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Lord Caresser
Birth nameRufus Callender
Born1910
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Died1976
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
GenresCalypso
Years active1936 – late 1950s

Rufus Callender (1910–1976), better known as Lord Caresser, was a Trinidadian calypsonian (calypso singer/composer). He is best known for his 1937 recording of "Edward the VIII" (a.k.a. "Love, Love Alone"), a calypso about the 1936 Abdication of Edward VIII of England. This was one of the best-selling records in the golden age of calypso of the 1930s and early 1940s, and generated further hits for Jamaican singer Lord Flea and American singer Harry Belafonte when they covered it in the 1950s.

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