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Born on 6 May 1953, one of nine children, David Rudder grew up in an area commonly known as Freetown in Belmont, Trinidad.

David Michael Rudder is the consummate creative – having interest and talent in visual arts such as painting and sculpture as well as in performing arts.!

David Rudder

Biography

Trinidadian Performing & Recording Artists

Date of Birth (DOB): 5/6/53
From: Trinidad and Tobago
Best Known for: Singer/ Songwriter

Bio: David was born in Belmont, Trinidad on May 6, 1953.

One of nine children, he spent much of his early childhood with his grandmother, a spiritual Baptist, growing up near a pan yard and a Shango yard, in a neighbourhood where boys dreamed of being entertainers. It was at school that he discovered how much art, painting and sculpture really interested him.

Rudder began singing at the age of 11 with a group called The Solutions.

David Rudder is the first of a new generation of calypsonians and he's opening up a whole new way to write, sing, feel and see the thing.

  • David Rudder is the first of a new generation of calypsonians and he's opening up a whole new way to write, sing, feel and see the thing.
  • And international superstar David Rudder.
  • David Michael Rudder is the consummate creative – having interest and talent in visual arts such as painting and sculpture as well as in performing arts.
  • David was born in Belmont, Trinidad on May 6, 1953.
  • David Rudder was one of the pioneers of the modern pacy form of calypso known as soca.

    • In 1977, he joined the brass band Charlie's Roots and began charting his musical career.

    In the early days, Rudder acquired a reputation as a back-up singer in the calypso tent run by Lord Kitchener, while earning his living as an accountant with the Trinidad Bus Company.

    Rudder's first big break came when Christopher "Tambu" Herbert, lead singer with Charlie's Roots, fell ill after an exha