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 Album
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 King Radio Who Dead? Canaan
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 Lord Christo Chicken Chest
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 Heavy Duty
1998 Wayne Rodriguez Footsteps Charge
1999 Sanelle Dempster River
2000 (TIE) Superblue

Iwer George

Pump Up

Carnival Come Back Again

2001 Shadow Stranger
2002 Naya George Trinidad
2003 Fay-Ann Lyons Display
2004 Shurwayne Winchester Look De Band Comin'
2005 Shurwayne Winchester Dead or Alive
2006 Machel Montano and Patrice Roberts Band of De Year B.O.D.Y.
2007 Machel Montano Jumbie Book of Angels
2008 Fay-Ann Lyons Get On

[edit] External links

Road March champions, 1932-2007

[edit] See also


Road March winners by year
Current season:
2007
Throughout the World:
2000-2009: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009