Lovey's Trinidad String Band

Lovey's String Band were a Trinidadian musical group. They are known primarily for having been the earliest known calypso group to have recorded. They originally formed sometime in the 1890s and continued performing until the early 1920s.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1914

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-12118 10-in. 6/20/1912 Trinidad Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12119 10-in. 6/20/1912 Mari-Juana (Paseo) Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12120 10-in. 6/20/1912 '666' Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12121 10-in. 6/20/1912 Manuelita Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12122 10-in. 6/20/1912 La libre Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12123 10-in. 6/20/1912 ¿Y cómo le va? Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12124 10-in. 6/20/1912 Campos petrolíferos Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Victor B-12125 10-in. 6/20/1912 Sarah Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21592 10-in. 6/26/1912 Manuelita Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21593 10-in. 6/26/1912 Rosenthal Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21594 10-in. 6/26/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21595 10-in. 6/26/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21596 10-in. 6/26/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21598 10-in. 6/28/1912 Sarah Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21599 10-in. 6/28/1912 Oil fields Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21600 10-in. 6/28/1912 Trinidad Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21601 10-in. 6/28/1912 Mango vert Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21602 10-in. 6/28/1912 Pauline Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21603 10-in. 6/28/1912 Mari-juana Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21604 10-in. 6/28/1912 Alexandrina Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21605 10-in. 6/28/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21606 10-in. 6/28/1912 Toba justina Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21607 10-in. approximately 6/28/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21608 10-in. approximately 6/28/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21609 10-in. 7/1/1912 Siempre alegre Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21610 10-in. 7/1/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21611 10-in. 7/1/1912 Manuelito Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21612 10-in. 7/1/1912 Clavel blanco Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21613 10-in. 7/1/1912 Flores de Trinidad Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21614 10-in. 7/1/1912 La liebre Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21615 10-in. 7/1/1912 [Unknown title] Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 21616 10-in. 7/1/1912 Discie you doan know de law Lovey's Trinidad String Band Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59300 10-in. 7/31/1914 El lirio Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59301 10-in. 7/31/1914 Novena roja Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59302 10-in. 7/31/1914 Si o no Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59303 10-in. 7/31/1914 La impresión Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59304 10-in. 7/31/1914 La ingrate Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59305 10-in. 7/31/1914 La paraulata Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59306 10-in. 7/31/1914 La caja Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59307 10-in. 7/31/1914 Geranio Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59308 10-in. 7/31/1914 La favorita Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59309 10-in. 7/31/1914 Requerdo de Heriberto Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59310 10-in. 7/31/1914 Centenario Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59311 10-in. 7/31/1914 El sueño Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59312 10-in. 7/31/1914 Club Victoria Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59313 10-in. 7/31/1914 Ausencia Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59314 10-in. 7/31/1914 Silver Sammie Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59315 10-in. 7/31/1914 Lucilla Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59316 10-in. 7/31/1914 Oh, Mr. Brown Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59317 10-in. 7/31/1914 I've got a little man Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59318 10-in. 7/31/1914 Oh! not a cent, not a cent Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59319 10-in. 7/31/1914 Petrol Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59320 10-in. 7/31/1914 Buddy Collimore Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59321 10-in. 8/1/1914 Germa Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59322 10-in. 8/1/1914 Panama Pacific Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59323 10-in. 8/1/1914 Weir Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59324 10-in. 8/1/1914 La Georgiana Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59325 10-in. 8/1/1914 Heloise Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59326 10-in. 8/1/1914 Po’ me one Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59327 10-in. 8/1/1914 Agiton Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59328 10-in. 8/1/1914 La criolla Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59329 10-in. 8/1/1914 Buddy Abraham Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59330 10-in. 8/1/1914 Grande fonde Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59331 10-in. 8/2/1914 Black Rock Sally Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59332 10-in. 8/2/1914 Go it Bob, don’t tell anybody Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59333 10-in. 8/2/1914 Regina cacao Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59334 10-in. 8/2/1914 My little brown boy Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59335 10-in. 8/4/1914 Policarpo Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59336 10-in. 8/4/1914 La bata Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59337 10-in. 8/4/1914 Estrella Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59338 10-in. 8/4/1914 Siempre invicto Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59339 10-in. 8/4/1914 Poncha crema Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59340 10-in. 8/4/1914 Chabel Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59341 10-in. 8/4/1914 Besser yeaux ou doo doo Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59342 10-in. 8/4/1914 Germaine Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59343 10-in. 8/4/1914 El gallo Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59344 10-in. 8/5/1914 Lazo azul Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59345 10-in. 8/5/1914 Vieux fort Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59346 10-in. 8/5/1914 Marama Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59347 10-in. 8/5/1914 Sprotts Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59348 10-in. 8/5/1914 Rafaelita Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  
Columbia 59349 10-in. 8/5/1914 Sufriendo Tipical Orchestra of Trinidad Instrumental ensemble Musical group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lovey's Trinidad String Band," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328280.

Lovey's Trinidad String Band. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328280.

"Lovey's Trinidad String Band." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/328280

External Sources

Wikipedia: Lovey's String Band

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Lovey's Trinidad String Band - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007072621

Wikidata: Lovey's String Band - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6692545

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/156317074

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