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. 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 record on Chris Blackwell's newly founded Island Records label in the United Kingdom (Island 001). In 1963, "Don't Stay Out Late", produced by Chin, became a hit in Jamaica.

In 1964, he had a further hit with "Big Bamboo", produced by Coxsone Dodd with Tommy McCook on saxophone. After "Little Princess" in 1964, he recorded a calypso album, Jamaica Time, at Studio One. It included calypso classics like "Jamaica Farewell" and "Yellowbird", as well as a cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind". His next album, Big Bamboo, was recorded at Dynamic Studios sometime after 1969, when the studio was established by Byron Lee. Carlton Lee is listed as the producer.

Lord Creator had another big hit with "Kingston Town", a tune he recorded for producer Clancy Eccles in 1970. In 2022 he was the recipient of Jamaica's Order of Distinction (Officer).

Lord Creator died on 30 June 2023, at the age of 87.