Byron Lee And The Dragonaires - Rocksteady Explosion album

Byron Lee And The Dragonaires. Rock-Steady Explosion ‎(LP, Album). Trans-World (2). TWS 6711. BLP-010, Soul BLP-010. Byron Lee And The Dragonaires. Dynamic Sounds, Dynamic Sounds.

Rocksteady Explosion ‎(LP, Album).

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires (known as Byron Lee's Dragonaires after Lee's death and now The Dragonaires) are a Jamaican ska, calypso and soca band. The band played a crucial pioneering role in bringing Caribbean music to the world. Byron Lee died on 4 November 2008, after suffering from cancer for a sustained period. 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 for which they played.

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires is one of the best known Jamaican bands. Lee played a crucial pioneering role in bringing Jamaican music to the world. Formed in 1956 and playing a big band-ska sound their big break came in the first James Bond film Dr. No, where they appeared as the band in the scene at Pussfeller's club and played a number of tunes on the soundtrack.