Lord Burgess

Lord Burgess

Irving Louis Burgie, sometimes known professionally as Lord Burgess, was an American musician and songwriter, regarded as one of the greatest composers of Caribbean music. He composed 34 songs for Harry Belafonte, including eight of the 11 songs on the Belafonte album Calypso (1956), the first album of any kind to sell one million copies. Burgie also wrote the lyrics of the National Anthem of Barbados. To date, songs penned by Irving Burgie have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.

From *.wikipedia.org,
General Info
.
Male
Full Name
Irving Louis Burgie
Date of Birth
July 28th, 1924
Age
101
Birth Place
United States of America, New York, New York City
Date of Death
November 29th, 2019
Died Aged
95
Star Sign
Leo
Social Networks , Links
Interest
Loading Chart...
Lists
    index: 1x 0.02689003944397s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.023021936416626s
t_/pages/fms-person-json: 1x 0.02299690246582s
t_/blocks/person-card-json: 1x 0.014961004257202s
headline: 8x 0.0092799663543701s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0074779987335205s
router_page: 1x 0.0032379627227783s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00055909156799316s
head-facts: 1x 0.00052714347839355s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00034308433532715s
t_/common/searcher-result: 1x 1.2874603271484E-5s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-04-22 05:09:04)  -----