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 a Caribbean Carnival. Originating as part of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the term has been applied to other Caribbean carnivals. There it was and is still viewed as a musical genre.
In Trinidad and Tobago the Road March title has been officially given out every year since 1932 (with the exception of the years affected by World War II when Carnival did not officially take place). Popular Unofficial Road Marches have also been recognized in T&T from since 1834 after slavery was abolished. Prior to World War II, T&T Road Marches were referred to as "Leggos" or "Breakaways" by the general population but were rebranded by the Carnival authorities as the Road March from 1946. Scoring is based upon a register-and-count system devised by a Carnival committee before the start of the parade.
After a German pop song "Happy Wanderer" by the Obernkirchen Children's Choir won the Trinidad & Tobago Road March title in 1955 the rules were amended to restrict songs eligible to be in the road march competition to only songs vocalised by local Trinidad & Tobago artistes. The Road March title is among the most prestigious in Trinidad Carnival. The most such titles have gone to the late Lord Kitchener with eleven wins, ahead of Super Blue with ten wins, Machel Montano also with ten wins and the Mighty Sparrow with eight wins. In the mid-1970s, a woman officially broke through in the male dominated Calypso arena. Calypso Rose was the first female to officially win the Trinidad and Tobago Road March competition in 1977 with her song "Give More Tempo". The following year 1978 with "Come Leh We Jam" in addition to winning the Road March title again, Calypso Rose also won the "Calypso King" competition, the first time a woman had received that award. As a result, the "Calypso King" competition was officially renamed the "Calypso Monarch" competition to take into account that females also take part and have won titles.
First Calypso recordings were made in 1912 so Trinidad & Tobago Road Marches prior to 1912 were not recorded that year but may have been recorded years later after recording technology became available to Calypso pioneers of the 1910s to 1930s. In 2019 Skinny Fabulous of St. Vincent & the Grenadines created history by becoming the second foreign artiste (after the German Obernkirchen Children's Choir) and the very first foreign soca artiste to win the prestigious Trinidad & Tobago Road March title with a song called "Famalay" which was vocalised by Skinny Fabulous, Machel Montano and Bunji Garllin.
Trinidad and Tobago
[edit]Below are over 100 T&T Road Marches starting from this year going back to the 1800s when most calypsos were sung in Patios.
| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mical Teja | ”DNA” | |
| 2023 | Bunji Garlin | “Hard Fete" | |
| 2022 | None due to COVID-19 Pandemic (Restricted Carnival activities[1]) | ||
| 2021 | Farmer Nappy | “Backyard Jam" (Online Road March) | No Carnival.[2] |
| 2020 | Neil “Iwer” George & Kes Dieffenthaller | “Stage Gone Bad" (also won ISM) | 2nd & 1st T&T RM wins |
| 2019 | Skinny Fabulous, Machel Montano & Bunji Garlin | "Famalay" | G.O.A.T / 1st, 10th & 1st T&T RM wins |
| 2018 | Machel Montano & Superblue | "Soca Kingdom" | 9th & 10th T&T RM wins |
| 2017 | Ultimate Rejects featuring MX Prime | "Full Extreme" (also won Panorama) | 1st T&T RM win |
| 2016 | Machel Montano | "Waiting On the Stage" | Monk Evolution |
| 2015 | Machel Montano | "Like Ah Boss" (also won ISM) | Monk Monte |
| 2014 | Machel Montano | "Ministry Of Road" (MOR) (also won ISM) | Happiest Man Alive |
| 2013 | Superblue | "Fantastic Friday" (also won ISM) | Soca Gold 2013 |
| 2012 | Machel Montano | "Pump Yuh Flag" (PYF) (also won ISM) | Double M |
| 2011 | Machel Montano | "Advantage" (also won ISM) | The Return |
| 2010 | JW & Blaze | "Palance" (also won ISM) | Monkey Steak Play Soca |
| 2009 | Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez | "Meet Super Blue" (also won ISM) | |
| 2008 | Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez | "Get On" | Best Of Best Soca 2008 |
