TUCO's TOP 50
CALYPSONIANS
OF THE 20th CENTURY
Trinidad Guardian
26th January 2000
Page 8
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TOP
50 CALYPSONIANS OF THE 20th CENTURY
(In Alphabetical
Order)
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No.
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Calypsonian's
Sobriquet
|
Real Name
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1.
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Atilla the Hun
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Raymond Quevedo
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2.
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Beginner
|
Egbert Moore
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3.
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Black Stalin
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Leroy Caliste
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4.
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Blakie
|
Carlton Joseph
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5.
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Bomber
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Clifton Ryan
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6.
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Brigo
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Samuel Abraham
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7.
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Calypso Rose
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McCartha Lewis
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8.
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Chalkdust
|
Hollis Liverpool
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9.
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Composer
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Fred Mitchell
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10.
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Crazy
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Edwin Ayoung
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11.
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Cristo
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Christopher Laidlow
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12.
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Cro Cro
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Weston Rawlins
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13.
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Cypher
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Dilary Scott
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14.
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David Rudder
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15.
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Duke
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Kelvin Pope
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16.
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Executor
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Phillip Garcia
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17.
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Explainer
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Winston Henry
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18.
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Funny
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Donric Williamson
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19.
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Growler
|
Errol Duke
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20.
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Gypsy
|
Winston Peters
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21.
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Invader
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Rupert Grant
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22.
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Kitchener
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Aldwyn Roberts
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23.
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Lion
|
Raphael De Leon
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24.
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Machel Montano
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25.
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Maestro
|
Cecil Hume
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26.
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Melody
|
Fitzroy Alexander
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27.
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Merchant
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Dennis Franklyn
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28.
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Nelson
|
Robert Nelson
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29.
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Penguin
|
Seadley Joseph
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30.
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Power
|
Sonny Francois
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31.
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Pretender
|
Ulric Farrel
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32.
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Radio
|
Norman Spann
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33.
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Railway Douglas
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Walter Douglas
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34.
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Relator
|
Willard Harris
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35.
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Scrunter
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Owen Reyes Johnson
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36.
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Shadow
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Winston Bailey
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37.
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Short Shirt
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McLean Emmanuel
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38.
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Shorty
|
Garfield Blackman
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39.
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Singing Francine
|
Francine Edwards
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40.
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Singing Sandra
|
Sandra des Vignes
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41.
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Small Island Pride
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Theophilus Wood
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42.
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Sparrow
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Slinger Francisco
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43.
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Spoiler
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Theophilus Phillips
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44.
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SuperBlue
|
Austin Lyons
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45.
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Swallow
|
Rupert Philo
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46.
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Terror
|
Fitzgerald Henry
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47.
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Tiger
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Neville Marcano
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48.
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Valentino
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Emerold Phillip
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49.
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Wonder
|
Victor Atwell
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50.
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Zandolee
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Sylvester Anthony
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TOP