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20037626 | Play | Commission's Report | 02:48 Tools | |
20037629 | Play | Graf Zeppelin | 03:07 Tools | |
20037630 | Play | The Strike | 02:26 Tools | |
20037627 | Play | Treasury Scandal | 03:15 Tools | |
20037625 | Play | Dynamite | 02:53 Tools | |
20037628 | Play | The Governor's Resignation | 02:59 Tools | |
20037631 | Play | Where Was Butler? | 02:50 Tools | |
20037633 | Play | The Five Year Plan | 03:05 Tools | |
20037632 | Play | I Don't Want No Bungalow | 02:37 Tools | |
20037634 | Play | Mr. Nankivell's Speech | 02:59 Tools | |
20037645 | Play | The Horrors Of War | 02:39 Tools | |
20037635 | Play | Women Will Rule The World | 02:59 Tools | |
20037651 | Play | Mr. Nakivell's Speech | 02:56 Tools | |
20037642 | Play | Woman Is Not The Weaker Sex | 02:56 Tools | |
20037637 | Play | Freddo | 02:47 Tools | |
20037643 | Play | Fire Brigade | 02:30 Tools | |
20037636 | Play | Not Me with Matrimony | 03:09 Tools | |
20037638 | Play | If I Won a Sweepstake | 03:05 Tools | |
20037647 | Play | Vagaries Of Women | 03:19 Tools | |
20037639 | Play | Friends | 02:36 Tools | |
20037640 | Play | Martiniquen | 02:41 Tools | |
20037662 | Play | Five Year Plan | 03:03 Tools | |
20037691 | Play | Inequality Of Life | 03:00 Tools | |
20037646 | Play | History Of Carnival | 03:06 Tools | |
20037669 | Play | Miss Bombilla Brown | 02:39 Tools | |
20037649 | Play | La Reine Maribone | 02:50 Tools | |
58059945 | Play | graf zeppelin (1934) | 02:41 Tools | |
20037664 | Play | archie boulay | 02:41 Tools | |
20037641 | Play | West Indian Rhythm | 02:48 Tools | |
20037668 | Play | Roosevelt In Trinidad | 02:34 Tools | |
20037644 | Play | Man Man Biscoe | 02:55 Tools | |
20037666 | Play | Iere Now And Long Ago | 02:59 Tools | |
20037655 | Play | here now and long ago | 02:58 Tools | |
20037657 | Play | Send Hitler To St. Helena | 02:38 Tools | |
89600080 | Play | La Reine Maribeau | 02:38 Tools | |
58059946 | Play | The Banning Of Records | 02:58 Tools | |
58059947 | Play | Jimpy's Ingratitude | 02:58 Tools | |
20037665 | Play | No Wedding Bells For Me | 02:34 Tools | |
20037690 | Play | Deliso | 02:48 Tools | |
20037656 | Play | Finland | 02:50 Tools | |
58059948 | Play | Gambie Law Ray | 02:30 Tools | |
20037661 | Play | Gabilan Bombay | 02:25 Tools | |
58059950 | Play | The Normandie | 03:08 Tools | |
20037674 | Play | The West Indian Sheik | 03:01 Tools | |
20037684 | Play | Dem Policeman | 02:30 Tools | |
58059949 | Play | Manuelita | 02:30 Tools | |
20037670 | Play | La Belle Trinidad | 02:52 Tools | |
20037648 | Play | The Admiral Graf Spee | 03:12 Tools | |
20037653 | Play | Duke and Duchess of Kent | 03:08 Tools | |
20037693 | Play | Intercolonial Tournament | 03:00 Tools | |
20037658 | Play | West indian Federation | 02:57 Tools | |
20037671 | Play | Scorpion | 02:24 Tools | |
20037654 | Play | Love Me Emily | 02:37 Tools | |
20037650 | Play | The Strike - Atilla The Hun | 02:25 Tools | |
58059951 | Play | Coffee, Coffee | 02:25 Tools | |
20037679 | Play | Li Li Pierrot Darrie | 02:35 Tools | |
20037677 | Play | Treasury Scandal - Atilla the Hun | 03:13 Tools | |
20037688 | Play | Roosevelt In Trindad | 02:34 Tools | |
58059952 | Play | Professor Carver | 02:57 Tools | |
20037660 | Play | The Five Year Plan - Atilla the Hun | 03:03 Tools | |
87731322 | Play | Vagaries of Woman | 03:03 Tools | |
20037686 | Play | Mr. Nankivell's Speech - Atilla the Hun | 02:57 Tools | |
20037667 | Play | Commission's Report - Atilla the Hun | 02:46 Tools | |
20037676 | Play | The Governor's Resignation - Atilla the Hun | 02:57 Tools |
Atilla the Hun (1892-1962; born Raymond Quevedo) was one of the greatest calypsonians of all times. Atilla the Hun started his musical career as a chantwell (lead singer) for a Carnival masquerade band in Port of Spain, Trinidad. By the 1920s, he was singing in calypso tents and soon became a very popular performer. Along with the Roaring Lion and other calypsonians, he helped to establish the Victory Tent and to introduce such innovations as calypso duets and calypso dramas. (An early drama dealt with the then contentious issue of divorce in Trinidad.) In 1934 Atilla and Lion traveled to New York to record for the American Record Company. While there, they met Rudy Vallee and appeared on his weekly radio broadcast. The historic broadcast reached all the way to Trinidad. Though Atilla composed calypsos on a wide range of topics, his specialty was politics, particularly the experience of working people in a colonial society. He was admired for both his eloquence and keen observation of detail. Among his many well-known songs are "Graf Zeppelin" (about the German dirigible's visit to Trinidad), "Roosevelt in Trinidad" (about the President's visit), "Treasury Scandal" (on missing funds) and "The Strike" (concerning labor protests). While continuing to perform as a calypsonian, Atilla was elected to the Port of Spain City Council in 1946 and later became the Deputy Mayor. In 1950 he was elected to Trinidad's Legislative Council. Atilla also helped to publish booklets of calypso lyrics. After his death, his writings on calypso were compiled in a book titled Atilla's Kaiso: A Short History of Trinidad Calypso (1983). Bio nabbed from Calypso World. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.