| 2007 | Machel Montano | "Jumbie" | Book of Angels |
| 2006 | Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts | "Band Of De Year" (BODY) | B.O.D.Y. |
| 2005 | Shurwayne Winchester | "Dead or Alive" | |
| 2004 | Shurwayne Winchester | "The Band Coming" | Press Play |
| 2003 | Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez | "Display" | Soca Gold 2003 (3rd female winner) |
| 2002 | Naya George | "Trinidad" | Soca Gold 2002 |
| 2001 | Shadow aka Mighty Shadow | "Stranger" (also won ISM) | Shadow - Just For You |
| 2000 | Superblue / Iwer George (TIE) | "Pump Up" / "Carnival Come Back Again" | Soca Matrix / Iwer & Family |
| 1999 | Sanell Dempster | "De River" | Blue Ventures 1999 (2nd female winner) |
| 1998 | Wayne Rodriguez | "Footsteps" | Charge |
| 1997 | Machel Montano | "Big Truck" | Heavy Duty (1st Road March win) |
| 1996 | Nigel Lewis | "Moving" | Performed live with his brother Marvin Lewis |
| 1995 | Superblue | "Signal For Lara" | Happy Carnival |
| 1994 | Preacher | "Jump and Wave" | Rattlesnake Wine |
| 1993 | Super Blue | "Bacchanal Time" (also won SM) | Bacchanal Time |
| 1992 | Super Blue | "Jab Jab" (Wine On Something) | In The Power |
| 1991 | Super Blue (formerly Blue Boy) | "Get Something and Wave" | 10th Anniversary |
| 1990 | Tambu | "No No We Eh Going Home" | The Cry |
| 1989 | Tambu | "Free Up" | The Journey |
| 1988 | Tambu | "This Party Is It" | Culture |
| 1987 | Mighty Duke | "Is Thunder" | Yester, Today, Tomorrow |
| 1986 | David Rudder | "Bahia Gyal" | The Hammer |
| 1985 | Crazy | "Soucouyant" | Caribbean Hits Makers |
| 1984 | Sparrow | "Don't Back Back" | King Of The World |
| 1983 | Blue Boy | "Rebecca" (also won Panorama) | Superman |
| 1982 | Penguin | "Deputy" | Life Is A Lollipop |
| 1981 | Blue Boy | "Ethel" | Soca In Shaolin Temple |
| 1980 | Blue Boy | "Soca Baptist" (3rd soca to win RM) | Blueboy's breakout song (1st Road March win) |
| 1979 | Poser | "Ah Tell She" (Smoke Ah Watty) | 2nd soca to win RM |
| 1978 | Calypso Rose | "Come Leh We Jam" (Soca Jam) | Her Majesty Calypso Rose (1st soca song to win RM) |
| 1977 | Calypso Rose | "Give More Tempo" (uptempo calypso) | Action Is Tight (1st official female winner) |
| 1976 | Kitchener | "Flag Woman" (soca style bassline) | Kitch: Home For Carnival (11th & final Road March win) |
| 1975 | Kitchener | "Tribute to Spree" (also won Panorama) | Carnival Fever In Kitch |
| 1974 | Shadow | "Bass Man" | Bass Man LP |
| 1973 | Kitchener | "Rain-O-Rama" (also won Panorama) | We Walk 100 Miles |
| 1972 | Sparrow | "Drunk and Disorderly" | Hotter Than Ever |
| 1971 | Kitchener | "Mas' At Madison" | Curfew Time With Kitch |
| 1970 | Kitchener | "Margie" (also won Panorama) | Sock It To Me Kitch |
| 1969 | Sparrow | "Sa Sa Yea" | 16 Carnival Hits (Ice) |
| 1968 | Kitchener | "Miss Tourist" | Play Mas' With Kitch |
| 1967 | Kitchener | "Sixty Seven" (also won Panorama) | 16 Carnival Hits (Ice) |
| 1966 | Sparrow | "Obeah Wedding" (also won Panorama) | Calypso Genius Vol.1 |
| 1965 | Kitchener | "My Pussin" | Mr. Kitch (RCA Victor) |
| 1964 | Kitchener | "Mama This Is Mas" (also won Panorama) | Lord Kitchener (RCA) |
| 1963 | Kitchener | "The Road" | Klassic Kitchener Vol.2 |
| 1962 | Lord Blakie | "Maria" | Trinidad All Time Calypso |
| 1961 | Sparrow | "Royal Jail" | Sparrow The Conqueror |
| 1960 | Sparrow | "Mae Mae" | Calypso King Of Trinidad |
| 1959 | Lord Caruso | "Run the Gunslingers" | Ten For The Road |
| 1958 | Sparrow | "Pay As You Earn" | 16 Carnival Hits (Ice) |
| 1957 | Lord Christo / Nelson Cato | "Chicken Chest" / "Doctor Nelson" | Two competitions |
| 1956 | Sparrow | "Jean and Dinah" (Yankee's Gone) | Sparrow's breakout song (1st Road March win) |
| 1955 | Obernkirchen Children's Choir | "Happy Wanderer" (Valderi, Valdera!) | German singalong pop song |
| 1954 | Lord Blakie | "Steel Band Clash" | |
| 1953 | Vivian Comma / Spit Fire | "Madeline Oye" / "Bow Wow Wow" | Two competitions |
| 1952 | Spit Fire | "Post, Post Another Letter For Thelma" | |
| 1951 | Mighty Terror | "Tiny Davis Blow" | |
| 1950 | Mighty Killer | "In A Calabash" | |
| 1949 | Lord Wonder | "Ramgoat Baptism" | |
| 1948 | Lord Melody | "Canaan Barrow" | |
