Byron Lee (Byron Aloysius St Elmo Lee) 27 June 1935 - 4 Nov 2008
Byron Lee
Byron Lee was a Jamaican musician, record producer, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as leader of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. Hewas born in Christiana, Manchester Parish, Jamaica, to a mixed-race Chinese-Jamaican mother, Evelyn Chung, and a Chinese father, Oscar Lee, a language teacher originally from Kowloon, Hong Kong. The family moved to the Mountain View Gardens area of Kingston when Lee was around 8 or 9 years old. He learned to play piano at a convent school in Mandeville, but put music on hold when he was selected to the Jamaica national football team.At age 73, Byron died from bladder cancer in Kingston [more] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Lee
Bruce Eder, AllMusic Guide - In the years before reggae or even ska was known outside of the Caribbean, Byron Lee was the first bandleader to achieve an international following playing Jamaican music, and he played a vital role in popularizing it around the world. And when Bob Marley was a struggling young musician of the little-known Wailers, Byron Lee was probably the most well-known Jamaican bandleader in the world [more] - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/byron-lee-mn0000628541
