
51492113 | Play | You're Wasting Your Time [#2] | 00:00 Tools | |
9065484 | Play | rum and coco cola | 00:00 Tools | |
51492114 | Play | Little Jeannie | 00:00 Tools | |
9065499 | Play | Aguiti - Original Mix | 00:00 Tools | |
89222272 | Play | Pound Your Plaintain in the Mortar | 00:00 Tools | |
51492116 | Play | Lord Invader / Paince Rainer | 00:00 Tools | |
51492117 | Play | Lord Invader / New York Subway | 00:00 Tools | |
51492118 | Play | Lord Invader / Reincartation (The Bed Bug) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065500 | Play | Beautiful Belgique | 00:00 Tools | |
51492119 | Play | Teddy Boy Calypso (Bring Back The Old Cat-O Nine) | 00:00 Tools | |
9065449 | Play | Zombie Jamboree | 00:00 Tools | |
51492120 | Play | The Soldiers Came and Broke up My Life [#2] | 00:00 Tools | |
51492121 | Play | Lord Invader / Mahalia, I Want Back My Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
51492122 | Play | Lord Invader / Africa Here I Come | 00:00 Tools |
Lord Invader (Rupert Westmore Grant; 13 December 1914 – 15 October 1961) was a prominent calypsonian with a very distinctive, gravelly voice. He was born in San Fernando, Trinidad. He became active in calypso in the mid-1930s, and was considered a country bumpkin by his contemporaries, because of his humble beginning. It was Grant's tailor who gave him his moniker by commenting, "I tell you, Rupert, you should call yourself Lord Invader so when you go up to the city you be invadin' the capital." With a new name, in 1937 he went to the capital city of Port of Spain and began his career in earnest. He competed in many calypso competitions (including the very first Calypso King competition) and recorded for RCA Bluebird. Lured by Decca Records, he travelled to New York City in 1941 with other calypsonians such as Roaring Lion and Atilla the Hun to make records and promote calypso music. He wrote many calypsos; his most famous lyrics, "Rum and Coca-Cola", were plagiarised by Morey Amsterdam and became a hit for the Andrews Sisters. Invader travelled to New York and sued, eventually winning compensation, although the final settlement allowed Amsterdam to retain his copyright. Ironically, In the early 1940s, radio stations in the USA would not play his own version on the grounds of its using the copyrighted name, Coca-Cola, and its references to prostitution and alcohol. He stayed in New York for a few years because of the lengthy court case. During his tenure in New York City, he became a fixture in the local calypso scene and recorded many tracks for Moses Asch. Eventually, he won his court case, but would not see his settlement check for seven years, so he returned to Trinidad in the meantime. He opened a calypso club there and penned and recorded many original songs. He is often credited with writing "Zombie Jamboree", although the song was actually written by Lord Intruder (Winston O'Conner), who released it on the B-side of his 1953 single "Disaster with Police". It was covered by Conrad Eugene Mauge Jr, who recorded it in 1959 and was also often credited for writing it. The confusion probably stems from the introduction of the version by the Kingston Trio, which mentions "Lord Invader and his Twelve Penetrators". At long last, Invader collected his money from his court case, and began to tour the U.S., later expanding to Britain and Europe. In the last half of 1958, he returned to New York City and continued recording for Moses Asch. He would continue to return to his homeland for business and pleasure, although by now he had, with Wilmoth Houdini, made himself one of America's most successful calypsonians. On 15 October 1961, Lord Invader died at a Brooklyn, New York hospital. The following discs give a good idea of his work: Calypso in New York (Smithsonian Folkways 40454), released in 2000, is a collection of Invader's recordings across his whole career. Calypso at Midnight and Calypso After Midnight come from a live recording organized by Alan Lomax in New York in 1946. Calypso War, Kings of Calypso, and Trojan Calypso boxed set all feature the same set of songs recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Folkways Records also have a number of CDs that Invader recorded in the late 1950s in New York, including, Calypso (1955), Calypso Travels, and There's a Brown Boy in the Ring and Other Children's Calypso Songs (1959). In 1961, Invader released an atypical LP, West Indian Folk Songs for Children (Caedmon Records). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.