| 1947 | King Pharaoh | "Portuguese Dance" (Vishki Vashki Voo) | |
| 1946 | Kitchener | "Jump In The Line" | Competition re branded;1st official Road March win |
| 1945 | World War II (No Official Carnival): Roaring Lion | "(All Day All Night,) Mary-Ann" | Calypso Carnival (Decca) |
| 1944 | World War II (No Official Carnival): King Radio | "Brown Skin Girl" | |
| 1943 | World War II (No Official Carnival): Lord Invader | "Rum & Coca Cola" | Lord Invader Calypso |
| 1942 | World War II (No Official Carnival): Lord Kitchener | "Lai Fook Lee" | Kitchener's breakout hit song |
| 1941 | Lion (aka Roaring Lion) | "Whoopsin Whoopsin" | 5th & final "Leggo" win |
| 1940 | Lord Beginner | "Run Yuh Run" | |
| 1939 | King Radio | "Mathilda" | Rough Guide To Calypso |
| 1938 | Lion (aka Roaring Lion) | "No Nora Darling" | 4th consecutive win |
| 1937 | Lion (aka Roaring Lion) | "Netty Netty" | Roaring Lion Sacred 78's |
| 1936 | Lion (aka Roaring Lion) | "Advantage Could Never Done" | |
| 1935 | Lion (aka Roaring Lion) | "Dingolay Oy" | 1st official "Leggo" win |
| 1934 | Railway Douglas | "After Johnny Drink Me Rum" | |
| 1933 | King Radio | "Wash Pan Wash" | |
| 1932 | King Radio | "Tiger Tom Play Tiger Cat" | 1st official competition, 1st official "Leggo" champ |
| 1931 | King Houdini | "Mr. Huggins" (Remake) | |
| 1930 | Lord Inveigler | "Captain Cipriani" | |
| 1929 | Atilla The Hun | "Toddy" | |
| 1928 | Mentor | "Mr. Huggins" | |
| 1927 | Atilla The Hun | "???" (Song to be confirmed) | |
| 1926 | Sam Manning | "Camilla" | Sam Manning Volume 1 |
| 1925 | King Houdini | "Fire Brigade Water the Road" | |
| 1924 | ??? (Singer to be confirmed) | "Mavis Powder" | |
| 1923 | King Houdini | "Sly Mongoose" | |
| 1922 | Atilla The Hun | "Toddy" | |
| 1921 | Johnny Walker | "Go Way Gal" | |
| 1920 | Atilla The Hun | "Bigman Sweetman" | |
| 1918 | World War I (No Official Carnival) | (No winning "Breakaway/Leggo" song) | |
| 1917 | World War I (No Official Carnival) | (No winning "Breakaway/Leggo" song) | |
| 1916 | World War I (No Official Carnival) | (No winning "Breakaway/Leggo" song) | |
| 1915 | World War I (No Official Carnival) | (No winning "Breakaway/Leggo" song) | |
| 1911 | Lionel Belasco | "Poeme One" | |
| 1907 | Lionel Belasco | “L'Année Passée“ (English: "Last Year")
Interpolates melody from Martiniquan folksong; Melody also used by Lord Invader in his 1943 hit "Rum & Coca Cola" |
Sung in Patios & English |
| 1906 | Sophie Mataloney[3] (aka Jamette Matador) | "Pauline" (Rework of Guadeloupan folksong) | Sung in Patios & English |
| 1899 | Chantwell | "Prisonié Lévéz" (Version of 1830s kaiso) | Sung in Patios & English |
| 1897 | Chantwell | "J'ouvert Band" | Sung in Patios & English |
| 1834 | Congo Barra (or other early Calypsonian) | "Point De Six Ans" (English: "No Six Years") | Protest Calypso in Patios |
Antigua and Barbuda
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Yung Vice & Newgen Band | "Gravity Falls” | 1st ever RM win |
| 2023 | Ricardo Drue/ Psycho, Empress, Soca Villan/ Claudette Peters (TIE) | "Last Man Standing" ”Let It Rain” ”Nat U” | Three-way tie; each receiving 25 plays |
| 2022 | Lyricks Man | "How Ma Sound" | |
| 2021 | No Carnival | COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | No Carnival | COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Low Rider | "Fish Dance" | |
| 2018 | Red Hot Nation | "Gallop" | |
| 2017 | Claudette CP Peters | "Out Deh" | First Female Winner |
| 2016 | Tian Winter | "In De Middle" | |
| 2015 | Boasta | "Ole time Something" | |
| 2014 | Menace | "Fete Me Ah Fete" | |
| 2013 | Ezzy Rattigan | "Golden Cup" | |
| 2012 | Burning Flames | "Kick Een She Back Door" | |
| 2011 | Hard Knaxx | "KFC (Kentucky)" | |
| 2010 | Burning Flames | "Bullbud" | |
| 2009 | Red Hot Flames | "Trademark" | |
| 2008 | Red Hot Flames | "Musical Bomb" | |
| 2007 | Burning Flames | "Papi" | |
| 2006 | Red Hot Flames | "Trouble" | |
| 2005 | Burning Flames | "De Harder Dey Come" | |
| 2004 | Burning Flames | "Road Rage" | |
| 2003 | Burning Flames | "Rush" | |
| 2002 | Wanskie | "More Gyal" | |
| 2001 | High Intensity | "Ole Time Something" | |
