Carnival Road March

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The Carnival Road March is the musical composition played most often at the "judging points" along the parade route during Carnival. The Road March title is among the most prestigious titles in Trinidad Carnival. The most Road march titles have gone to the Mighty Sparrow and Super Blue with 8 each and the late Lord Kitchener with 10. Originating as part of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the term has been applied to other Caribbean Carnivals.

The Road march title is given out every year since 1932, the scoring is based upon a rank and points-system devised by a Carnival committee before the start of the parade.

Year	Performer	Song
1932	King Radio	Tiger Tom Play Tiger Cat
1933	King Radio	Wash Pan Wash
1934	Dougla	After Johnny Drink Me Rum
1935	Lion	Dingolay Oy
1936	Lion	Advantage Could Never Done
1937	Lion	Netty Netty
1938	Lion	No Norah Darling
1939	King Radio	Mathilda
1940	Beginner	Run Yuh Run
1941	Lion	Whoopsin Whoopsin
1942	World War II	No Carnival
1943	World War II	No Carnival
1944	World War II	No Carnival
1945	World War II	No Carnival
1946	No Competition	No Carnival
1947	Pharoah	King Pharoah
1948	Melody	Canaan Barrow
1949	Wonder	Ramgoat Baptism
1950	Killer	In a Calabash
1951	Terror	Tiny Davis
1952	Spit Fire	Post Post
1953	Spit Fire	Bow Wow Wow
1954	Blakie	[Steel Band] Clash
1955	Happy Wonderer	North American Ballad
1956	Sparrow	Jean and Dinah
1957	Valerie	North American Ballad
1958	Sparrow	Pay As You Earn
1959	Caruso	Run the Gunslingers
1960	Sparrow	Mae Mae
1961	Sparrow	Royal Gaol
1962	Blakie	Maria
1963	Kitchener	The Road
1964	Kitchener	This is Mas
1965	Kitchener	My Pussin
1966	Sparrow	Obeah Wedding
1967	Kitchener	Sixty Seven
1968	Kitchener	Miss Tourist
1969	Sparrow	Sa Ya Ya
1970	Kitchener	Margie
1971	Kitchener	Madison Square Garden
1972	Sparrow	Drunk and Disorderly
1973	Kitchener	Rainorama
1974	Shadow	Bass Man
1975	Kitchener	Tribute to Winston Spree
1976	Kitchener	Flag Woman
1977	Calypso Rose	Tempo
1978	Calypso Rose	Soca Jam
1979	Poser	A Tell She (Smoke Ah Watty)
1980	Blue Boy	Soca Baptist
1981	Blue Boy	Ethel
1982	Penguin	Deputy
1983	Blue Boy	Rebecca
1984	Sparrow	Doh Back Back
1985	Crazy	Soucoyant
1986	David Rudder	Bahia Girl
1987	Duke	Thunder
1988	Tambu	This Party Is It
1989	Tambu	Free Up
1990	Tambu	We Ain't Going Home
1991	Super Blue (formerly Blue Boy)	Get Something and Wave
1992	Super Blue	Jab Jab
1993	Super Blue	Bacchanal Time
1994	Preacher	Jump and Wave
1995	Super Blue	Signal to Lara
1996	Nigel Lewis	Movin'
1997	Machel Montano	Big Truck
1998	Wayne Rodriguez	Footsteps
1999	Sanelle Dempster	River
2000 (TIE)	Super Blue Iwer George	Pump Up Carnival Come Back Again
2001	Shadow	Stranger
2002	Naya George	Trinidad
2003	Faye Anne Lyons	Display
2004	Shurwayne Winchester	De Band Comin'
2005	Shurwayne Winchester	Dead or Alive
2006	Machel Montano and Patrice Roberts	Band of D' Year
2007	Machel Montano	Jumbie