https://eu-lac.org/omeka/files/original/6703/Egbert_Moore_[Lord_Beginner].jpg ebc94994c6731a44d2136b6a3d9c5405 Story End Date 1948 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Lord Beginner (born Egbert Moore) was at the heart of the expansion of calypso music immediately after WW2. Originally from Trinidad, Beginner recorded and toured in New York with other leading members of the Trinidad's "Old Brigade" of calypsonians, but his cricket credentials were already established. In 1937 he wrote "Les Ames he played fine/Till he was bowled by the quicker ball from Constantine". In 1948 he emigrated to England on the Windrush, the first boat from the Caribbean bringing a new generation of immigrants to the UK. Also on the boat was the legendary calypsonian Lord Kitchener. Beginner began playing clubs throughout London - primarily the Caribbean and the Paramount - and was a success, signing for Parlophone in 1950. Two of Lord Beginner's more well known calypsos were Victory Test Match - penned immediately after the 1950 Lord's Test won by West Indies and opening with the line "Cricket, lovely cricket" - and General Election, inspired by Clement Atlee's victory in the 1950 general election.  Title A name given to the resource Egbert Moore (Lord Beginner) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived stories,arrival Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 6209 Type The nature or genre of the resource Story Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,52.89564866211353,-0.6372070312500001;origin,10.417585820332741,-61.27075195312501; Subject The topic of the resource arrival Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT