Lord Tokyo

Hayden Desiree (20 June 1934 – 12 April 2015), better known as Lord Tokyo (named after the capital city of Japan), (and sometimes as Doctor Tokes), was one of the most prominent Dominiquais calypsonians. He was the first solo artist to release a Dominiquais-produced record, won the island's Calypso King title, and wrote a winner of the Road March contest.

Career Born in Loubiere in 1934, Tokyo worked as a taxi driver before finding success as a calypsonian. He married Clemencia Desabaye on 26 May 1962.

In 1969 he won the Calypso King of Dominica title, and the following year his composition "Tennis Shoe Scandal" won the Road March.

Tokyo spent much of his career in the US (where he also worked as a security guard), Canada, and the UK, recording his debut album in the latter in 1978. He became good friends with Mighty Sparrow and went on to work with Sparrow's band in the 1997, recording a new version of his Road March winner "Tennis Shoe Scandal", following it with the album Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All in 1998. De Pumping Man followed in 2000, featuring a guest appearance from Sparrow on the title track.

He died in New York on 12 April 2015, aged 80, after suffering a heart attack. He was survived by 11 children, 28 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Discography Lord Tokyo Sings To The Nightengale: Calypso Harmonies (1978), Caribana Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All (1998) De Pumping Man (2000)