LORD   BEGINNER

REAL NAME: Egbert Moore
DATE OF BIRTH: 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH: ..., Trinidad
EDUCATION: ...
CAREER:                                 Beginner began singing in the 1920s and continuued performing through the 1940s at the Original Old Brigade Tent. In 1948, he and Lord Kitchener moved to England to further their singing careers. His calypsoes included:
  • 1937 - I Didn't Know She Was the Queen of the Shango
  • 1939 - Christmas Morning the Rum Had Me Yawning
  • Also - Mix Up Matrimony; Victory Test Match; Jamaica Hurricane; Housewives; Fed A Ray; Iere Now and Long Ago (with Atilla The Hun); Women Are Good and Women Are Bad (with Atilla The Hun); Anaconda; Young Girl's Touch (with Atilla the Hun); Captain Cipriani; M.C.C. vs. West Indies
DIED: 1981
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit