Irving Burgie

Aliases: Lord Burgess' Calypso Serenaders
Lord Burgess and His Calypso Serenaders
Real name: Irving Louis Burgie
Born: July 28, 1924
Died: November 29, 2019
Country: United States
IPI: 00004592699 6 works
00004594889 22 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Brooklyn-born singer, musician and songwriter known professionally as 'Lord Burgess' ("a lot of my work is based on songs and ditties that I've heard in the Caribbean"), whose songs were immortalized by Harry Belafonte during the calypso craze of the 1950s