Top 50 Calypsonians of the 20th Century by TUCO


This could be a recipe for contentious discussions or a relief that TUCO actually got involved and had the will to create a listing of the "Top 50 Calypsonians of the 20th. Century. Acceptance or a simple rebuke of the list depends on your ability to listen to and review the quantity and quality of the songs that each Calysonian recorded..

Then again, it may depend on the era you 'lived through' and the singers you were exposed to hearing on radio, record or live performances. The impact of the songs for any given period also counts regarding the status assigned to any particular singer. 

We invite you to take a look at the listing and venture to add your comments regarding the current listing. What is your opinion of the listing? Do you think that some names should be removed and others (not listed) added because they deserve to be on the list. 

We are not privy to the method used to select the fifty Calypsonians on the list. However, you may add your thoughts regarding a criteria to be use to create such a list. We look forward to reading and posting your comments.

The Names posted below are listed in alphabetical order and do not indicate importance with the numbering sequence. 

Sobriquet/Stage Name
  1. Atilla the Hun 
  2. Beginner 
  3. Black Stalin 
  4. Blakie 
  5. Bomber 
  6. Brigo 
  7. Calypso Rose 
  8. Chalkdust 
  9. Composer 
  10. Crazy 
  11. Cristo 
  12. Cro Cro 
  13. Cypher 
  14. David Michael Rudder
  15. Duke 
  16. Executor 
  17. Explainer 
  18. Funny 
  19. Growler 
  20. Gypsy 
  21. Invader 
  22. Kitchener 
  23. Lion 
  24. Machel Montano 
  25. Maestro 
  26. Melody 
  27. Merchant 
  28. Nelson 
  29. Penguin 
  30. Power 
  31. Pretender 
  32. Radio 
  33. Railway Douglas 
  34. Relator 
  35. Scrunter 
  36. Shadow 
  37. Short Shirt 
  38. Shorty 
  39. Singing Francine 
  40. Singing Sandra 
  41. Small Island Pride 
  42. Sparrow 
  43. Spoiler 
  44. Super Blue & Blue Boy
  45. Swallow 
  46. Terror 
  47. Tiger 
  48. Valentino 
  49. Wonder
  50. Zandolee 
Name of Singer
  1. Raymond Quevedo
  2. Egbert Moore
  3. Leroy Calliste
  4. Carlton Joseph
  5. Clifton Ryan
  6. Samuel Abraham
  7. McCartha Lewis
  8. Dr Hollis Liverpool
  9. Fred Mitchell
  10. Edwin Ayoung
  11. Christopher Laidlow
  12. Weston Rawlins
  13. Dilary Scott
  14. David Michael Rudder
  15. Kelvin Pope
  16. Phillip Garcia
  17. Winston Henry
  18. Donric Williamson
  19. Errol Duke
  20. Winston Peters
  21. Rupert Grant
  22. Aldwyn Roberts
  23. Raphael De Leon
  24. Machel Montano 
  25. Cecil Hume
  26. Fitzroy Alexander
  27. Dennis Franklyn
  28. Robert Nelson
  29. Seadley Joseph
  30. Sonny Francois
  31. Ulric Farrel
  32. Norman Spann
  33. Walter Douglas
  34. Willard Harris
  35. Owen Reyes Johnson
  36. Winston Bailey
  37. McLean Emmanuel
  38. Garfield Blackman
  39. Francine Edwards
  40. Sandra des Vignes Millington
  41. Theophilus Wood
  42. Slinger Francisco
  43. Theophilus Phillips
  44. Austin Lyons
  45. Rupert Philo
  46. Fitzgerald Henry
  47. Neville Marcano
  48. Emrold Phillip
  49. Victor Atwell
  50. Sylvester Anthony

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