| 2000 | Calypso Jim | "Exercise" | |
| 1999 | Burning Flames | "I Command You" | |
| 1998 | Burning Flames | "Sweet Song" | |
| 1997 | Onyan | "Crazy Man" | |
| 1996 | Burning Flames | "Fire Unda Me Foot" | |
| 1995 | Burning Flames | "Gym Jam" | |
| 1994 | Vision Band ft Eddie Mello | "Dress Back" | |
| 1993 | Burning Flames | "Wet Down De Place" | |
| 1992 | Burning Flames | "Donkey" | |
| 1991 | Burning Flames | "Piece of Iron" | |
| 1990 | Burning Flames | "Congo Man" | |
| 1989 | Burning Flames | "Workey Workey" | |
| 1988 | Lion | "Bad Girl" | |
| 1987 | Short Shirt | "J'Ouvert Rhythm" | |
| 1986 | Burning Flames | "Rudeness Mek Me" | |
| 1985 | Burning Flames | "Stylie Tight" | |
| 1984 | Swallow | "Satan Coming Down" | |
| 1983 | Swallow | "Party In Space" | |
| 1982 | Short Shirt | "Push" | |
| 1981 | Redding | "Up and Jumping" | |
| 1980 | Short Shirt | "Summer Festival" | |
| 1979 | Short Shirt | "Kangaroo Jam" | |
| 1978 | Short Shirt | "Benna Music" | |
| 1977 | La Tumba | "Supa Jam" | |
| 1976 | Short Shirt | "Tourist Leggo" | |
| 1975 | Swallow | "Shake and Break You Bam Bam" | |
| 1974 | Short Shirt | "Lucinda" | |
| 1973 | Swallow | "Push Ya, Push Dy" | |
| 1972 | Swallow | "Pow Pow" | |
| 1971 | Razor Blade | "Shake You Waist" | |
| 1970 | Calypso Joe | "Bum Bum" |
Barbados
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brucelee Almightee x Noize Boyz | “Tomorrow" | 2nd RM win |
| 2023 | Quan De Artist | “Waistline" | Pay The People Riddim |
| 2022 | Brucelee Almightee | "Mauby" | Red Dead Riddim |
| 2021 | No Crop Over | COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | No Crop Over | COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Lead Pipe & Jus Jay | "Sometime" | |
| 2018 | Lil Rick | "Mudda Sally" | |
| 2017 | Stiffy | "Tip & Ben Ova" | |
| 2016 | Lil Rick | "Iz A Bajan" | |
| 2015 | Peter Ram | "All Ah We" | Get Soca 2016 |
| 2014 | Lead Pipe & Saddis | "Ah Feeling" | |
| 2013 | Soca Kartel | "Roll It" | |
| 2012 | Mikey | "We Loose" | |
| 2011 | Edwin Yearwood | "Cova de Road" | |
| 2010 | Blood | "Foot On Fire" | |
| 2009 | Edwin Yearwood | "In Da Middle Of Da Road" | |
| 2008 | Edwin Yearwood | "Handle Yah Business" | |
| 2007 | Mr Dale | "Soka Junkie" | |
| 2006 | Jabae | "Flames" | |
| 2005 | Natahlee & Shontelle | "Colours" | |
| 2004 | Mikey | "Come Together" | |
| 2003 | Lil' Rick | "Mash Up & Buy Back" | |
| 2002 | Lil' Rick | "Hypa Dogg" | |
| 2001 | Krosfyah | "Sak Pase" | |
| 2000 | Rupee | "Jump" | |
| 1999 | Red Plastic Bag | "Volcano" | |
| 1998 | Grynner | "Grind Them" | |
| 1997 [Tie] | Alison Hinds / Edwin Yearwood | "In The Meantime" / "Highway Robbery" | |
| 1996 | Alison Hinds | "Raggamuffin" | |
| 1995 | Edwin Yearwood | "Obadele" | |
| 1994 | Serenader | "Juck Fuh Juck" | |
| 1993 | Ras Iley | "Inez" | |
| 1992 | De Great Carew | "Mad Woman Jam" | |
| 1991 | Madd | "Tribute To Grynner" | |
| 1990 | Grynner | "Get Out The Way" | |
| 1989 | Grynner | "Leggo I Hand" | |
| 1988 | Grynner | "Wait For Me" | |
| 1987 | Red Plastic Bag | "Can't Find Me Brudda" | |
| 1986 | Ras Iley | "Spring Garden On Fire" | |
| 1985 | Grynner | "More Grynner" | |
| 1984 | Grynner | "Stinging Bees" | |
| 1983 | Grynner | "Mr T" | |
| 1982 | Mighty Gabby | "Jack" | |
| 1981 | Adonijah | "Ethiopian Rock" | |
| 1980 | Viper | "Ting Tong" | |
| 1979 | Mighty Gabby | "Burn Mister Harding" |
Grenada
[edit]Grenada Carnival, also known as Spicemas, was founded to celebrate the anniversary of the independence of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique, which gained their independence on 7 February 1974. In 1978 Grenada Carnival was moved to the month of May by the Eric Gairy led government but after that government was overthrown in March 1979, the 1979 Carnival celebration was cancelled. In 1980 the new People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) led by Maurice Bishop brought back Grenada Carnival, which was held in May that year. After a feasibility study Grenada Carnival was moved to August the following year.[4] Hence annually from 1981 Grenada's Carnival has been held in August culminating with their Road March competition.
| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dash | "The Tape" | |
| 2023 | Temptress & Rabulous | "Toot Toot & D Farmer " | |
| 2022 | Jab King | "High" | |
| 2021 | No Spice Mas | COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | No Spice Mas | COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Runi J | "Diagnosis" | |
| 2018 | Lil Natty & Thunda | "Get In Your Section" | |
| 2017 | Lil Natty & Thunda | "Top Striker" | |
| 2016 | Lil Natty & Thunda | "Take It To Dem" | |
| 2015 | Synnah | "Jab on Sesame Street" | |
| 2014 | Squeeze Head | "Turbo Charge" | |
| 2013 | Boyzie | "Mas Everywhere" | |
| 2012 | Boyzie | "Born Troublesome" | |
| 2011 | Lavaman | "So We Dey" | |
| 2010 | Otis | "Tornado" | |
| 2009 | Mr. Killa | "Swing It Away" | |
| 2008 | Miney | "10,000 Masqueraders" | |
| 2007 | Berbice | "Traffic" | |
| 2006 | Soca Banton | "Over You Head" | |
| 2005 | Boogie B | "Clear The Smoke" | |
| 2004 | General PP | "Never Say Never" | |
| 2003 | Super P | "Do What You Want" | |
| 2002 | Japs | "Helicopter" | |
| 2001 | Tallpree | "Rags Invasion" | |
| 2000 | Tallpree | "Grave, Jail, Hospital" | |
| 1999 | Sheldon Douglas | "Find Something" | |
| 1998 | Sheldon Douglas | "Stamp Up" | |
| 1997 | Tangler | "Chala Baiti" | |
| 1996 | Tangler | "Bouncing Low" | |
| 1995 | Inspector | "Madness" | |
| 1994 | Inspector | "Sweeter Than Home" | |
| 1993 | Flying Cloud | "Way You Man" | |
| 1992 | Flying Cloud | "Raise You Hand" | |
| 1991 | Moss International | "Jambalesse Rule" | |
| 1990 | Ajamu | "Open Up" | |
| 1989 | Skylark | "Simple Policeman" | |
| 1988 | Black Wizard | "Soca Feeling" | |
| 1987 | Squeezy | "To Cork Ah Hole" | |
| 1986 | Inspector | "No Kicks" | |
| 1985 | Inspector | "Dance" | |
| 1984 | Flying Turkey | "Byron" | |
| 1983 | African Teller | "You Cock Ain’t Dey" | |
| 1982 | Snakey Boy | "Charmaine Darling" | |
| 1981 | Timpo | "We Want We Carnival" |
St. Lucia
[edit]Invader has won the Road March in St. Lucia seven times. In a period from 1970 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1976, Road March winners were imported from Trinidad and Tobago.
| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ricky T | "Look Something To Talk About" | Also won Soca Monarch, 9th RM Win |
| 2023 | Imran Nerdy | "Clock Out" | Also won Soca Monarch |
| 2022 | Frost & 4-1 band | "Eat Man Money" | |
| 2021 | No Carnival | COVID-19 | |
| 2020 | No Carnival | COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Edwin George | "Call My Mother For Me" | |
| 2018 | Krome Ft Nassis | "Bend Dong For De Hmm" | |
| 2017 | Ricky T | "Sully" | |
| 2016 | Mac 11 | "Padnas" | |
| 2015 | Ricky T & Superman HD | "Perfect Storm" | |
| 2014 | J Mouse | "Hurt It" | |
| 2013 | Ricky T | "Mass Attack" | |
| 2012 | Soca Syco | "Gallop" | |
| 2011 | Ricky T | "Mad Ting" | |
| 2010 | DJ HP | "Pa Mele” | |
| 2009 | Ricky T | "Like a Jumbie" | |
| 2008 | Ricky T | "Wheel & Come Again" | |
| 2007 | Ricky T | "Pressure Boom" | |
| 2006 [Tie] | Ricky T / Vertex Band | "Bring Your Container" / "My Pressure Up" | |
| 2005 | Nicole David | "Queen of the Jungle (Bounce)" | |
| 2004 | Alpha | "Down De Road" | |
| 2003 | X Man | "Pee Pee In Me Poo Poo" | |
| 2002 | Invader | "Bo Bee Wia Wea" | |
| 2001 | Invader | "Be Le Lesh" | |
| 2000 | Rootsy | "Hillary" | |
| 1999 | Invader | "Take My Money" | |
| 1998 | Jaunty | "Military Jam" | |
| 1997 | Twop Chance | "Hospital Burning" | |
| 1996 | Jaunty | "Bobolist'" | |
| 1995 | Jaunty | "We Shall Hop" | |
| 1994 | Stylist Black | "Okay Okay" | |
| 1993 | Jaunty | "Oh La Lay" | |
| 1992 | Invader | "Vievxe Nomme Sa La" | |
| 1991 [Tie] | Invader / Buffalo | "Wine Down William Peter" / ”Manje” | |
| 1990 | Translator | "Ninja" | |
| 1989 | Educator | "Calypso Tyson" | |
| 1988 | Chippy | "One Bad Prick" | |
| 1987 | Inspector Red | "Zodi Zodi" | |
| 1986 | Ashanti | "Sufferer’s Song" | |
| 1985 | Invader | "Carnal Knowledge" | |
| 1984 | Shakey | "Twavay Mwen Vle" | |
| 1983 | Invader | "Yellow Man" | |
| 1982 | Get Through | "What De People Chanting" | |
| 1981 | Educator | "Mon Kon Arrow" | |
| 1980 | Jackson | "Guy Love Dance" | |
| 1979 | Barrie | "Sailor In The Band” | |
| 1978 | Pelay | "Sweet Suzette" | |
| 1977 | Prince | "Doh Smoke Dope" | |
| 1973 | Desper | "Popham ‘72" | |
| 1969 | Pelay | "Jump, Jump, Jump" |
St. Vincent
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Problem Child | “Carnival Jumbie" | Carnival Jumbies Experiment Project |
| 2023 | Fireman Hooper | "Madness" | |
| 2022 | Kemmy | "Daz the Call" | |
| 2021 | No Carnival | COVID 19 | |
| 2020 | No Carnival | COVID 19 | |
| 2019 | Luta | "Lehgo Ting" | |
| 2018 | Fimba | "Funky Business" | |
| 2017 | Problem Child | "Never Bow" | |
| 2016 | Hypa 4000 | "No Behaviour" | |
| 2015 | Hypa 4000 | "Dutty Dancing" | |
| 2014 | Fireman Hooper | "Unruly" | |
| 2013 | Skinny Fabulous | "The General" | |
| 2012 | Fya Empress | "Rum Please" | |
| 2011 | Gao | "The Sheep | |
| 2010 | Maddzart | "The King Road" | |
| 2009 | Problem Child | "Mad House" | |
| 2008 | Icon | "Two Knees" | |
| 2007 | Problem Child | "Party Animal" | |
| 2006 | Jamesy P & Skarpyon | "Leave Me Alone" | |
| 2005 | DJ Twenty & Poorsah | "Googa Googa" | |
| 2004 | Bomani | "I Am Soca" | |
| 2003 | Poorsah | "Sling Shot" | |
| 2002 | Poorsah | "Chook It” | |
| 2001 | Poorsah | "Hairy Bank" | |
| 2000 | Touch | "Take Away" | |
| 1999 | Becket | "Small Pin" | |
| 1998 | Becket | "Tone Up" | |
| 1997 | Rebels | "Rumping" | |
| 1996 | New Direction | "Rudeness on the Road" | |
| 1995 | Touch | "Macco" | |
| 1994 | Touch | "Butt" | |
| 1993 | Touch | "Kangaroo" | |
| 1992 | Touch | "Puss Man" | |
| 1991 | Touch | "Move Yo Front" | |
| 1990 | Becket | "Teaser" | |
| 1989 | Touch | "Jam Dem" | |
| 1988 | Poorsah | "Mouth in Me Moma" | |
| 1987 | Becket | "Ten Years" | |
| 1986 | Becket | "Ah Want Soca" | |
| 1985 | Becket | "Tone" | |
| 1984 | Man CP | "Rhythm Colour" | |
| 1983 | Poorsah | "Right Up In Dey" | |
| 1982 | Scakes | "Mambo in De Disco" | |
| 1981 | Asterisks | "Yuh Can’t Wine" | |
| 1980 | Becket | "Cocoa" | |
| 1978 | Becket | "Wine Down Kingstown" | |
