Atilla the Hun (calypsonian)
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Raymond Quevedo (24 March 1892 – 22 February 1962),Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 trip to Trinidad.[1]
Atilla competed in the first Calypso King contest in 1939, and won the title in both 1946 and 1947.[2]
Known as a defender of the poor, Atilla was able to transition to a political career. When several of his records were censored he composed "The Banning of Records", which was itself banned.[1]
Atilla was the first calypsonian to hold elected public office; he was elected to the
City Council in 1946 and was elected to the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago in 1950 representing the St. George County East.[1] (See: Elections in Trinidad and Tobago). He also authored Atilla's Kaiso: A Short History of Trinidad Calypso with John La Rose
, published posthumously in 1983.
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Thompson, p. 5, 59
References
- Hill, Donald R. 1993. Calypso: Early Carnival Music in Trinidad. University of Florida. (Includes a CD of early calypso music.)
- Quevedo, Raymond (Atilla the Hun). 1983. Atilla's Kaiso: a short history of Trinidad calypso. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. (Includes the words to many old calypsos as well as musical scores for some of Atilla's calypsos.)
- Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6
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