Lord Flea

Calypso music, Musical Artist

– 1959

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Who was Lord Flea?

Lord Flea was the stage name of Norman Byfield Thomas, a Jamaican mento musician credited with "helping start the calypso craze in U.S." With his band The Calypsonians, Flea toured America throughout the late 1950s, and released an album on the Capitol label. The band also performed in two calypso-related films.

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Died
May 18, 1959

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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