ska & soul party 1962 - Come Fly With Lee ( Byron Lee & the Dragonaires ) Soul records blp001

River Bank Jump Up - BYRON LEE
Night Train - BYRON LEE
Funny - KEN LAZARUS
Forget Her - KEITH LYN
I Don't Love You Any More - BLUES BUSTERS




BYRON'S FIRST ALBUM

The band was originally formed around 1950 by Byron Lee and his friend Carl Brady, taking its name from the St. George's College football team that they played for.[1][2] The band originally played mento, and performed their first shows in the college common room to celebrate the team's victories.[1] After a few years of playing at parties, birthdays and weddings, Lee decided to turn professional. By 1956, the Dragonaires had become a fixture on Jamaica's hotel circuit, playing under their own name and also providing backing to visiting American starts including Harry Belafonte, Chuck Berry, The Drifters, Sam Cooke, and Fats Domino.[1] The Dragonaires prided themselves on being able to play any style of music, their repertoire including covers of American pop and R&B hits, and they soon adapted to include ska when that became popular.[1]

The band recorded their debut single, "Dumplin's", in 1959 at the WIRL studios owned by future Prime Minister Edward Seaga, who would also become the band's manager. The single was released on the Dragonaire's own Dragon's Breath label in Jamaica, and was the second release on the Blue Beat label in the United Kingdom, and was unusual for a Jamaican single as it featured an electric organ and a Fender bass which Lee had purchased during a visit to the United States - the first such instruments ever seen on the island.[1] Lee and Seaga both realised that ska was the music to provide Jamaica with a musical identity that could break the domination of American R&B, and the Dragonaires became one of the major ska bands of the early 1960s, releasing singles such as "Fireflies", "Mash! Mr Lee", "Joy Ride", and a ska version of "Over the Rainbow", both under their own name, and as The Ska Kings.[1] In 1961, the band received a huge break when they were cast as the hotel band in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. The band performed several songs in the film, although the recordings were actually made by guitarist Ernest Ranglin.[1]

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[swingboss]

good stuff!

[pablowkingstoned]

thanx man!!!

[asbx81]

Brings Back Memories - very good

[HunterMann]

@schema81 Estoy de acuerdo contigo...Byron....el maestro!!! un abrazo de eeuu y mx

[traintogirlstown]

fly Air Jamaica!

crazy sound!

Many thanks for posting!

[benkodavid]

killer!!!!

[schema81]

por fin alguien que escribe porqué sabe! at least somebody who write becauese he knows! que viva byron lee sinna-jamaican pride!

[mrmsclvr]

Thanx for the party & history lesson! ; - )

[cromdee]

thaanxxx for the music and tha information about a great of jamaican music

[ladyofdancelight]

aw man, this takes me back to childhood! I've been looking for this album for a long time! This and others need to be released again for the old timers! Thanks!