| 1977 | Mighty Gringo | "Don’t Lock Me Up" | |
| 1976 | King Brooklyn | "Largo Heights Busy Heights" | |
| 1975 | Mighty Gringo | "Leggo Me Hand" | |
| 1974 | Mighty Toiler | "The Puppy" | |
| 1973 | Lord Hawke | "Ding Dong" | |
| 1972 | Lord Hawke | "Oupane" | |
| 1971 | Lord Hawke | "Sweeeter That This" |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Small Axe Band x Ras Kelly | "Showcase" | |
| 2022 | Grand Masters | "Outside Again" | |
| 2021 | No Sugar Mas | ||
| 2020 | No Sugar Mas | ||
| 2019 | Grand Masters | "Lift Off De Stress" | |
| 2018 | Small Axe Band | "Get Jiggy Wid It" | |
| 2017 | Small Axe Band | "Puppy Song" | |
| 2016 | Grand Masters | "Wuk U Shift" | |
| 2015 | Small Axe Band | "Pepper Dem" | |
| 2014 | Small Axe Band | "Bottoms in de Road" | |
| 2013 | Small Axe Band | "We Got De Hardware" | |
| 2012 | Small Axe Band | "Do The DCH" | |
| 2011 | Grand Masters | "None a Dem (Step Pon Dem)" | |
| 2010 | King Konris | "Unstoppable Force" | |
| 2009 | Grand Masters | "Bust U Bubble" | |
| 2008 | Grand Masters | "A Want Whale" | |
| 2007 | Grand Masters | "Boom Boom Bam" | |
| 2006 | Small Axe Band | "Masquerade" | |
| 2005 | Nu Vybes | "Ting Lang" | |
| 2004 | Grand Masters | "Money Wutt" | |
| 2003 | Small Axe Band | "Watch De Creep Up" | |
| 2002 | Nu Vybes | "Step Up" | |
| 2001 | Nu Vybes | "Sugar" | |
| 2000 | Small Axe Band | "Shub Back On De" | |
| 1999 | Grand Masters | "Millenium Jam" | |
| 1998 | Grand Masters | "Masters' Massive" | |
| 1997 | Nu Vybes | "Street Style" | |
| 1996 | Nu Vybes | "Hand Signal" | |
| 1995 | Pungwa | "Stranded Night" | |
| 1994 | A U Brown | "Fan Me" | |
| 1992 | Ellie Matt | "Jump" | |
| 1991 | Mic Stokes | "All Kinda Tings" | |
| 1990 | Small Axe | "Pan Man" | |
| 1989 | Small Axe | "Who is De Dan" | |
| 1988 | Small Axe | "Big League" | |
| 1987 | Grand Masters | "Masters' Jam" | |
| 1986 [Tie] | De Coach / Contender | "De Boops" / "Living in De Band" | |
| 1985 | Mic Stokes | "One Shot Man" | |
| 1984 | Shango | "Chin Chin Bar" | |
| 1982 | Ellie Matt | "Patsy" | |
| 1981 | Starshield | "Hooray Mass" | |
| 1980 | Ranger | "Seven Day Mass" | |
| 1979 | Ellie Matt | "Tune for De Children" | |
| 1978 | Ellie Matt | "Sugar City Jam" | |
| 1977 | Ellie Matt | "Shang Shang" | |
| 1976 | Ellie Matt | "Jam Back" | |
| 1975 | Arrow | "Rummy Song" | |
| 1974 | Mark the First | "Come Forward" | |
| 1973 | Ellie Matt | "All Day, All Night" | |
| 1972 | Controller | "Right On" | |
| 1971 | Sundar Popo | "Play You Mas" | Trinidadian artiste and song |
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
[edit]The Jam Band, formerly Eddie and the Movements has won the Road March Title a record 21 times.
| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Karnage (Formerly Poizon Band) | "Shake Up" | |
| 2022 | No Road March | ||
| 2021 | No Carnival | ||
| 2020 | No Carnival | ||
| 2019 | Pressure Buss Pipe | "Do It & Done" | |
| 2018 | Spectrum Band | "Cyah Mash Up Carnival" | |
| 2017 | Spectrum Band | "My Life" | |
| 2016 | Spectrum Band | "I Don't Care" | |
| 2015 | Spectrum Band | "Left Right Stop Wukup" | |
| 2014 [Tie] | Spectrum Band / Volume International XL | "Manners" / "Recipe" | |
| 2013 | Spectrum Band | "Wake Up To Wuk Up" | |
| 2012 | Spectrum Band | "V.I. Party" | |
| 2011 | Spectrum Band | "Boom" | |
| 2010 | Spectrum Band | "Kallaloo" | |
| 2009 | Jam Band | "Sickness" | |
| 2008 | JDPP Jammerz | "Bedrock" | |
| 2007 | JDPP Jammerz | "Bunny Train" | |
| 2006 | Whadablee | "Steel Pan Comin Up Deh Road" | |
| 2005 | Jam Band | "How To Take De Road" | |
| 2004 | Jam Band | "Soldiers" | |
| 2003 | Jam Band | "Jockey" | |
| 2002 | Alwyn Baptiste Jr & Pat Raguette of the Xpress Band | "Happy Birthday Carnival" | |
| 2001 | Jam Band | "Tear Down De Roof" | |
| 2000 | Jam Band | "Inspection Lane" | |
| 1999 | Jam Band | "Iron" | |
| 1998 | Whadablee | "This One is for Milo" | |
| 1997 | Jam Band | "Road Runner" | |
| 1996 | Jam Band | "Time For Wuk" | |
| 1995 | Jam Band | "Man Terrible" | |
