Lord Beginner

Egbert Moore (1904–1981), known as Lord Beginner, was a popular calypsonian.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1904, Died 1981

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, songwriter

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-04661	10-in.	2/10/1937	Columbus calypso	Braithwaite's Orchestra ; Gorilla	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-017879	10-in.	late 1937	She want to get me in matrimony	Bert McLean's Jazz Hounds ; Lord Beginner	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Victor	BS-018057	10-in.	1/17/1938	I didn't know she was dancing shango	Lord Beginner	Dubbed recording : Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, vocalist
Victor	BS-018061	10-in.	1/17/1938	Pretty woman	Bert McLean's Jazz Hounds ; Lord Beginner	Dubbed recording : Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist, composer
Decca	72899	10-in.	5/25/1945	Black market	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72900	10-in.	5/25/1945	We cripple the Nazi party	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72901	10-in.	5/25/1945	Freeness	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72902	10-in.	5/25/1945	Mamma Me Belly ah hurt me	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72911	10-in.	5/31/1945	Yankee harvest is over	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72912	10-in.	5/31/1945	Sons and daughters of Africa	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72913	10-in.	5/31/1945	Body line	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	72914	10-in.	5/31/1945	You can't tell the old from the new	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91620	10-in.	1/30/1939	After the Bacanal	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91622	10-in.	1/30/1939	Christmas morning the run had	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91623	10-in.	1/30/1939	Don't tickle me Dorothy	Lord Beginner ; Lord Executor		vocalist
Decca	91921	10-in.	2/7/1940	Run your run, Hitler	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91930	10-in.	2/8/1940	Second hand girls	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91931	10-in.	2/8/1940	Cocoa tea puzzle to me	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	91974	10-in.	2/12/1940	Teener have sympathy	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	CE 12843		between 1948 and 1950	The dollar and the pound	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	CE 12870		between 1948 and 1950	Housewives	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	CE 12871		between 1948 and 1950	General election	Lord Beginner		vocalist
Decca	CE 14567		1952 or 1953	Love, love, love	Lord Beginner		vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lord Beginner," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110403.

Lord Beginner. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110403.

"Lord Beginner." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.