Lord Creator

Kentrick Randolph Patrick OD (21 August 1935 – 30 June 2023), known professionally as Lord Creator, was a Trinidadian calypso, R&B, ska, and rocksteady musician and singer. Alongside Cuban-born Roland Alphonso, Barbadian Jackie Opel and fellow Trinidadians Lynn Taitt and Lord Brynner, Lord Creator was an important and positive "outside" influence during the early development of the Jamaican music scene.

Life and career

Kentrick Patrick was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago on 21 August 1935.

Patrick started as a calypso singer in Trinidad under the stage name Lord Creator and recorded his first hits, "The Cockhead" and "Evening News", in Trinidad in 1958 and 1959, respectively, with Fitz Vaughan Bryan's big band. Due to the success of his hit "Evening News", which was released in Trinidad on the Cook label and also in the UK on the Melodisc label, he moved to Jamaica in late 1959 to perform and record and decided to settle there. In 1962, he recorded "Independent Jamaica" with producer Vincent "Randy" Chin, which became the official song marking Jamaica's independence from the United Kingdom's British Empire on 6 August 1962 after 307 years. That song was also the first...

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