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Lord Melody (1926 – 26 September 1988) was a popular calypsonian, best known for singles such as the self-deprecating “Boo Boo Man”, “Shame & Scandal”, “Jonah and the Bake”, “Juanita” and “Rastaman Be Careful”. Melody’s career spanned some forty years, from the early development of popular calypso to his embrace of a reggae influenced sound in the late 1970s.
Melody was born Fitzroy Alexander at San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, raised at an orphanage in Port of Spain, and met Alwyn Roberts (soon to become better known as Lord Kitchener) after moving to Arima while still in his teens. Roberts took him under his wing and they returned to Port of Spain, where Lord Kitchener became the leading calypso star, with Melody one of his main challengers. His popularity increased locally when Lord Kitchener emigrated to England in 1947. Melody began singing in the calypso tents in the mid 1940s and was one of the leaders of the Young Brigade tent during the 1950s and early 1960s. He also regularly toured the Caribbean. His early successes included “Berlin on a Donkey”, mocking Adolf Hitler, and “Boo Boo Man”. In 1954 he won Trinidad’s Calypso King title with “Second Spring”, and he was signed to the American Emory Cook’s record label, Cook Records, in 1956.
He was one of six calypsonians who were chosen to sing for Princess Margaret at the Governor’s House during her visit to Trinidad in 1956; the others were Sir Galba, Mighty Dictator, Mighty Spitfire, Mighty Panther, and Lord Viper.
Melody was born Fitzroy Alexander at San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, raised at an orphanage in Port of Spain, and met Alwyn Roberts (soon to become better known as Lord Kitchener) after moving to Arima while still in his teens. Roberts took him under his wing and they returned to Port of Spain, where Lord Kitchener became the leading calypso star, with Melody one of his main challengers. His popularity increased locally when Lord Kitchener emigrated to England in 1947. Melody began singing in the calypso tents in the mid 1940s and was one of the leaders of the Young Brigade tent during the 1950s and early 1960s. He also regularly toured the Caribbean. His early successes included “Berlin on a Donkey”, mocking Adolf Hitler, and “Boo Boo Man”. In 1954 he won Trinidad’s Calypso King title with “Second Spring”, and he was signed to the American Emory Cook’s record label, Cook Records, in 1956.
He was one of six calypsonians who were chosen to sing for Princess Margaret at the Governor’s House during her visit to Trinidad in 1956; the others were Sir Galba, Mighty Dictator, Mighty Spitfire, Mighty Panther, and Lord Viper.
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Booboo Man!!
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