Artist Info: Lord Brynner

Lord Brynner (Kade Simon, Erin, Trinidad, 1937 - 1980s) was a popular calypsonian.

He named himself after the Hollywood actor Yul Brynner. He also shaved his head just like Yul.

He moved to Jamaica to join the West Indies Regiment which functioned from 1958 until the early 1960s when there was a West Indies Federation. He performed in Jamaica for a while before returning to Trinidad after the collapse of the Federation.

He won the first Trinidad & Tobago Independence Calypso Monarch competition in 1962 [read more...]