| 1994 | Jam Band | "Showtime" | |
| 1993 | Jam Band | "Possessed" | |
| 1992 | Imaginations Brass | "All Out Posse" | |
| 1991 | Jam Band | "Let Loose" | |
| 1990 | Jam Band [Formerly Eddie and the Movements] | "Horse Chip" | |
| 1989 | Eddie and the Movements | "We Run Things" | |
| 1988 | Eddie and the Movements | "Kool Um Down" | |
| 1987 | Eddie and the Movements | "Legal" | |
| 1986 | Eddie and the Movements | "Lamboushay" | |
| 1985 | Eddie and the Movements | "Pepper" | |
| 1984 | Eddie and the Movements | "Tramping Style" | |
| 1983 | Mandingo Brass | "Traffic Tight" | |
| 1982 | Mandingo Brass | "Off Man Jam" | |
| 1981 | Eddie and the Movements | "Backbone" | |
| 1980 | Dread Ones | "Hey Hey Hey" | |
| 1979 | Mandingo Brass | "Man For She" | |
| 1978 [Tie] | Ellie Matt and the G.I. Brass / Mandingo Brass | "Shang Shang / Winey Eva Mae" |
Anguilla
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Exodus HD | "De Ting Start" | |
| 2018 | Exodus HD | "Dancing" | |
| 2017 | Infusion XL | "Look Me Over Here" | Levels Up |
| 2016 | Exodus HD | "Gone too far" | |
| 2015 | Exodus HD | "Hello" | Thrillogy |
| 2014 | Exodus HD | "Wash & Rinse" | De Encore |
| 2013 | Exodus HD [Formerly Exodus Band] | "For Di Fans Dem" | For Di Fans Dem |
| 2012 | Pantha Vibes International | "On De Road (My Riddim)" | |
| 2011 | Pantha Vibes International | "I Love PVI" | |
| 2010 | Pantha Vibes International | "Make It Rain" | |
| 2009 | Exodus Band [Currently Exodus HD] | "Cut Them Off" | |
| 2008 | Pantha Vibes International | "We want Action" | |
| 2007 | Better Band | "Keep Movin" | |
| 2006 | Better Band | "Jam-A-Robics" | |
| 2005 | Better Band | "Imagine" | |
| 2004 | Better Band | "Toss Up" | |
| 2003 | Mussington Brothers | "Dust Dem" | |
| 2002 | Mussington Brothers | "Dig Um" | |
| 2001 | AXA Band | "Caribbean Mass" | |
| 2000 | Better Band | "Misbehave" | |
| 1999 | Better Band (Formerly Vito) | "Soggy" | |
| 1998 | Vito | "Raise De Roof" | |
| 1997 | AXA Band | "On De Track" | |
| 1996 | North Sound | "Year 2000" | |
| 1995 | Mussington Brothers | "J’ouvert Slammer" | |
| 1994 | Mussington Brothers | "Hold Ya Balance" | |
| 1993 | Mussington Brothers Jam Up | ||
| 1992 | Mussington Brothers | "It’s A Business" | |
| 1991 | Mussington Brothers | "In De Valley" | |
| 1990 | Lord Anything | "Tired Bodies" |
United Kingdom
[edit]| Year | Performer | Song | Album / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Sunshine & Nadiva | "Unstoppable" | |
| 2015 | TriniBoi Joocie | "Mawd" | |
| 2014 | TriniBoi Joocie | "Must Be In Dat" | |
| 2013 | Soca Johnny | "Don't Do Me That" | |
| 2012 | Chardanai | "See Mi On The Road" | |
| 2011 | Chardanai | "Down Deh" | |
| 2010 | Soca Johnny | "Madness" | |
| 2009 | Soca Johnny | "Disorganise" |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Carnival 2022 on in Trinidad, fetes not allowed". Jamaica Observer. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Trinidad cancels famed carnival for 2021 due to pandemic". AP News. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Munro, Hope (2016-06-20). What She Go Do: Women in Afro-Trinidadian Music. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496807540.
- ^ "Spicemas Grenada". Grenada Carnival Committee. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- Carnival Info Road march Trinidad Archived 2014-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/sfiles/tnt_roadmarch_winners.htm
- http://www.tntisland.com/rmhof.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120828083109/http://anguillasummerfestival.com/results11.php?eventID=42
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/eveything-and-anything-virgin-islands/st-thomas-road-march-songs-since-1978/105164392220
- http://www.sknvibes.com/islandfacts/sitepage.cfm?p=170
- http://www.luciancarnival.com/content/road-march
- http://www.carnivalsvg.com/roachmarch.html
- https://madeingrenadawordpresscom.wordpress.com/tag/road-march/
- http://www.trinijunglejuice.com/home/carnival-grenada.php