... beginning of 1950. Most of Kitchener's recordings were, however, on the Melodise label, which for some years specialised in Caribbean music, and featured a number of West Indian musicians, such as Rtzroy Coleman and Clary Wears, who accompanied Kitchener ...

... He settled in Liverpool, working as a builder and decora tor during the day, while singing calypsos with his All-Steel Caribbean Band at night. He even had his own New Colony Club, and often came across the Beatles trio Lennon, McCartney and Harrison ...

... and seldom found it necessary to go outside the capital to find employment. Originally, however, he was classified as a Caribbean musi cian, playing with tenor saxist Joe Appleton at the Starlight Room and also being featured, with the Grant-Lyttelton ...

... all over the world, spending lengthy periods in Sweden, the Middle East and, for Princess Cruise Lines, Alaska and the Caribbean. In 1985 Peter was a member of the original cast of the first London stage production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ...